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Student Wellbeing

Wellbeing Support Documents on Compass

Dear Community,

We are sending you positive energy in this challenging time. 

We understand that many of us are feeling overwhelmed and have put up some supporting documents on compass.

Take care - The Wellbeing Team.

 

Coping with Stress and Anxiety

  • Know the facts – don’t buy in to conspiracy theories and read unreliable resources.
  • Limit social media use as this can overwhelm; due to the hype around the virus.
  • Increase self-care and ensure time outside in nature – even your back yard or balcony. Take a few deep breaths and try to relax.
  • If you are anxious about the virus, that is understandable but focus on what you can control which is keeping yourself clean and having perspective​.
  • Be thankful for what you do have and help your friends to be positive.
  • Keep calm and speak to a trusted friend/adult/ peer if you are feeling anxious.
  • Keep your routine as much as possible.
  • Stay connected with friends and family

Online counselling services;

Below is a link to online/phone support services for all of our community to use:

 https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/mental-health/mental-health-services/support-and-intervention/telephone-and-online-services 

 

Partial source: The University of Melbourne

 

Rock and Water

"The Rock and Water Program aims to apply a physical/social approach to assist boys and girls in their development to adulthood by increasing their self-realisation, self-confidence, self-respect, boundary awareness, self-awareness and intuition. A specific goal for the course is teaching boys and girls to deal with power, strength and powerlessness."

 

The program is aimed at decreasing bullying, increasing student ability to self-regulate emotions and to walk away from situations that might potentially lead to conflict. Studies of schools nationally and internationally show that the program has the capacity to enhance the following:

 

ƒ Belief in own ability to cope 

ƒ Sense of control 

ƒ Individual disposition 

ƒ Support, belonging and role models 

ƒ Easy temperament 

ƒ Sense of personal efficacy 

ƒ Ability to learn from mistakes 

ƒ A caring and positive school environment 

ƒ Capacity to self-monitor 

ƒ Sense of purpose or mission in life 

 

Based in martial arts techniques the program focuses on the following teaching: 

 

1. Grounding, centering and focusing: learning how to stand firm and relaxed.

 

2. Body-awareness: learning about emotional awareness – self-awareness. 

 

3. Communication: learning that physical forms of communication as a basis for the development of other, more verbally oriented, forms of communication. 

 

4. The Rock and Water concept: the tough, immovable rock attitude versus the mobile, communicative water attitude. 

 

The program will be taught by our own trained teachers - Denholm Pickering, Adam Paterson and supported by education support staff member Brendan Dower

 

http://www.positiveschools.com.au