From Carolyn Goode
Deputy Principal - Wellbeing
Social Media and your child
As part of the TA and Social emotional learning program at St Augustines we encourage our students to be aware that excessive social media can have a really harmful effect on young people. There are so many great parent resources to support you to have conversations and to put in place plans for social media use at home. Some great websites include:
Parents | eSafety Commissioner
Parents | No problem is too big or too small | Kids Helpline
Parents | Student Wellbeing Hub
You can also reach out to your child’s TA for some support on how we can help at school.
There is so much value in having regular conversations with your child about what they are viewing on social media. Young people need lots of support to filter this information which can be largely unregulated.
Harmony Day
Today our school celebrates Harmony Day. This is a great opportunity to reinforce our SOLE framework - especially the expectations of ‘accepting differences’ and ‘embracing diversity’. Helping our students understand and most importantly, practise this, is a great way to reduce instances of students being mean to others. As parents, please have the conversations with your child(ren) tonight about what they have been learning about in regard to Harmony Day. Across the College we have had a focus on celebrating our uniqueness and accepting differences within our TA program. Improving wellbeing comes from feeling a strong sense of belonging and this is at the heart of our Harmony Day celebrations. You can reinforce this learning at home using conversation points such as “We are all different and this makes us unique and special… It is important that others feel good about themselves and what makes them unique… Always being kind to others even if they are different from you…”
We look forward to sharing some great photos with you!
SunSmart at School
At the end of the school day, some of our students need to wait to be picked up by either parents or a school bus. We are supporting our students to ‘choose shade’ as they wait, with some presentations in TA/class time. You could support your child to be SunSmart by also encouraging them to choose shade at the end of the school day! If your child walks or rides home, another hat in their school bag would be a great way to support sun safety. We encourage our students to leave their school hat at school so it is available for them to use in outdoor play and activities at school.
Carolyn Goode
Deputy Principal
Wellbeing