Kinross Wolaroi Family Bulletin

Around the Senior School

Prefect Dinner 

The school prefects enjoyed the annual Prefects Dinner with Dr and Mrs Parry at their home. A fantastic evening was had by all.

Learning Enhancement Team

Every week, the LE Team put their heads together and vote on a Student of the Week. The student is chosen based on observations made by the LE Team, within the week. This week, the title goes to Charlie O’Brien (Year 8) for his enthusiasm in Geography and his dedication and consistent approach to completing his homework in Study Hub. 

Save The Date - Adventurous Journey

Kinross Wolaroi School will be facilitating the Duke of Edinburgh International Award - Adventurous Journey to Kosciuszko National Park again in 2023. 

 

The “Bike and Hike” Adventurous Journey will provide participants with the chance to investigate this unique Alpine ecosystem with other participants.

 

The Adventurous Journey will take place in in Week 9 Term 4 2023.  

 

Based in Thredbo, participants will be developing their campcraft, navigation and survival skills over a four-day period. 

 

More information for participants to register for this event, will be shared early in Week 1 Term 4 2023.

 

If you wish to find out more about the Duke of Edinburgh International Award, please access information on The Hub or speak with Mr Zinga at any time. 

 

Mr Zinga

New insights into adolescent mental health and wellbeing

Over the past few years, our school has been participating in the Black Dog Institute’s Future Proofing Study, the largest and most comprehensive long-term study of adolescent mental health in Australia. The research team behind the Future Proofing Study have just released a 23-minute webinar to share their latest findings about the mental health and wellbeing of Australian adolescents.

 

We encourage you to watch this informative webinar to learn more about this important issue: https://youtu.be/kmoOTZkrh-8

 

What the webinar covers:

Every year, researchers from the Black Dog Institute visit our school and many other Australian schools to survey the same group of over 6,000 students about their mental health and wellbeing.  Study data is analysed and translated into practical resources, guidelines, and policy submissions in order to guide schools, families, and the government about issues relating to adolescent mental health and wellbeing. 

 

Topics included the webinar: 

  1. Background to the Future Proofing Study (at 1:46 mins)
  2. Rates of mental health symptoms found in the study (at 4:06 mins)
  3. Risk factors associated with development of depression and anxiety in early adolescence (at 6:55 mins)
  4. Peer relationships (at 9:00 mins)
  5. Sleep findings (at 12:22 mins)
  6. Screen use (at 15:58 mins)
  7. Mental health resources (at 22:58 mins)

There is some discussion of self-harm and suicidal behaviour amongst young people in the webinar, so viewer discretion is advised. 

 

Student poster:

 

In addition, the research team have developed a poster for students that you may wish to share with your child. The content of this poster was developed in consultation with participating students based on the research findings they most wanted to hear about. 

View the poster here: https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/A3_Future-Proofing-Poster.pdf

 

If you have any questions about the research or would like to contact the research team directly, you can email futureproofing@blackdog.org.au