Wellbeing
Connect Activities
Connect Activities continued this fortnight and featured the 2021 Remote-Learning Scavenger Hunt.
The Scavenger Hunt winner was Nicole Li of Year 8!
Congratulations to Nicole for not only for having the highest points score, but for the effort with which you completed each category.
Well done also to Madison Tchia of Year 7 as our runner up for her outstanding submission.
Thanks to everyone else who entered the competition with special mentions to Ashlynn Wong, Edward Zhou and Chloe Thomson for their outstanding entries!
Katie Mills (Youth Worker) and Lachie Marchant (Mental Health Practitioner)
Trivia Night Encore
Wednesday 22 September, 7pm
Due to popular demand, The Fathering Project will be hosting a second Trivia Night for families who missed out on the Father’s Day Trivia event. You can register via the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuc-GqqToiEtREupC3-UxDDXk8nvsV24he
Note: This is a repeat of the Father’s Day Trivia Night and is for those who were unable to attend the first one.
Supporting Dads and Father figures during covid lockdowns
Looking after your own mental health and wellbeing while supporting your family during Covid lockdowns, presents many challenges for dads and father figures across the country. Finding useful information is often difficult and time consuming, so The Fathering Project have collated some of their favourite podcasts, webinars, articles and videos for you to share with the dads and father figures in your community.
Podcasts
Webinars
- Dr Justine Gatt - Why resilience is important & training your brain
- Dr Mandie Shean – how to do well when life is challenging
Articles
Videos
- Six ways you can help raise resilient kids
- Tips to help dads mental wellbeing during isolation
- Tips for mental health and wellness
Overwhelm webinar
Self Care Strategies for when Everything is Too Much
A webinar with Dr Justin Coulson
Monday 20 September 2021 at 8pm
Studies confirm it: having children is a sure-fire way for parents to end up stressed out, spent out, and worn out! The extra pressures of living in a modern world that’s become increasingly expensive, increasingly pressured, and increasingly paranoid (thanks to the media and being overtaken by COVID-19) amplify the challenge so many of us face every day. Lockdown pressures have only exacerbated the overwhelm.
In “Overwhelm: Self-Care Strategies For When Everything Is Too Much”, Dr Justin Coulson delves into the latest research to explore what self-care can really look like for busy parents who just want a chance to go to the bathroom in peace. This 60-minute webinar will show you:
- Why our best efforts at self-care continually fail
- Simple habit hacks that help every parent build better self-care practices
- Evidence-based strategies parents can use even when the kids are around, and
- The one piece of self-care advice that will change your family for the better… immediately
If you have signed up to the Doncaster Secondary College Premium Membership at Happy Families then you have FREE access to this event.
You can register here.
Well-being Support for Students During the Holidays
The Victorian Government has provided a guide for parents and carers to support their children and young people in their care during the school holidays.
The DSC Wellbeing Team would also like to provide students and families a list of Support Services available, which might be particularly helpful over the school holidays.
Happy Families
Have you registered for your Premium Membership yet? You'll be able to access the Happy Families library and resources right away!
Drew Hanna
Student Wellbeing Coordinator