Health and Wellbeing

WILD Wilderness Therapy Program & camp

The WILD program in Term 2 consisted of 12 students from both the Richmond and Coburg campuses. On our program days, students immersed themselves in a variety of activity that included rafting, creek walking, abseiling, hiking, and paddle boarding. These program days prepared students for our 5-day camp along the Thomson River, where students set up their tents, all their gear and connected with our natural environment while we were away. Activities in camp included a gold mine tour, nature reserve walk/hike and a day of rafting and town visits.

It was a wonderful program to be involved in, and all students should be very proud of themselves! The school would also like to thank Amanda and Loui from the WILD program for working with us and supporting the students every step of the way. We look forward to the next adventure!

PIVOT Wellbeing for Learning

In Term 2, students across the school participated in regular Wellbeing for Learning check-ins. The surveys are both an opportunity for individual students to alert staff when they require additional support, and gather helpful aggregate data about overall student wellbeing. Baseline data from the survey in Term 2 suggests that 'resilience' is an area in which students need the greatest amount of support. 

Valuing the diversity of culture, ethnicity, and faith of everyone

At Bindjiroo Yaluk Community School (BYCS) we value the diversity of culture, ethnicity, and faith of all our students. We are proud of our diversity, and everyone is welcome at our school.

Celebrating the diversity of our community makes us stronger, kinder and more innovative. We are committed to making sure that students from all backgrounds feel accepted, supported and able to learn.

We teach all students according to our school values and teach the respectful relationships framework. This includes education around diversity and inclusion.

To achieve our values and aims, everyone at BYCS plays an important role.

This week, we have reminded students of our values of BYCS and the importance of using these in everything we do. 

To help us make BYCS a place where everyone feels welcome, respected and supported, we encourage parents/carers to speak to their children about these values, as well as the importance of:

• understanding that we celebrate diversity and multicultural inclusion
• understanding the importance of everyone at school being treated with respect.

For more information, please see Racism: talking with children and teens, Raising Children Network.

We expect families to also display our school values when dealing with other members of our school community.

Ralph Gotlib

Principal