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Lunch Time Activities Program

The lunch time activities program was created by the Brookside Wellbeing Team for young people to enjoy a range of different games and activities whilst meeting other students and building new friendships.

These activities are facilitated by our Youth Work students who are currently undergoing their placement at Brookside College. As part of their learning experience, this provides them with a great opportunity to build relationships with the students at the school within an informal setting.

The program is held at the Brookside Library from 11:00am – 11:30am every Monday and Wednesday lunch times. These activities include colouring pages and playing board games.

There is often a large amount of students who come and enjoy the activities provided. All students are welcome to join and a yard duty teacher is always present during this time for supervision. The youth workers are always present to assist the students and will endeavour to continue this program until the end of term 1.

Overall, the lunch time activities program at Brookside College has continued to be a great success with providing students the opportunity to take part in various fun activities whilst fostering new relationships with their peers.

New Youth Work Student

My name is Mary Rajabu - I am a student currently in my last year of studying Bachelor of Youth Work at Victoria University. In my early years of high school, I always had the passion to work alongside young people. Throughout this course my passion has grown stronger, picking up new skills and gaining a better understanding of what is expected from a youth worker. Last placement, I worked with students but in a non-school-related environment.

I ran a dance workshop and was a mentor to students that find it difficult to engage in school. This year I have been given the wonderful opportunity to work at Brookside College; working in a school gives me the chance to open my mind to a different feeling of what it means to work with all young people. I am excited to go on this journey with the students and each and every one of you.

The Brookside Wellbeing Team