Wellbeing

WELLBEING WEEK  

September 9 - 11 was our awesome Wellbeing Week which culminated with R U OK? Day on Thursday 11 September

A plethora of activites kept students and staff engaged which was wonderful to see.

Some of the activites included:

HOT CHOCOLATE (fresh fruit) and CONVERSATION STARTERS  - on each morning through Wellbeing Week, different year levels of students were invited to the Student Dining Area for a FREE hot chocolate and a conversation starter! This was hugely popular.

So many community groups joined us in bringing Wellbeing Week to life. These included:

# members of Victoria Police who joined the students and staff for a game of Dodgeball in the gym (Weds 10 Sep) 

# EACH and Manningham Council who faciliated a plethora of student activites at lunchtime (Tues 9 Sep) 

#Nillubik Youth Services and Headspace who similarly came out to engage students in activites (Thurs 11 September)

The vibrancy of our Wellbeing Week also extended to:

# all staff members receiving a drink voucher

#the finding of the Gang Gang each morning - the first to find the Gang Gang each morning won an instant prize! Year 7s had this one in the bag!

Term 3 in review

This term Wellbeing has been busy. Some of the amazing things that have happened this term include:

• Study without Stress sessions for Year 11 and 12 students during Strive classes.

• Peer Support Leaders in Year 7 WELL classes

• Planning, preparing and organising upcoming Annual Wellbeing Week to coincide with RUOK Day. 

• Presentation at Mental Health Practitioner's Practice Day at the amazing events, programs and groups being offered at our school to support wellbeing and mental health. 

• Attending the Manningham Council Principal's breakfast with our school captain Kirow Nestorovski. 

• Collaborating with School Focused Youth Service to develop a group program to support disengaged students in Year 8. 

• Planning, preparing and facilitating the Cool Kids at School program to support students experiencing anxiety. 

Clancy update

Clancy, Warrandyte High School's  therapy pup in training commences his accreditation training to become a therapy dog in September. Clancy has been an integral member of the school community since June 2024 as a 10 week old puppy. He has a big job ahead with the Mental Health Practitioner to be upskilled in becoming registered as a therapy support animal. 

Looking Ahead

As we conclude term 3 and head into term 4 some of our planned wellbeing events include

• Butterfly Foundation Workshops for Year 7 - 10 students that focus on positive body image 

• Lead the Way Institute is coming back to Warrandyte High School to run Confident Paws and Peaceful Paws group program/workshops

• Minus 18 will present  to Year 7-9 students during Term 4. 

• Recruitment for 2026 Year 10 Peer Support Leaders and Orientation Training. 

• Planning Wellbeing events, workshops and program for 2026.