SOS Swim School

Lest we forget 💜

TERM 2
Gentle reminder
Fees are due prior to your first swimming day ☺️
Part payment accepted for two or more children enrolled ☺️☺️☺️

TSS Earnslaw launched in 1912, the same year as the Titanic. This is the only hand fired, commercial passenger carrying steamship in operation in the Southern Hemisphere. Pretty cool! Lake Wakatipu Queenstown.

Hell Stack😏

Happy, Happy Easter 🐇🐣🐰

Happy International Women’s Day🩷

No amount is too small - this is a seriously good cause 🙏🏻

I'm diving in this March to prevent youth su***de I need your help. I'm challenging myself to swim to save lives. Every day, one young person in Australia takes their own life – that's one too many. Please donate to my fundraising page and help ReachOut provide all young people in Australia with the support they need to be happy and well. ...

What a great day!!!!!! Loved every minute. Kids were awesome! Mums and dads were super stoked to see their kids do amazingly well, and, oh wow!!!!! I was so proud🥰

Your child saves their worst for you. And that’s exactly how you know you’re doing it right. For 6+ hours at school, they smiled, shared, and followed every rule. Then they saw you and became someone you barely recognize. That mask they wore all day? It cost them everything. Here’s what it actually takes to hold it together: ➡️ The prefrontal cortex works non-stop all day, suppressing impulses, reading emotions, managing conflicts, and performing “good behavior.” By pickup, that system isn’t tired. It’s depleted. Like a phone that’s been running apps all day and just hit 2%. ➡️ Cortisol builds silently during the school day, even when nothing visible goes wrong. The effort of fitting in, being watched, following rules, all of it accumulates. The tears or rage you see isn’t sudden. It’s been waiting since 9am. ➡️ Other adults don’t see this behavior because your child doesn’t feel safe enough to show it. Their teacher sees compliance. You see the real one, the one whose nervous system finally says: I can stop now. ➡️ The brain releases suppressed emotions toward the person it trusts most, not the person it trusts least. When your child screams at you in the car, their nervous system isn’t attacking you. It’s choosing you. ➡️ Disciplining the after-school meltdown teaches them that falling apart at home isn’t safe either. Then they have nowhere to release. And that’s when it starts showing up at school too. The child who falls apart with you isn’t broken. They’re just finally allowed to be human. Here’s what you can do: ➡️ Don’t fill the silence with questions. Let them decompress first. ➡️ Offer presence, not problem-solving. A snack. A hug. A quiet car ride. ➡️ Name what you see without judgment. “You’re really upset. I’m here.” ➡️ Protect the after-school window. No screens, no demands, no homework the moment they walk in. The meltdown isn’t the worst part of your day. It’s the proof that you built them somewhere safe enough to break. Follow @readysetparent for research-backed parenting advice.

Back in the saddle at last 🚴‍♀️☺️