OTHER SCHOOL NEWS
Linda Castle
Japanese/ EAL/Humanities Teacher
LOTE Corner
Recently our school participated in the Education Perfect Languages Championship. In this online event, students compete to better their Languages knowledge through answering questions. Over 170,000 students in over 2,100 schools were enrolled to compete this year and we are very proud to celebrate the achievements of Lina in Year 7 and Heidi in Year 9 who achieved Credit Certificates, Haisong in Year 9 who achieved the Silver Certificate and ranked in the top 4000 students, and Shanaed in Year 7 who achieved the Gold Certificate and ranked in the top 2000 students.
We are proud of the efforts of all of our students and look forward to great results next year.
Merryl Arnold
School Nurse
13 Reasons Why - Netflix series
Due to the global impact, difficult themes and some mental health sector criticism of previous seasons of 13 Reasons Why, Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, is encouraging young Australians and their parents to be safe and informed before making decisions about watching the next season of the show.
Headspace has independently created resources to ensure young people and parents are supported and equipped to have constructive conversations about themes depicted in the show. https://headspace.org.au/13reasonswhy/
Student Wellbeing
Christine Doyle, Georgie Hunter and Tina Guy
Updated Website
Student Health and Wellbeing
Recently the Student Health and Wellbeing webpage was updated on the NGSC Website. We invite you to visit the site, have a look around and explore its contents. Go to https://ngsc.vic.edu.au from the main menu select "about us" and then select Student Health and Wellbeing.
Information within the Student Health and Wellbeing portal outlines services we provide here at NGSC to support student Health and Wellbeing. There are also 'Resource Rooms', for parents and students. Within these rooms there is a host of links to relevant websites, supportive services and popular free Apps to try.
Accessing Centrelink
Accessing Centrelink can be difficult. Below are a couple of links that will help.
The first link is to information about Youth Allowance for students:
The link below is to information for those who have been affected by Covid-19:
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/subjects/affected-coronavirus-covid-19
Centrelink can be very difficult for people to navigate particularly if English is not your first language. Students who would like to access the Centrelink Interpreter Service can call 131 202 and will need to state their preferred language twice. They will then be transferred to an interpreter who will assist them with their inquiry. This service can also provide students with their CRN (customer reference number) over the phone which will enable them to apply for payments.
This service is available from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Due to high demand, it is also available on weekends from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
Food Assistance
In this stressful time there are a number of ways to access food assistance if you're experiencing financial difficulty.
You can request a food hamper from the Food Bank by calling the COVID19 assistance line on 1800 675 398 and selecting option 3 when prompted. The Food Bank are able to organise delivery of a hamper directly to your door if you're socially isolated, in urgent need, and have no support network. Hampers are normally delivered within 24-48 hours.
The Student Wellbeing team can also be contacted if you need more urgent food assistance or to talk about other support options.