Our Wellbeing Monthly Newsletter is created by our dedicated Wellbeing Team and is a helpful way to stay informed, inspired and supported throughout the school year.
Each edition will explore a key mental health or wellbeing topic relevant to students, families, and our wider school community. Our Past Newsletter are also listed at the bottom of this page.
Latest wellbeing Newsletter
Seasons for Growth Program
As a Wellbeing Team, we are often talking to young people about how they are adjusting to different changes in their lives. Including the transition from primary to high school, changing friendship groups, the loss of a loved one, the separation of parents and more.
The prevailing message is that there was life before and after, and uncertainty at how to manage the feelings around that change.
In response to this, we have begun running the Seasons for Growth program developed by the MacKillop Foundation. It is a 9-week program with four aims, for young people to:
- Learn that change and loss are part of life
- Learn about different ways people experience change and loss
- Learn skills to assist with adapting to change and loss
- Learn about ways that help in moving forward with life
In the group, we encourage talking about the feelings, not the event/s that brought the students to the group. This is because everyone’s life experiences are different, but the feelings around change and loss are universal.
We have begun our first group at the East campus, and we so far have had a range of insightful conversations. It has been wonderful to see how respectful the students are of what they all have to say.
To parents and students, if being a part of the Seasons program is something you are interested in, please get in touch with our Student Engagement Facilitator/Inclusion, Minna Hood (minna.hood@education.vic.gov.au)
Past Newsletters:
- Young Athlete Burnout
- Wear it Purple: Empowering LGBTQIA+SB Young People
- When School Feels Hard: Understanding Attendance Difficulties & what helps
- Drug and Alcohol Education at School
- Year 7 Wellbeing Session: Body Safety & Consent
- Finding and Accessing Services and Resources
- Preparing for the Social Media Delay
- The Benefits of Family Rituals
- Young Carers
- Cyber Safety for Parents
- Happy Pride Month
