Wellbeing

Peaceful Kids Final Session

The 'Peaceful Kids' program is a Mindfulness and Positive Psychology based program to lessen anxiety and stress and increase resilience in children. This program helps children to build their emotional resilience so they are better equipped to deal with the day to day stresses that life brings them.

The children made a show bag today and took away with them some mementos and items to help with using strategies learnt throughout the program. 

Peaceful Classrooms

The ‘Peaceful Classrooms’ program has started at OLA! The lessons include engaging Mindfulness activities and meditations for the whole class.  The program has been created to support all children in the classroom to develop an ongoing Mindfulness practice, learn about Mindfulness and be able to embed this into their day to day lives. Simple, effective and proven exercises help students to stay calm, relax, focus and learn more effectively during the day.  Peaceful Classrooms helps students to build their emotional resilience so they are better equipped to deal with the day to day stresses that life brings them.  

1/2CE started with the Just A Minute (JAM) activity. This is when we take just a minute to stop, close our eyes and pay attention to what we are feeling in our body.

Today our Grade 5 students listened to Asha from the Butterfly Foundation talk about Body Image! Using positive, neutral and helpful language to discuss and talk about health and bodies can help to build a healthy body image in young people. 

Knowing what to say to friends and family when they aren't feeling great or if they make negative comments about themselves or their body can be tricky, particularly for young people who are developing and trying to navigate our image obsessed world themselves. 

Being a positive role model, sharing messages that are positive, kind and reaffirming can help everyone to feel good. 

Protecting our (increasingly younger) children from cyberbullying

The internet has given children and young people new opportunities to learn, play and socialise. However, this increased online presence, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, also exposes them to new harms and risks. 

Concerningly, reports to eSafety’s cyberbullying complaints team show younger children are increasingly experiencing negative online behaviour. Reports of serious cyberbullying of children between the ages of eight and 13 years has more than tripled compared to pre-pandemic 2019 – jumping from a little over 200 complaints in 2019 to almost 740 in 2022. 

With Term 3 just around the corner, take a few minutes to learn more about cyberbullying – what it is, ways to protect your child, and how to get help if your child experiences it. 

Tools and resources to safeguard children from cyberbullying

eSafety is here to help with advice and resources to help you support your family’s online safety. 

Set up a family tech agreement and parental controls 

Explore ways to stay safe online for parents, kids and young people  

Learn digital skills for staying safe in games and apps using The eSafety Guide 

Get help for online issues by reporting to eSafety 

Join an eSafety webinar to help your children have positive online experiences 

Download online safety resources, including this guide to reporting cyberbullying.

New Psychologist has joined Bluff Road Psychology. Attached is her profile which includes the children and adolescents that she specializes in. 

Moira Allied Health - Occupational Therapy in Schools

Hello from the MOIRA Allied Health Team,

We have exciting news! We have new OT’s starting at the end of July who will be ready to support your students.

To get started, complete our online referral form linked below:

MOIRA Allied Health Referral Form

Occupational therapists work with children and young people of all abilities to support participation at school to achieve their best outcomes from their education. Each person is an individual, so their needs will be to. MOIRA’s occupational therapists conduct assessments to identify individual goals, strengths and barriers to learning, then recommend strategies or changes to the environment to increase a student’s capacity to participate.

Advanced Psychology

AP is a newly established private practice, that aims to improve the quality of life for individuals and families. Even though our psychologists have years of experience, as we are a new practice, we have immediate availability for referrals for therapy and assessments, available both face-to-face and via Telehealth.

AP provides assessments for Specific Learning Disorder (such as Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, and Dyscalculia), Autism, and ADHD for clients of all ages. We offer therapeutic services for a range of mental health conditions commonly present in children, adolescents, and adults, such as emotional dysregulation, anxiety, depression, stress, sleep issues, inattentiveness, and challenging behaviour. We work closely with individuals as well as the whole family to develop healthy and sustainable long-term coping mechanisms in order for them to thrive in all areas of their lives.

Director and Principal Psychologist

Advanced Psychology

Suit 1.04 71 Queens Road, Melbourne 3004

Phone: 0479069648

Email: lindakollind@advancedpsychology.net

Web: https://www.advancedpsychology.net/

Josy Reeder

Learning Diversity/Wellbeing Leader