Term 2 has been very busy and productive for everyone. The students have been supported in their learning and emotional needs by our Wellbeing team of Counsellors, Youth Worker and Psychologist. Further support by Kingston Youth Services and Bayside Youth Services.
We have every lunchtime our Arts and Wellbeing activities held in the Art and Music areas by teachers lead by Mrs Tanya Martinek and Mrs Lisa Maxwell-Cripps who volunteer their lunchtimes to be available to the students. We have supplied toasties and fruit donated by Eat Up and local fruiter Donald Smith for students who required lunch. The school is very grateful to Eat Up and Donald for their support.
Term 3 will be just as busy and we kick off the term with a very exciting initiative in partnership with BGKLLEN involving a group of Year 9 girls who will help design and produce six short films.
Summary of the project:
The BGKLLEN has engaged YLab (www.ylab.global - a youth consulting social enterprise) to shoot six short films (4-6 minutes) to profile women in non-traditional areas (i.e App development, coding, concreting, barista, AFL) to help break down the gender imbalance in career decision making. These videos will be partnered with classroom lessons to reinforce the importance of 21st century or enterprise skills in the workplace including digital literacy, communication, collaboration, creativity, project management etc. These will be hosted online and available to every school in Victoria, Australia and overseas.
The students will not only be developing a tool that will be seen by thousands of other students, they will be helping portray women in non-traditional work areas and increase the amount of young women who aspire to those roles. As well as that, this program will go some way to helping some local issues:
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The World-renowned “Resilience Project” is coming to Cheltenham Secondary Term 3!!!
The college enters into a ‘Partnership Program’ in 2020 which entails:
- A STAFF Professional Development session (90 minute presentation)
- Two highly engaging STUDENT presentations (2 x 60 min presentations)
- An empowering PARENTS/CARE GIVERS presentation (90 min presentation)
- All students will complete The Resilient Youth Survey http://www.resilientyouth.org.au/survey
- A Resilience Profile Workshop for staff which focuses on the school’s survey data and how it relates to The Resilience Project curriculum.
- A personal student journal containing The Resilience Project Curriculum (10-30 lessons depending on year level).
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
The Resilience Project programs are based on three key strategies:
- Gratitude (appreciating what you have, not begrudging what you don't)
- Empathy (thinking of the needs of others/kindness) and
- Mindfulness (being present in the moment, not becoming distracted by
Through their own unique experiences TRP presenters will share engaging stories that link to the key program themes. They will also provide practical positive mental health strategies that can be implemented at school and also at home.
We would encourage parents to watch the Schools program video on the TRP website to gain a better understanding of how the programs work and how they will benefit your students, CSC staff and our parent/guardian community:
https://theresilienceproject.com.au/schools/
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THE RESILIENCE PROJECT (TRP) TEAM WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
DON’T FORGET TO SAVE THE DATE MONDAY 19TH AUGUST 2019 TERM 3 FOR THE PARENT/GUARDIAN PRESENTATION.
TRP IMMERSION PROGRAM DATES 2019
- Staff PD - Monday, August 5, 2019 (90 min presentation)
- Student session #1- Tuesday, August 6, 2019 (60 min presentation)
- Student session #2 - Tuesday, August 6, 2019 (60 min presentation)
- Parent evening - Monday, August 19, 2019 (90 min presentation)
FURTHER DETAILS AND REMINDERS WILL FOLLOW EARLY TERM 3.
Lorraine East
Wellbeing Manager
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