Student Wellbeing

Wellbeing Groups is always a much loved and highly anticipated part of each student's week at St. Bridget’s. Our Wellbeing Groups currently run on a Tuesday afternoon for an hour. 

The children have engaged in many fun and rewarding activities, such as an inspiring Wellbeing incursion presented by Tim Powell from Values for Life which all our students recently attended. Our Wellbeing Groups which are held each week are also an integral part of our Student Wellbeing Program. 

During the mini lockdown, we weren’t able to continue Wellbeing Groups but we are up and running again and it is wonderful to see all our children so actively engaged in the activities they participate in each week.

Wellbeing Groups give our children an opportunity to socialise with students across other year levels and in order to expand their friendships. It also allows our students a chance to explore different interests outside of the curriculum that they otherwise may not have an opportunity to try. 

During this rotation, Mr. Cirillo organised sporting activities outside which gave the students an opportunity to work as a team and enjoy some physical activity in the outdoors.

Mrs. Maher and Mrs. Durrant created pizzas with their group. Cooking has become a staple in our Wellbeing rotations and the children enjoy working together to create a delicious meal.  It is clear that we have many wonderful cooks amongst our students. 

Miss. Wills tapped into the creative side of her group with a guided art drawing. This always proves to be a popular activity!

While Geraldine continued her work in exposing our children to the endless opportunities that STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) provides. STEM always excites our children and it is so interesting watching the children understand a new concept and how they can relate these concepts to everyday scenarios.

I took my group down to the Wellbeing Garden where we did some meditation and weeding in preparation for planting new seedlings. 

We are looking forward to seeing what vegetables and plants the garden will produce for us. We are hoping that we can grow something for the next cooking activity next term.

Kind regards

Mr. Thomas Brophy

Wellbeing Leader