This year our school has purchased a subscription to LifeSkills Go to support our wellbeing curriclulm. LifeSkills Go is a learning platform that continuously tracks, measures and reports on social, emotional and physical literacy through daily Emotion Check in’s as well as targeted social and emotional education sessions.

This is a sample of the Emotion Check in page that your child will see:

Based on the student’s emotion check-in, they are automatically assigned mindfulness / Cognitive behaviour therapy or a focused attention exercise. These activities are designed to help students self-regulate and prepare for learning. Students then record their emotion once they have completed their activities. Teachers are able to view data on this activity in the student report.

This is a sample of one type of data presented to teachers:

Teachers will be using this data to better meet the needs of our students and to ensure that their social and emotional literacy is at the forefront of our curriculum. By using LifeSkills Go we can ensure that every student's wellbeing is tracked over time and clear insight into student wellbeing trends is addressed.

Meet our Education Support Team

Back row: Maggie McEwan, Hannah Lumley, Abby Wilcox, Sam Scandolera, Jacinta Ellis, Ashlee Soukup, Sonya Bowles, Kanchana Sanjeewani, Nighat Nadeem, Fizza Sadiqi & Indu Reddy.

Front Row: Kate Kelly, Jaimee Mormile, Layla Hawli & Cody Breen.

Absent: Jing Sun

Meet our EAL Team

Mariam Jan, Michelle Gee, Nighat Nadeem, Shahnaz Haidari

Meet the Wellbeing Team

Back Row: Liam Flanagan, Rylee Bouyer, Nicole Hermans, Nicole Butcher.

Front Row: Rebecca Broecker, Georgia Ryalls, Kate Kelly & Sarah Jayne

Wellbeing Dogs - Schnitzel & Holly

Raising Kids in a Digital World - Parent Resources for Courtenay Gardens

Earlier this year we hosted a workshop on

https://www.informandempower.com.au/parents

Replay - To access the webinar replay, the password is informempower
Toolkit (slides, links & resources from the session)
Blog posts
Printable family poster

If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to reach out.

Have a great day,

Safe Socials – For parents and carers (Primary)

The Department of Education has released a webpage full of tips and resources for parents, carers and families to support primary school students to be safe when using social media.

You can access the website by click this link :

https://www.vic.gov.au/safe-socials-parents-and-carers-primary

City of Casey Youth Counselling and Support Service (YCaSS)

The City of Casey Youth Counselling and Support Service (YCaSS) provides free and confidential counselling support for young people aged 10-25 with links to the City of Casey.

YCaSS is an accessible service as no Mental Health Care Plan or Medicare card is needed, so support can commence without delay. This support is provided face to face at one of our Youth Information Centres (Narre Warren, Cranbourne, Hampton Park) or through telehealth via phone or video call.

If a client engaged with a private psychologist reaches the end of their funded sessions, YCaSS can support the psychologist, the client and provide maintenance sessions until the client can re-access a mental health care plan.

YCaSS provides the following supports:

Youth Counselling: Individual counselling for young people 13-25
Parent Support Sessions: Brief intervention for parents of children aged 10-25 on parenting strategies and psychoeducation for their children
Children’s Counselling: For young people aged 10-12, with parent or guardian involvement when needed to support the counselling process

For more information or to request a service: Call 9792 7279 to speak to an intake worker OR Text 0417 347 909 with your name and number

For more updates, feel free to check out:

You Tube: Youth Counselling & Support Service (YCaSS).

Instagram: www.instagram.com/caseyyouthservices

Facebook: www.facebook.com/caseyyouthservices

Specialist's Update

Meet the Specialist Team