From the Director

It has been a huge Term 2 with many exciting things happening around the College.

The Wellbeing team wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday break. We look forward to seeing everyone in Term 3, feeling refreshed and ready to take on Semester 2 with renewed focus and motivation.

Please see the Helpful Contacts at the bottom of the page for any support you or your young person may need during the holidays.

Stay warm.

Kerri Haworth

Director of Wellbeing

Term 2 Wrap Up

Over the course of Term 2, we have:

● continued to engage in counselling sessions with a large number of students;

● celebrated IDAHOBIT Day with Kingston Youth Services’ lunchtime activities;

● emailed happy birthday messages to students throughout the term;

● sourced fruit, snacks and lunch options from Foodbank Victoria for students to enjoy;

● provided Year 9 Connect lesson plan and Kingston Youth Services guest workshops on Character Strengths and how to use your top 4 character strengths to thrive and flourish;

● provided Year 11 ‘Study Calm’ presentation by Felstead Education;

● provided Year 12 Victorian Institute of Sport guest athlete motivational speaker Rhydian Cowley;

● provided Year 7 boys The Man Cave all day workshop and Year 7 girls Values for Life all day workshop;

● provided Year 9 JET (Journey Ending in Transformation) all day targeted workshop;

● supported families through State Schools’ Relief;

● conducted a food drive for Bayside Community Care’s food relief program;

● created a second counselling space in the Wellbeing room to support the ever growing list of students that require wellbeing support;

● farewelled Matt our Student Wellbeing Officer and wished him well as he furthers his career at another school; and

● produced our second Student Wellbeing Bulletin for 2023 with the theme of Empowerment.

Guest Presentations:

Year 7 - boys

Using evidence-based workshops and expert facilitators, the boys were provided with the critical emotional and social skills they need to lead flourishing lives for themselves, their relationships and their communities.

Year 7 - girls

Values for Life presented to our girls on resilience, identity, values and goal setting through fun and engaging activities.

Bayside Community Care Food Drive:

Thanks to the amazing generosity of our Chelt.Sec community, Ben and Eva on behalf of the College, were able to present a huge amount of donations to an extremely grateful Sandra from Bayside Community Care, for their Food Relief Program.

The Breakfast Club

The Wellbeing Team will be starting a Breakfast Club in Term 3, operating out of the kitchenette attached to the Performing Arts building (opposite the soccer oval).

The offering will include cheese toasties, cereals and fruit cups, with the potential to expand the menu as we continue and the program grows.

Breakfast will be available from 8.15am - 8.45am with students having the option to ‘grab and go’ or ‘take a seat and eat’.

We are looking for sponsors who would be willing to provide vouchers for Woolworths, Coles or other local supermarkets to help with the cost of some of the breakfast items. If you know of an organisation that would be able to help out, please ask them to contact

Kerri Haworth via haw@cheltsec.vic.edu.au.

We look forward to seeing as many students as possible.

Understanding Vaping Webinar

Please see below some resources from the recent Monash Health webinar that parents might find useful in supporting their young person with facts about vaping.

General Resources

'Get the facts on vaping': Quit Victoria’s new online information hub for parents and adults.
'See through the haze' anti-vaping campaign information and shareable assets: Quit Victoria
Tobacco in Australia: A comprehensive review of the major issues in smoking and health in Australia, compiled by Cancer Council Victoria. This is a great resource for up-to-date research. Research on e-cigarettes is on Chapter 18.
Vaping and E-Cigarette Prevention toolkit for schools: Peninsula Health
Achievement Program: A free health and wellbeing program open to all Victorian schools, early childhood services and workplaces. Organisations can create healthier working and learning environments by meeting a series of benchmarks for key health priority areas including tobacco and smoking. The Achievement Program also includes many resources and policy templates.
Healthy Sports Clubs: A free initiative for sports clubs in the City of Greater Dandenong, City of Casey and Cardinia Shire Council. It encourages clubs to create healthier environments that promote good health and wellbeing.

Individual Support

Quitline is a free, confidential service. As well as helping people to quit smoking, Quitline can help you to stop vaping. There are lots of ways to get in touch:

Call 13 7848 Mon - Fri 8am to 8pm
Chat online via webchat at quit.org.au
Message us on WhatsApp 61 385 832 920 or Facebook Messenger @quitvic
Text ‘call back’ to 0482 090 634
Or ask us to call you back for free at quit.org.au/callback

Webinar recording

You can watch the Understanding Vaping recording at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdNPzD8mLgo

Corrections: We would like to note that the vaping data mentioned in the webinar should be 14-17 years and not 12-17 years. You can read about the latest data at: www.quit.org.au/news/new-data-shows-australian-teen-smoking-increasing-first-time-25-years-against-backdrop-rising-e-cigarette-use/

Wellbeing Contact Form

Contact our Cheltenham Secondary College Wellbeing team directly with any concerns or issues and one of the team will get back to you. The form can be accessed here.

Helpful Contacts

Headspace

http://www.headspace.org.au/

Headspace Centres can be a one-stop shop for all young people who just need some help with everyday stuff or wellbeing and physical health.

Kids Helpline

https://kidshelpline.com.au/

Kids Helpline is across Australia, it is free, private and confidential 24/7. Mainly for young people aged 5 to age 25.

Call them on.. 1800 55 1800

Lifeline

https://www.lifeline.org.au/

Provides all Australians everywhere experiencing a personal crisis allowing 24-hour support. Call them on.. 13 11 14

Beyond Blue

https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

Provides information and support which helps tackle head-on the effects of mental health issues no matter where or what age.

Call them on.. 1300 22 4636

Parentline

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/serviceprofiles/parentline-service

Fantastic service for parents and carers of young children from a few days of age all the way up to 18-year-olds. This service offers counselling and support which is confidential and anonymous on all issues around parenting. Call them on...13 22 89.

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