Wellbeing
Leader: Geenah Loughran
Emotions Poster
You can use the “Our Emotions” poster at home to help your child recognise and name their feelings. Try asking, “How are you feeling?” and encourage them to point to the emotion. This supports emotional awareness, builds vocabulary, and creates great opportunities for calm, open conversations during daily routines.
Please email Mrs Gee if you would like a printed copy to have at home.
gloughran@sptongala.catholic.edu.au
GEM CHAT
A GEM Chat consists of 2-5 minute activities/conversations that you can have individually or as a whole family, at different points throughout the day (whenever works best for you). Each newsletter will provide a different chat prompt. Please see below this week's chat:
The Imperfects Podcast
Cate Campbell – Even Olympians Have Depression
Guest:
By the time she was 16, Cate Campbell had figured out her social currency: achievement, in the form of gold medals, no less.
Four time Olympian and world record holder Cate joins us in the Vulnerabilitea House to answer the question ‘How and when have you been dishonest with yourself?’
From telling herself she was ‘fine’ to having a breakdown over a Milo, Cate recounts the intense period of loneliness she experienced during Covid, and the depression she ‘didn’t deserve’ to feel.
This episode emphasises the critical importance of connection for our mental health, and Cate so beautifully articulates the impact of finding love at first sight (friend addition), and navigating a changing relationship with her sister Bronte.
Coming of age in a world where perfection is praised and your failure makes headlines, Cate is so generous in sharing how she had learn to ask for help and to value her mental health like she would her physical.
Cate, you are simply the best.
PBIS
Our PBIS Blitz is:
Being Safe
This fortnight, our PBIS focus is all about being Safe
When we make safe choices, we help ourselves and others feel comfortable and protected, whether we’re in the classroom or on the playground.
What choices can you make to help in this area?
When we all work together to make safe choices, our school becomes a place where everyone feels welcome, protected, and ready to learn or play.
Before making a choice, you can follow these steps.
STOP
THINK
Is it safe?
Is it respectful?
Is it kind?
Make a good choice
Let’s make safety a top priority this week, in the classroom and on the playground! This is especially important in the GaGa Pit and if your are playing footy.
Loddon Children's Health and Wellbeing Local - Small Towns Project - Resources for students and families
