An Evening with Judith Locke: Raising Confident, Capable Kids
Judith Locke shares insights and strategies to help primary parents encourage confidence, ownership of learning and healthy boundaries, supporting young people to grow into capable and resilient learners.
St Andrew's Anglican College is proud to welcome Judith Locke — clinical psychologist, educator and author of The Bonsai Student — for an exclusive Primary parent evening on Tuesday 28 July 2026. This is a rare opportunity for families to hear directly from one of Australia's most sought-after voices on raising confident, capable and resilient young people.
About the evening
In a practical and engaging session, Judith will share strategies drawn from her national work with schools and families to help parents:
- Encourage independence and ownership of learning
- Build confidence and personal responsibility in their children
- Establish healthy boundaries that support, rather than limit, growth
- Develop the everyday habits that help young people become capable, resilient learners
Judith's sessions are known for being direct, honest and immediately useful — the kind of evening where parents leave with real tools they can apply at home the very next day.
Please note: this particular presentation has been designed primarily for parents of Primary-aged children and will focus on strategies and concepts most applicable to those years.
About Judith Locke
Judith Locke is a clinical psychologist and former teacher who has spent more than two decades working with Australian schools and families. She is the author of The Bonsai Child and The Bonsai Student — books that have resonated deeply with parents navigating the tension between supporting their children and allowing them to grow.
Her work sits at the heart of one of the most important questions facing modern parents: how do we raise children who are genuinely capable of managing their own lives, learning and wellbeing, without stepping back so far that they feel unsupported?
Judith travels across Australia working directly with school communities, and her visits to Sunshine Coast schools are always in high demand.
Why this matters at St Andrew's
Developing independent, resilient and self-directed learners is central to everything we do at St Andrew's. Our Personal Capacity program is built on the belief that academic achievement and whole-person development go hand in hand, and that the habits formed at home and at school work best when families and the College are aligned.
This evening is part of our ongoing commitment to partnering with parents as the most important educators in their child's life.
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