Student Wellbeing / MindMatters
Running for Rowie
Teens & Screens
With such positive feedback after last weeks Teens & Screens presentation, which was extremely well received by teachers, parents and even the students, Dr Coulson has kindly passed on some helpful information to share with our community.
If you would like more information please go the following:
website: happyfamilies.com.au.
Walk Against Youth Violence Spit to Manly
Community Support Required:
Let's get behind Liam Knight (HSC Class of 2013) and the 'White Knight Foundation's Walk Against Youth Violence"!!
- When: This Sunday 25 September 2016
- Where: Spit West Reserve to Manly Cove
- Start time: 8:30am (7:45am for registration)
- Finish time: Approximately 11:30am
- Further details: Please click on the link below
To join the SPX Team of Walkers (Staff, Parents, Students, Friends), please click on the following link: http://www.thewhiteknightfoundation.com/events. As mentioned on Liam’s Facebook he is looking for as many people joining him on this walk as possible - mates, family, strangers, everyone. Get a crew together. “Let’s raise some money and create some awareness for a worthy cause”.
Running for Rowie
With our Year 11 MindMatters Student Teams on Preliminary exams and Year 12s preparing for their HSC, it was pleasing again to see St Pius X College well represented at The Running for Rowie, St Thomas’ Willoughby based community event on Sunday. Our Year 10 MindMatters Team supervised by Ms Allington and Mr Russo, and including Matt Garrett, Tom Zwart, Jack Moran, Chris Jenner, Amechi Okwechime, Cooper Alan and Jamie Miller, were supported by Year 9 Student Empowerment Team aspirants Miguel Alvarez, Tom Wong and Jimmy Bleasdale in running the BBQ for this Community Event to remember Andrew Rowe and support a charity which raises funds in support of managing Childhood Grief.
Following Mr Russo’s inspirational talk to Year 9 last week we now invite applicants to join a Year 9 MindMatters Student Empowerment Team to take up the mantle of advocating well being. See James Spencer, Nick Papastamatis or Jack Moran to register your interest. We also need some Year 9 – 12 students to begin as Peer Mentors to Year 5 – 7 students and help out with the MindMatters Programs in a range of ways. Again register your interest through the Year 10 MindMatters Team or to Mr Russo, Mr Brannan, Ms Kugananthan, Ms Foord, Ms Allington, Mr Lynch, Mr McBrearty or Mr Ten Seldam.
Ms Allington, Mr Brannan and Mr Russo
MindMatters
Boxercise
Congratulations to our wonderful leadership team who lead our boxing program every Thursday and Friday morning.
Left to right-Griffin Kirwan, Martin Hopkins, Pat Cass, Amechi Okwechime, Harry Lee.
Side by Side Project
University of Technology Sydney
Please find below information about a research trial being run at the UTS Health Psychology Unit. 16 sessions of free therapy for families who have children with behavioural problems is available. This program started in 2016 and has to-date seen over 50 families. Overall feedback received has been extremely positive.
Mr Rick Russo - Coordinator
Mr Sean Brannan - Head of Student Services