1. JFHS

2.  At JFHS, we believe that you only fail when you  Don’t put the very best effort you can into your learning while you are at school  Thereby creating the maximum amount of opportunities you can have while you are here  And having some control over your exit plan from school

3. SO, HOW ARE YOU GOING? This is a really good time to reflect.

4. SO, HOW ARE YOU GOING? Don’t tidy up one area for show, and put all the mess behind the door.. Like Anna did.

5.  The Mentor Scheme  Your assessment policy and schedule  Experienced and expert teachers, supported by experienced and expert faculties  Careers advice  Conversations

6.  It is your last parent teacher night – last chance for interviews of this kind with your teachers  Students may, by negotiation with teachers, attend the interviews  We are holding a parent information session afterwards on tips to help them support you during the HSC year

7.  They realise that they are the only ones who can control their own behaviour  They do a lot of planning and work when they are not under pressure – Quadrant II planning  When they are under pressure, they think of ways to work on their problems  They think about how they learn and use those methods to learn  They do actually work – they extend themselves and never make excuses

8. QUADRANT I: URGENT AND IMPORTANT QUADRANT II: NOT URGENT AND IMPORTANT QUADRANT III: URGENT AND NOT IMPORTANT QUADRANT IV: NOT URGENT AND NOT IMPORTANT TRY TO LIVE ABOVE THE LINE

9.  They act independently of others  They are positive and proactive  They make learning a priority  They say no when a bigger yes is needed  They put the big fruit in the fruit bowl first (they schedule in the big items in their planning)  They build good relationships with their teachers

10.  Worrying without acting on a plan to help yourself  Finding scapegoats for your anxiety  The Ostrich technique  Being dismissive of working hard

11.  Summarising this weeks worth of key concepts  Asking one of your teachers where you are up to in your skill level when you book your parent teacher appointment  Focus on eating and sleeping well  Saying no to a distraction (that might mean saying no to yourself, too)