Year 10 Health & Vitality
Pat Cronin - Be Wise Program
Greater Shepparton Secondary College
Be Wise
Our year 10 students have been participating in some educational programs to aid their social and emotional learning throughout Term 1, in their Health & Vitality classes. One of these programs is the Pat Cronin – Be Wise Program, dealing with the effects of violence and specifically the impact of one punch incidents, led by guest presenter Ben.
On 16 April 2016, Pat Cronin was killed by a single Coward Punch as he went to assist a mate who was being attacked. Despite not being knocked-out, the force of that Coward Punch was enough to fracture Pat’s skull, causing an inoperable bleed on his brain. Two days later, Pat’s parents Matt, and Robyn Cronin, made the agonising decision to turn-off his life support system.
The Be Wise program has been developed in consultation with teachers, psychologists, researchers, students, and parents to bring a whole of school/community approach to learning important wellbeing lessons. The Be Wise materials cover Pat’s story, anger and aggression, strategies for violence prevention, and the consequences of violence.
Mark Metcalf
Adolescent Health
