Wellbeing

Year 11 Responsible Gambling Workshop - Know the Score

Students in Year 11 VM and VCP participated in Responsible Gambling workshops titled, “Know the Score”.

The workshops analysed the potential influences that may shape students” gambling attitudes and behaviour.

 Students viewed, analysed, and discussed a wide variety of media content, including gambling advertisements that highlight the normalisation of gambling.

 They learnt about current forms of gambling – such as social casino games, skins betting and loot boxes in order to minimise harm and encourage informed choices. Students were also presented with gambling statistics and how much money is lost each year in Victoria, Australia and the City of Whittlesea. 

The workshops were well presented and really engaged students.

 I would like to thank Missy and Alisa from Banyule Community Health for working with students at Epping Secondary College. They will return in term four to present to other Year 11 classes.

 I received this email from Missy, and it is a testament to our students upholding the college values of care, resilience, and respect. 

“We both had a lot of fun yesterday with the students at Epping, their engagement was fantastic, and their feedback was really lovely”. 

Presenters from Banyule Community Health:

Articles from Year 11 students:

The Gambling workshop was very good, it helped me understand the negative effects of gambling. The presenter explained it very well. I really understood the powerpoint and information and the resources were really helpful.

Ahmed

I learnt gambling can cause serious problems like mental health issues and family relationship breakdowns. There are a lot of advertisements promoting gambling and unfortunately people fall for them. Victorians lost over 5.06 billion dollars to gambling in one Year from 2020 to 2021. 

Mandy

I think it was a pretty good workshop explaining what gambling is and the negative effects it can have on people and the community at large.

Malachi

Leanne Halsall

Student Wellbeing teacher