Wellbeing Matters

Year 9 and 10 Wellbeing Days - Term 4 

Year 9 - Thursday 14 October (all day)

The Year 9 students will be split into a boys and girls program facilitated by SEED workshops with a focus on: 

• Respectful Relationships
• Managing Stress
• Friendships and mateships
• Gender and the media.

Year 10 - Wednesday 27 October (all day)

The Year 10 students will be participating in various workshops run by different service providers. Some workshops include: 

• REACH Foundation on Positive Peer dynamics
• Pat Cronin Foundation on End the Coward Punch
• Elephant Education on Consent.

Tips to Help Families Cope During Lockdowns

FREE Webinar - August 30 (8pm to 9pm)

The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne are presenting a live webinar for families. The panel includes adolescent and family health experts from the University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital and private practice, along with a parent who will share their insights and tips on tackling the mental health challenges so many Australian parents and kids are facing right now. There will be a chance for audience questions at the end of the panel discussion. It is appropriate for families with kids in both primary and secondary schools. 

Butterfly Foundation is offering 2 FREE live webinars for parents providing important tips on supporting your child's body image as part of Butterfly's new initiative: Body Kind Families. 

Let's Talk Body Confident Children and Teens 

For: Parents of primary and secondary age children. 

Covers: Power of positive role modelling | Reducing toxic body talk | Developing resilience to social media pressures | What to do if concerned.

Date: Wednesday 1 Sept 2021

Time: 7pm - 8.15pm (AEST)

Format: Live, via Zoom (no recording)

Let's Talk Body Image in Boys 

For: Parents of pre-teen and adolescent boys. 

Covers: Common concerns | Higher risk males | What's driving appearance pressures | When training, exercise or eating is problematic.

Date: Thursday 9 Sept 2021

Time: 7pm - 8.15pm (AEST)

Format: Live, via Zoom (no recording)

Generating Fun, Energy & Joy with your Teenage Children

FREE Webinar - Tuesday 7 September 2021 (7:00pm)

Anxiety in your Child - Dr Justin Coulson 

Beaumaris Secondary College has purchased a whole school licence for this webinar which means that parents have FREE access to this event on Wednesday 8 September 2021 | 7.30pm AEST

Anxiety has become one of the leading causes of ill-health in our children and it’s also affecting more parents than ever before. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated what was already an accelerating problem.

Can we stop anxiety? Where is it coming from? Are our kids bubble-wrapped snowflakes that just need to “toughen up” and get over it? Or is there an approach to our children’s anxiety that can build them, encourage them, and give them hope?

This webinar will provide the answers every parent needs to help their children – and even to help themselves. Over the course of 90 minutes, Dr Justin Coulson will help you to:

• Recognise anxiety in your child and know how best to respond when anxiety flares up
• Become a supportive hope-giver to your child to empower them to be courageous in the face of anxious thoughts
• Uncover the research-based #1 strength your child can develop to combat anxiety and develop remarkable resilience.
• Identify how your own anxieties could be affecting your child and know how to manage them
• Learn proven strategies to help both you and your child navigate and manage anxiety when things get stressful

Once you’ve participated in this webinar, you’ll have strategies that you can put into practice on the spot to help curb anxiety, build confidence and restore resilience in your child. And if you struggle with anxiety yourself, you’ll be changed.

Note – this is a live webinar but a link will be available for 7 days after the event.

Connecting & communicating with your young person

Dates: Monday 13 and Wednesday 15 September  

Time: 7pm (45 – 50mins)

Mode: ZOOM via event registration 

Cost: FREE

Initiated by headspace National in response to a demand for parent and carer mental health education, the webinar will cover:

• Understanding your young person, and recognising mental health difficulties
• Managing the challenges of parenting young people today
• Having better conversations with your young person
• Connecting your young person with the right help and support.

A secondary webinar focusing on professional supports will follow in 4-5 weeks’ time.

Brand-new for Spring we have Animation Online, the exciting intersection between storytelling, art, and technology! Your child will create their own clay and LEGO movies using stop-motion animation. Sessions take place within our online platform, Code Camp World. Your child will be welcomed each morning via Zoom, before following our comprehensive learning materials to learn the skills to produce their animated movies. Live tutor support will be on hand to assist! 

And for the budding coders, we have Coding Camps Online starting with beginner's drag & drop coding at Spark and advancing to JavaScript, 3D design, and web building. At Spark and Ignite your child can even design, code and create their own DC Super Hero game featuring BATMAN, WONDER WOMAN, or SUPERMAN! 

Select a week of the school holidays and your child will receive 2 hours of exciting and engaging activities to complete each day. This means you don’t have to complete the program at the same time each day. It’s flexible. Your child can be creative when it suits their schedule!

Our live tutor team will be online Monday - Friday between 9:30 am - 3:30 pm to help your kids over the course of the week.

Ms Dilek Yucel (Head of Wellbeing), Ms Rachel Felmingham (Mental Health Practitioner) & Mr Jack Crameri (Teacher Counsellor)