Health & wellbeing news

Student Wellbeing Hub

The student wellbeing hub (online) helps students learn how to keep healthy, happy, and get the most out of school. You can explore the website to find topics and resources on things like dealing with bullying, how to be smart online, and lots more. To access the student wellbeing hub, click here: Student Learning Resources | Student Wellbeing Hub.

Vaping Resources

Parents, carers, schools, and community all play an important role in protecting children and young people from, and educating them about, the harmful effects smoking and vaping.

Research from the Royal Children’s Hospital shows many parents and carers are not aware of the harmful effects or how their views about smoking and vaping can impact the likelihood of a young person taking up smoking or vaping.

The Department of Education and Training has developed resources to help you learn more about the health risks of smoking and vaping, and some suggestions about how to talk to children and young people about vaping, and where to get support. To access the resources, go to https://www.vic.gov.au/smoking-and-vaping-advice-parents

You can also view this video on smoking and vaping from experts at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne for health advice and tips for starting a conversation with young people.

New Mental Health Practitioner (MHP)

Hi, my name's Gen DuBois. I started this week as Mental Health Practitioner for LHCS. My role will be to support students with their mental health and wellbeing, and to help promote positive mental health across the school community. I have worked in student wellbeing for the past six years, and love working in the school environment. Outside of work, my interests are footy (watching and playing!), running, and cooking. I will be working three days a week at LHCS, and I am looking forward to getting to know you all over the next few weeks!

Parent and Family Information

There are various programs and courses to help carers and parents develop and strengthen their parenting skills. Anglicare Victoria (ParentZone) and Relationships Australia have a range of courses available. See here: Events Archive - Anglicare Victoria and Child parenting courses | Relationships Australia Victoria (relationshipsvictoria.org.au) for more information.