From the Wellbeing Deputy

An Inspiring Note from Oscar Tullio in 4 Burgan

Last Friday, Oscar put his ‘brave in front’ to cut off his long hair for Loud Shirt Day.

“I want people to wear their loud t-shirts and donate money for CanDo4Kids, so people like me can get services and support for their hearing journey. So, I am cutting off my hair to raise money for that. And so that kids can understand that being deaf, blind or different doesn't matter because we are all different. I keep my hair long to cover my ears, so cutting it off shows that we can all be brave.”

If you would like to donate money towards CanDo4Kids, here is the link:

Congratulations to Oscar on this wonderful achievement and for supporting this great cause!

Happy Families: Justin Coulson

Dr Justin Coulson’s Happy Families Subscription

As part of a partnership with our Connected Schools Community, St Paul is subscribed to the Happy Families School Membership. Owned and run by Dr Justin Coulson, one of Australia’s leading parenting experts, the membership offers a wealth of parenting education and resources.

Use the login below to access Insights Articles and Webinars available to our school community.

This week’s article is: The case for risky play in an age of overprotection.

Other articles this term include:

Present Dad’s, Healthy Kids. The quest for independence and identity, Getting along with siblings, Parenting with influence, not control, The power of perspective, Stop, Look, and Listen to Your Kids.

This week’s webinar Highlight is: Pixel Perfect

Webinar summary: Tween and teen girls don’t have a problem with screens. Just ask them.

They’ll tell you everything’s fine. But… ask them to put that screen away, get off social media, or stop obsessing over everything online and you’d better prepare for battle!

Of all people who use devices and screens, some researchers have found that adolescent girls are the most at risk of decreased wellbeing, friendship issues, and body image difficulties. Yet others find moderate use of devices can support wellbeing.

But is the problem the screen? Or is it something else?

In this webinar, Dr Justin Coulson (expert and host of Channel 9’s Parental Guidance) and Jocelyn Brewer (psychologist and founder of Digital Nutrition) answer your most vexing questions regarding tween and teen girls and their screens.

Join Dr Justin Coulson for the webinar that will answer your questions. You can find this webinar by searching … once logged into the link below.

All articles and webinars can be accessed through: 

St Paul Login: 

Password: happyspls

Open Parachute: Free Webinar

Building a Family Screen Time Solution.

With the school holidays just around the corner, it only seems fitting that our fifth and final complimentary Parent Webinar within our Term 3 series is When Your Kid Screams for Screens: Building a Family Screen Time Solution.

Join Dr. Nicole Sokol from Head into Healing for an online event designed to boost parents’ confidence in managing screen time in their household.

Dr Sokol will provide valuable insights and practical tips to help guide families through the daunting, and often daily, challenge of managing screen time usage.

Parents will learn how to minimise the risks associated with screen time and the essential steps to help their family establish healthy digital habits.

Please find attached a flyer to assist in registering your attendance for Tuesday, 17 September 2024 via the QR Code on the flyer.

Chapel Hosts:

Please feel welcome to join us for worship each Wednesday morning this term at 9am in the Church. This term we will be exploring the theme: ‘Friends of the Bible,’ Thank you to 3 Fisher for leading us this morning. 

Our hosts for the remainder of this term will be:

Week 9: Endeavour Ministry Team

Week 10: Pastor Matt 

Assembly Hosts:

We have one final assembly for the term in Week 9 with 5 Woodward. The remainder of the weeks of term will be dedicated to Concert preparations.