Student Wellbeing

Welcome to term 3!

A very warm welcome back to our students and parents from us at the Wellbeing team; Isabella, Pat, Caitlin, Louise and Suzanne. We hope that you enjoyed your holidays, even though for many of us in the Sandringham College community it was definitely a time to stop and tend to our own wellbeing and health. 

Meet Louise-Mental Health Practitioner

We would also like to extend a welcome to the new member of our Wellbeing team, Louise Rogers! Louise is our new Mental Health Practitioner (MHP) and we are very excited to have her. Louise has a background in Social Work, having completed a Masters of Social Work as well as a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne. Louise comes to us with plenty of experience working with young people in schools, especially with complex backgrounds and varying mental health needs. 

Her role as Mental Health Practitioner will be to provide early intervention for individual students and groups, as well as direct counselling support for those demonstrating mild to moderate mental health needs. She will also endeavour to enhance promotion and prevention activities in the school through contributing to whole school health and wellbeing plans. 

When Louise is not at school, she enjoys spending time with family and swimming at the beach. She is looking forward to supporting our students and families of Sandringham College, as well as getting to know and work alongside our staff. 

New Wellbeing Team Structure

Louise Rogers - Mental Health Practitioner - Based at Bluff Road

Pat Pekin - Student Wellbeing Coordinator 7-9 - Based at Bluff Road

Caitlin Elliott - Student Wellbeing Coordinator 10-12 - Based at Holloway Road

Isabella Farrar - Student Wellbeing Coordinator 10-12 - Based at Holloway Road

Suzanne Trease - Assistant Principal Head of Wellbeing & Inclusion - Both campuses

When students are referred to the Wellbeing team by our Year Level Leaders the team will work together to decide who will be most suited to support the individual student's needs.

Upcoming Dates

-August 9th- International Day of the World's Indigenous People: The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.

-August 26th- Wear it purple Day: A day to wear purple in support of LGBTQIA+ Youth, and to raise awareness for the discrimination that the LGBTQIA+ community still faces. 

-September 8th- RUOK Day?: It’s our national day of action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to  ask, ‘are you OK?’ and start a meaningful conversation whenever they spot the signs that someone they care about might be struggling with life.

-September 10th- World Suicide Prevention Day: World Suicide Prevention Day is about raising awareness of suicide in our communities and identifying where and how we can work together collaboratively towards a world without suicide.

-September 23rd- Bi-visibility Day: A day to recognise, celebrate and acknowledge the bi-sexual community.