Coping with Anxiety
Anxiety is the major mental health issue of modern society,with one in four people estimated to suffer from it. Anxiety canalso co-exist with mental health conditions like depression,adjustment disorder, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Anxiety symptoms may be managed by following these steps. The first step is to work out both the nature of your symptoms and the possible cause.
Once that is done, you can target the symptoms, for example, by practicing relaxation techniques to wave off negative thoughts. Anxious thoughts are one of the most common causes of anxiety, and one good tip is to learn Cognitive Behavior Therapy, which involves challenging negative thoughts not just with positivity but with logic and reason.
Christine Hawkins
Owner KMEC Hunter
Mindfulness, breathing exercises, relaxation, and meditation can also be used to manage bodily symptoms of anxiety such as heart racing, shallow breathing, nausea, dry mouth, and the muscle cramps.
If you or anyone you know is experiencing anxiety symptoms, then the following websites may be helpful:
www.beyondblue.org.au, www.headspace.org.au, www.lifelinehunter.org.au
Fears or Phobias
Fear is described as ‘False Evidence Appearing Real or ‘Forget Everything And Run’
The fear of spiders is called Arachnophobia.
Here are some phobias you may not have heard of:
• Hydrophobia (fear of water)
• Triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13)
• Ecclesiaphobia (fear of Churches)• Pogonophobia (fear of Beards)
• Ergophobia (fear of Work)
• HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA (fear of long Words)
Teacher’s Tips
How to spell words with ie or ei:
When the sound is ee it’s i before e except after c
For example, ‘believe’ has the sound ‘ee‘ so its i before e.‘Receive’ has the sound ee but it is after a c, so it is e before i.
Words like ‘weight’and ‘height don’t make the sound ee, so the rule doesn’t apply.
Monthly Joke
Teacher: What is the chemical formula for water?
Student: H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,
Teacher: That’s not what I taught you.
Student: But you said the chemical formula for water was H to O
Sudoku
Fill in the blank squares with the numbers 1 through 9.
Every row, column and 3 x 3 region of a 9 x 9 grid must contain each number only once
Student of the Month
Award for Outstanding
Improvement in Math
Kip McGrath, especially Juli, has helped to consolidate David’s maths knowledge and more importantly, it has given him the confidence to know that he can do it
From, Nicola
David’s Mum
Child-made School Lunch
A suggestion for a healthy and irresistible trail mix that provides protein and vitamins to keep kids growing strong:
Dried berries, banana chips, raisins, craisins, dried apples, any dried fruit your kids prefer, yoghurt covered fruits and nuts, coconut chips, whole grain cereal, nuts like almonds, walnuts, cashew, pistachios, peanuts, seeds like sunflower or pepitas. Set out all the bags and let thembuild to their hearts conten.
