Wellbeing Support
Wellbeing Support for Students:
Dear Students, Parents and Caregivers,
As our students continue with remote learning, we would like to remind you that we are available and continue to offer wellbeing and counselling support for our students and families.
The counselling team at Cranbourne and Clyde North have been offering one on one support to our students during lockdown and sending students messages of support via email.
If you or your child have experienced challenges in remote learning, please be aware that you or your child can seek a referral to the counselling team via an email or telephone call to your child’s Learning Advisor, House Leader or the Pastoral Care Leader.
All sessions are private and confidential and parents will be notified if additional supports are required.
The Counselling Team: CRANBOURNE
Nadia Picinali – Monday/Tuesday/Thursday
Sara Cardenas – Tuesday/Friday/Alternate Wednesday
Lana Paten – Monday/Thursday/Alternate Wednesday
The Counselling Team: CLYDE NORTH
Sylvia Keane – Monday-Friday
Rachael Richards – Monday-Wednesday
Should you feel your son/daughter needs support, please contact your child's House Leader via email who can support access to the Counsellors.
Helpful Tips for Schooling from Home
OTHER SUPPORTS:
Supporting students in remote learning:
https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/students?Redirect=1
Resources and advice for students on how to adapt their learning during coronavirus and looking after themselves.
Headspace - How to cope with Stress related to Covid-19:
https://headspace.org.au/young-people/how-to-cope-with-stress-related-to-covid-19/
Parentline
A confidential phone service for parents and Carers of children from birth to 18 years old.
Ph: 13 22 89
https://services.dffh.vic.gov.au/parentline
Kids Helpline
Phone: 1800 55 1800
Website: https://kidshelpline.com.au/
Kids Guide to Mental Health During COVID-19 pandemic: https://kidshelpline.com.au/coronavirus
Beyond Blue (COVID-19 Mental Health Wellbeing Support Service)
Phone: 1800 512 348
Web Chat: https://cmwssonline.beyondblue.org.au/#/chat/start
Online Forum: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/online-forums/staying-well/coping-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak
Website: https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/
Coronavirus (COVID-19) wellbeing library
The Achievement Program has created a coronavirus (COVID-19) wellbeing library that aims to support teachers, educators, students and families by providing trusted resources and information to promote health and wellbeing during the pandemic. The hand-picked health and wellbeing resources are divided into the different health areas of the Achievement Program and other relevant topics. Access the resources here.
-Courtesy of Healthy Schools E-Update, Issue 8
The link between food, mood and learning
It is well known that fuelling children with the appropriate foods helps support their growth and development. But did you know there is a growing body of research showing that what children eat can also affect their mood, mental health and learning?
Parents' Voice and the Healthy Eating Advisory Service (HEAS) have written about research that looks at the links between food, mood and learning and how parents and schools can team up to ensure that kids are eating healthy all day long. Read all about it here.
-Courtesy of Healthy Schools E-Update, Issue 8
How to cope with stress related to COVID-19
It can feel stressful and overwhelming during an event like the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and we can all be affected differently. You might feel overwhelmed by the information, conversations and the increased levels of stress in your community. It can be hard to know what information to trust especially in a situation where things are changing so quickly.
It can be helpful to keep up-to-date but it's okay to switch off from the 24-hour media cycle if this is getting too much. Headspace has created an information sheet to help people deal with stress related to the coronavirus outbreak. View the information sheet here.
-Courtesy of Healthy Schools E-Update, Issue 8
- Rachael Richards
Counsellor
Family Wellness Tips From One Parent To Another
Our Resilience Project
"As a parent dealing with the frustrations and challenges of life as we know it in our current climate it is really difficult to watch your children experience the challenges of remote learning and lockdown. I have continually looked for ways to keep life normal, but life isn’t normal right now. Since the pandemic began, we like most people have looked for the silver linings but after a while it’s exhausting and at times does not happen. I have been inspired by Hugh van Cuylenburg from the Resilience Project and the words of a psychologist who talk about being grateful and that research shows if you write down something you are grateful for you are likely to feel more optimistic and happier. I understand gratitude and am grateful for many, many things but we often don’t take the time to think about and truly acknowledge what these things are. So I decided I would ask myself, my children and husband each day what we are all grateful for, write these down and place them in a jar. We did this for about a week and wrote several things down then put them in the jar. I re-visited this and felt these words would have more power on display. We now have a poster up on the wall with room to add more words."
- Parent from the Clyde north Community
If you are a parent and you would like to share what your family is doing to support family wellness, we invite you to share with us a few sentences and images of your activity by contacting both:
Sylvia Keane
Student Counsellor & Student Support Leader
- Clyde north Campus