The way to a Year 12’s heart ...

Michelle Robertson, Senior School Parents Association

Year 12 is an intense time for students and their families, so the Senior School Parent Association (SSPA) makes sure it provides some regular ‘TLC’ to help keep everyone going.

Every year, our Year 12 parent reps plan a calendar of fun activities –usually involving food – that bring students together for little moments of connection and relaxation, not to mention sustenance. Supported by the wider SSPA and other parent volunteers, these activities often involve home-baked treats that are lovingly prepared and delivered to the J O Thomas Quad to be devoured by grateful students.

This year we’ve arranged home-bake morning teas, an Easter morning tea with hot-cross buns and Easter eggs, a pancake breakfast, a soup lunch and a pizza lunch on the long day of General Achievement Test (GAT) that all students must complete. The soup lunch is a particular challenge, with parent volunteers following prescribed soup recipes at home and delivering their creations to school in giant pots before serving them to students. Through these simple gestures, we aim to show the students that we are here to support them and to help make their final year at Carey as fun and special as possible. It’s great to see the students excited, happy and grateful, and the parent volunteers equally enjoy spending time with the students at school. These small acts of kindness make a big difference and help support Carey’s renowned sense of community that we all know and value. We are grateful to all the parent volunteers who help make them happen.