For our Year 12 students.

As the Year 12 cohort winds down your schooling years and prep for final exams, there will be many highs and lows in the next few months.

The excitement or disappointment of finishing school, the apprehension of or enthusiasm for exams, the freedom of good times and holidays, the uncertainty of the future AND early next year … REALITY bites!

How are you going to cope??

• Be kind to yourself and realistic with your expectations. No good will come from berating yourself or having unrealistic thoughts. You have a long way to travel with yourself so get to liking yourself or changing yourself.
• Surround yourself with people who make you feel good. No good will come from hanging out with people who do not bring out the best in you.  Keep in touch with your close friends and family, they know you better than anyone else.
• Keep things in perspective. When you do not have control over a situation, control the way you respond to it. Never stop building resilience, learn daily, adapt!
• Make good choices!! This is everything from being mentally and physically active, eating well, getting enough sleep and the choices that challenge you to remember right from wrong. You all have a moral compass – use it.

Finally, work hard, nothing worth keeping comes easily. You have so much potential, it is now time for you to start your journey in reaching it.

And remember – the company you keep determines the trouble you meet.