Wellbeing

Term 2 Wellbeing Programs Update

Year Level Wellbeing Days.

Year 7 Wellbeing Day on Tuesday 18th May:

Empathy Awareness with Intersection, Identity & Diversity Workshop and Happy Yoga with Guru Dudu

Year 8 Wellbeing Day on Monday 7th June:

Separate Boys and Girls sessions exploring Gender awareness, Respectful Relationships, Communication, Stress Management and Friendships with SEED Workshops.

Year 9 & 10 Wellbeing Day on Wednesday 2nd June

Year 10’s; REACH Foundation Positive Peer Dynamics, Drug and Alcohol awareness with Sonya Karas and Be Wise End of Coward Punch

Year 9’s: REACH Foundation Respect & Empathy session with The Intersection.

Police Presentations on Consent & Sextortion:

Students in Years 8, 9 & 10 will be participating in presentations by Moorabbin Police Youth Liaison Officers on consent and sextortion. The officers will be discussing the legal side of consent, sexting and using inappropriate images online to manipulate another. Dates are yet to be confirmed.

Parent Seminar on Drugs and Alcohol Awareness

On Wednesday 19th May at 6:30pm – 7:30pm Sonya Karas will be presenting a Parent Seminar on Young People & Drugs and Alcohol: A Whole New World. Sonya will be presenting in person at Beaumaris Secondary College. Please save the date in your diaries and more information regarding registration will be made available in the near future.

Year 7 Support Groups for Boys and Girls:

During term 2, the Wellbeing Team will be running small group programs for year 7 students, ‘Girl Wise’ for girls and ‘Wise Guys’ for boys. The program is predominantly for students in need of extra support to assist with transition to secondary school, making friends and feeling more confident at school. If you would like your son or daughter to participate in this program please contact Dilek Yucel, Head of Wellbeing on 8569 9200.

Free Parent Seminar on Consent

The Parents Website Webinars and Elephant Ed will cover the topic of consent and help guide parents on how to start, and continue, the conversation at home.

The need for the seminar was prompted by the online petition and forum organised by former Sydney school student, Chanel Contos. Thousands of young women have posted testimonies, many alleging sexual assaults by male students, often at private parties.

The webinar will include the following key discussion points:

Background to the current petition and testimonies
Statistics and prevalence of sexual assault
Legalities surrounding consent
Avenues to seek help
Strategies to start the conversation at home

Please use this link to register: Free webinar on Consent: Strategies for parents to start the conversation at home (theparentswebsite.com.au)

Strong Women Raising Strong, Young Women

An Event for Mothers and Daughters aged 12-16

This workshop will empower you to:

Develop and maintain a stronger sense of self
Create a kinder inner voice
Handle challenging friendships/Peer Pressure
Become a critical Social Media user

Stay one step ahead of the messages of diet culture and society’s unrealistic beauty standards. Parenting young women is hard work. Our girls are facing immense pressures to look and act a certain way, and unfortunately, they are growing up in a world that sees them as bodies first and people second. This workshop will give both you and your daughter strategies and skills to develop and maintain a more peaceful and harmonious relationship with your mind, body and spirit.

When: Sunday 16th May

Time: 1:30-3:00pm

Where: Black Rock Civic Hall

To book tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/BQRYC

About your Presenter: Amanda Stokes is a passionate Educator, Author and Presenter with over 15 years’ experience working with young people and adolescents in both the Education and Health Care Sectors. Amanda supports Mothers to raise self-aware and emotionally connected daughters.

To book tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/BQRYC