Wellbeing Team News
Hello! I’m Chris, a new Wellbeing Team member here at the college, and I’m heaps excited to work with the school community here! I love coming to work because I feel like I’m making a difference with the awesome teams of staff here and can help give students the best start possible in and after their high school years.
Working through some of my own challenges over the past few years and getting to a better place, is the reason I entered this field, and I hope I can serve students to do the same. I’m insanely approachable and friendly, and love to meet new faces – so don’t hesitate to say G’day when you see me floating around!
Hi all,
My name is Fafo, and I am your new School Chaplain, I am very excited to be here and looking forward to what is instore for Hampton Park Secondary College this year. I am hoping to be an integral part of the Well-being team, supporting and assisting students and staff throughout the year. My past experience has allowed me to work with young people from different backgrounds and in different settings. I am full Samoan, born and raised in New Zealand, moved here in my teens. I really enjoy my music, sports, movies, art, culture and food!! It’s a pleasure to meet you all.
A big thank you to Big W Fountain Gate who has provided Hampton Park Secondary with a huge amount of donations over the last 2 years. We are grateful for all the items we have received and the support that this provides to students.
Over the last two years we have been lucky enough to receive novels, stationary , games, craft items and so much more. These donations have allowed us to run lots of programs , activities and provide students in need with their basic school items.
Eat Up!
Eat up is an Australian organisation that provides meals and food donations to schools, we would like to thank Eat up for supporting our community by providing us with cheese sandwiches and fruit.
From grassroots beginnings, Eat Up is now Australia's only organisation providing free lunches for students on a national scale. Our sustainable approach is thanks to ongoing donations of bread, snacks and materials. Volunteers and donations have been key to our growth, from supporting 20 regional Victorian schools in 2014, to now reaching 600+ schools in NSW, NT, QLD, VIC and WA.
Eat up’s donations allow us to provide breakfast to all of our students. Students are always welcome to attend breakfast club on Tuesdays , Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8.15am – 8.45am and have a meal or take items to have later on.
Saver Plus Information Session for Parents
Saver Plus pairs you with a Saver Coach so you can learn tips, tricks and information to grow your budgeting skills. Find out more about the Saver Plus Program in the flyer below.
Raise mentoring
HPSC will have the amazing opportunity with the Raise foundation in term 2 for a youth mentoring program. Families can see more details via the flyer below.
International Women's Day
On March 8th HPSC celebrated International Women's day. The day began with a special breakfast for all staff and students with community services and organisations invited to network and share their knowledge.
Our special guests included-
Talani Cooke – Springvale Monash Legal service ( SMLS) lawyer
Milly Lefau – SMLS Youth Worker
Karen Vergara - South East community links
Manvinder Randhawa - National Broadband Network
Blaire Race - Toyota
Rita Mcdonald - Engineer
Alanna and Natasha – Victoria Police Officers
Ann Delahoy – Hampton Park Youth Librarian
Students had the opportunity to meet with our local services and find out more about their careers and opportunities.
Breakfast club
Breakfast club runs every Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday from 8.15am - 8.50am in the E block kitchen. All students are invited to attend and enjoy a meal before school. Breakfast club is free and welcomes all year levels.
We wish to thank Foodbank and Eat up who support this program through their generous donations to ensure all students can access meals and start their day positively!
We will continue to run this during term 2 and look forward to seeing you all there!
Rainbow Collective
HPSC has a LGBQTIA+ group that runs every Tuesday during lunchtime for staff and students. This term studnets enjoyed their safe space by creating lots of artwork and workign on craft activtites. Rainbow collective will continue to run during term 2, keep an eye out on compass for more details!
During term 2 the wellbeing team will be running a range of programs and opporunities for our students , some of these include Raise mentoring , RITE mentoring, a boys program running in conjunction with the South East Community links, sporting change, and lots more! Keep an eye out on compass and social media to find out more about whats happening.
if you or your family require support during the school holidays, you may reach out to your local community supports which can be found on the school wesbite https://hpsc.vic.edu.au/wellbeingservices/, under the wellbeing tab.
Students can also access ' wellbeing connect' via the star icon on compass for information and details of community supports.
We wish you all a safe and restful break and look forward to seeing you all in term 2.
Please see below a link for Pasifika specific supports available in our local network:
https://cmy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Pasifika-Directory_S.E.2021.pdf