Wellbeing 

Eastern Melb Parent/Carer webinar: Young people impacted by grief & loss

Join us for this webinar hosted by headspace National. CLICK HERE

The session aims to:

• Provide information regarding children and young people's mental health.
• Increase awareness of strategies to support young people impacted by loss.
• Explain what grief might look like, and strategies to support a child or young person who is grieving.
• Build awareness of local, state and national support services available to children and young people
• Introduce you to some of the skills and strategies to encourage and support help-seeking.

Following the webinar, all those who register will be supported by a digital pack of information that will be sent out via email within 5 days after the event.

Please note: This webinar is for parents, carers and adult community members (over 18 years). This is a live online event and will not be recorded.

Once you have registered here, you will receive an automated email confirmation from Eventbrite that contains the Zoom meeting link to join on the day. Please check your junk email box if you do not receive the email shortly after registering.

For more information contact us at: programsupport@headspace.org.au

Delivered by headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation Ltd.

Student Activities

Queer Alliance has been running for nearly a year at Vermont Secondary College. This group meets at lunch each week and supports LGBTQIA+ students and their allies. When we meet, we discuss issues that affect queer students, make time and space to catch up, recognise special days, like IDAHOBIT Day, and work on projects within the school.

This term we have collaborated with the Heath and PE team. The team provided us with an opportunity to seek feedback on the content and learning tasks used in the Year 9 unit on “Gender and Sexuality”. Students reviewed the content in the power-point presentations, participated in some of the learning activities and watched some of the videos. They then provided feedback and the Health and PE team visited our group and have taken this feedback onboard. 

The Health and PE team have worked incredibly hard to create a course that is engaging and inclusive and it was wonderful to see the Queer Alliance students excited about the content covered and activities included in Health and PE this year. 

The Health and PE team have been receptive and open to the feedback form the Queer Alliance students and it has been a pleasure watching this collaboration take place. Students have been given voice and agency in shaping their curriculum. Thanks to all staff and students involved and all the work put in this term.