Student Wellbeing
Upcoming Wellbeing events in Term 4:
- Year 6 Outreach Wellbeing day (November 20th- Week 7)
- LifeChanger- Year 5 & 6 (Week 9)
- Smile Squad Dental Van visit- Throughout Term 4
- I CAN Transition Program (Year 6- Wednesday's @ 12:30 for select students)
- Koorie Transition Day @ Echuca College (November 27th- Week 8)
Wellbeing Structure-
Tegan is our Mental Health and Wellbeing Leading Teacher. She is full time in this role.
Nicole is our Primary Wellbeing Officer. She works Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday each week.
Kimmie is our Disability Inclusion and Wellbeing Education Support Staff member. She works Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week.
Accessing NDIS Support information for Parents/Carers:
eSafety Parent & Carer Webinars:
The following extract has been taken from the following link: https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/industry-regulation/social-media-age-restrictions
"Social media age restrictions
The Australian Government is protecting young Australians at a critical stage of their development, through world-first social media age restrictions.
From 10 December 2025, age-restricted social media platforms will have to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under the age of 16 from creating or keeping an account.
The restrictions aim to protect young Australians from pressures and risks that users can be exposed to while logged in to social media accounts. These come from design features that encourage them to spend more time on screens, while also serving up content that can harm their health and wellbeing.
While no formal assessments have been made, the age restrictions are likely to apply to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube, among other platforms.
More generally, age restrictions will apply to social media platforms that meet three specific conditions, unless they are excluded based on criteria set in out in legislative rules made by the Minister for Communications in July 2025.
The conditions for age restriction are:
- the sole purpose, or a significant purpose, of the service is to enable online social interaction between two or more end-users
- the service allows end-users to link to, or interact with, some or all of the other end-users
the service allows end-users to post material on the service.
Online gaming and standalone messaging apps are among a number of types of services that have been excluded under the legislative rules. However, messaging services that have social-media style features which allow users to interact in other ways apart from messaging may be included in the age restrictions, as well as messaging features accessed through age-restricted social media accounts.
Find out the facts about the social media 'ban' or delay
It’s not a ban, it’s a delay to having accounts.
This means there will be no penalties for under-16s who access an age-restricted social media platform, or for their parents or carers. However, age-restricted social media platforms may face penalties if they don’t take reasonable steps to prevent under-16s from having accounts.
Details about how the age restrictions will operate and other relevant information will be developed throughout 2025. We will provide answers to frequently asked questions on our FAQ page and throughout the eSafety website. The information will help Australians – including under-16s, parents, carers and educators – understand and prepare for the change. "
"Parents and carers
The 30-minute webinar will help parents and carers understand the upcoming changes to social media access for children under 16.
Join our information session to:
- understand the purpose of the new age restrictions and how they aim to protect young Australians
- understand which platforms will require users to be 16+ and what platforms they can still access
- get tips and resources to support your child’s online safety and wellbeing through the transition.
Parents and carers will gain:
- a clear understanding of the new rules and their implications
- confidence in guiding their child through these changes
- access to trusted resources to support safe and positive online engagement.
Friday 14 November, 1:00pm (AEDT)
Wednesday 19 November, 7:00pm (AEDT)
Thursday 20 November, 12:30pm (AEDT)
Tuesday 2 December, 7:00pm (AEDT)
Monday 8 December, 3:30pm (AEDT)
Monday 15 December, 1:00pm(AEDT)
The Phone Pledge:
Wellbeing Support at ETRPS-
Meet our KESO Paul!
Koorie Engagement Support Officers (KESOs) are part of an area-based team of professionals who understand Aboriginal culture and history of the community.
KESOs support schools with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners to participate fully in education by providing advice and building capability within schools.
Together with their student support colleagues, KESOs may:
- guide schools about culturally-inclusive learning environments
- identify services to support student engagement and improved outcomes
- support schools to build relationships with Koorie students and families.
KESOs are not qualified mental health practitioners or allied health professionals, however, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, are able to guide schools towards the most appropriate resources to support Koorie students.
Paul is a valued member of our school community. He visits our school each week on Thursdays. Feel free to pop in and say hello, or contact him if you have any questions on 0437 557 360.
Thanks for all you do for us Paul!
Resilience, Rights & Respectful Relationships, (RRRR)-
During Term 3, our students will be learning about Respectful Relationships through their learning in RRRR Wellbeing Sessions.
Parents and carers as partners:
Parents and carers are a child’s first and most important teachers, particularly in relation to teaching core values and key social and emotional skills. The RRRR resource encourages students to talk with parents, carers, Elders and family members about what they are learning within RRRR.
Please read your child's Department Newsletter for a more in depth overview of the content to be covered in your child's year level in Term 3.
Online Doctor
BRAVE Program-
The BRAVE program is an online self-help program that contains both resources and information for children, teenagers and their parents. BRAVE Program is free of charge to all young people, parents/carers, and professionals who live within Australia. It is designed specifically to help young people with anxiety overcome their worries and improve the quality of their lives.
BRAVE is a cognitive behaviour therapy tool based on established clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety, as described by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
No matter how old or young you are, everyone experiences anxiety at times. We here at the BRAVE program know that worrying about things all the time is tough. The BRAVE program was developed to help young people and their parents develop skills and coping strategies so that your worries and anxiety don’t stop young people from doing the things you want or need to do.
The BRAVE Team also know how hard it can be to make the time to fit everything in! The BRAVE program is an online program that you can work through at your own speed in the privacy of your own home.
Wombats Wish- Grief Support
ROAR- Intereach Family Mental Health Support Service-
ROAR is a service supported by Intereach in which families residing in NSW can access Early Intervention, short term assistance for free. Please see below for the flyer and further information.
Be You
Throughout 2025, ETRPS will continue working alongside Be You to support the Mental Health and Wellbeing of our community.
Be You builds on the success and learnings from five existing programs aimed at promoting social and emotional health and wellbeing for children and young people in the education space: KidsMatter Early Childhood, KidsMatter Primary, MindMatters, Response Ability and headspace School Support. Be You is building on the evidence base and ten years of experience of these programs. These programs are now integrated into Be You – one single, national initiative delivered through early learning services, primary and secondary schools.
Through the partnership with Be You, staff will further develop knowledge about Mentally Healthy Communities and build our Mental Health Literacy understanding.
Fly2Health
By way of introduction, at Fly2Health Victoria we fly experienced (no new grad) Speech Pathologists and OT's to Traralgon, Sale, Horsham, Swan Hill and Echuca every fortnight to serve participants of the NDIS and also private participants. If your school has NDIS participants that are unable to be seen in Echuca we have immediate availability for Speech and OT with our team. Our clinic in Echuca is based at the Echuca Neighbourhood House at 261 High St. We run the fortnightly clinic from 9am - 4pm every second Thursday (this Thursday the 18th of April).
If you are an NDIS participants waiting for this service, please send this online referral through and we can commence services immediately.
https://flyhealthgroup-2.snapforms.com.au/form/new-client-referral-form
Please see below for further details.
Community Supports for our Parents
Taking a moment to offload, let go and be heard
Just having a chance to offload and let go of what is currently overwhelming us. Parentline is one of those supports. Connecting you with trained counsellors for a completely confidential conversation. Available 8am-Midnight 7 days a week.
Definitely a number worth keeping on the fridge!
Breakfast Club
Our Breakfast Club continues to run every morning at the Centre from 8.35am to 8.50am. We are so grateful to Foodbank Vic and Moama Bakery who generously provide food items for our students to enjoy.
Anglicare Early Help Services at ETRS
Fly2Health is now operating weekly in Echuca!
Agency Visits at ETRPS
