"Mater Dei Matters"

Academic Care and Wellbeing

Youth Forum Series

Youth Development Officer, Alexandra Osgood invited the College to participate in a youth forum to hear student perspectives on how to improve opportunities for young people in Wagga. 

 

Students from years 9, 10 and 11 were invited to join the forum on Wednesday May 18.  Our forum included guest speaker Councillor Dan Hayes, and generated in depth conversations about what is needed and why, and looked at gender differences in what is already available.  There was a common thought that information about what the Council is offering is not reaching young people and so students are encouraged to follow Wagga City Council on Instagram.

 

We look forward to continuing the conversation with Alex, Sarah Lehman and Dan Hayes in the future.

 

School Parent Partnership Program Preliminary Meetings

Date: Wednesday 8 June, 2022

Time: 7.00pm to 8.00pm (Parents and School Staff) Zoom Link will be shared with Year 8 Parents via Compass on Monday.

 

SESSION 1 AGENDA

  1. Welcome to Country and Prayer (Gloria Blacka)
  2. Introductions (Prue Horan)
  3. Why the CEDWW School Parent Partnerships Program? (Prue Horan)
  4. An overview of the key components of the Program (Andrew Fuller)
  5. Executive Functioning Skills - 'The Big 6' (Andrew Fuller)
  6. Question Time (Anne Ryan)

ABOUT ANDREW FULLER

Andrew Fuller is a clinical psychologist and family therapist, who works to create resilience in families, communities and schools. He specialises in how students learn and how their educational outcomes can be improved. 

 

Rotary Youth Driver Awareness Program (RYDA)

Last week our Year 11 students attended the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness Program at the Wagga Showgrounds.  Students and staff gained more knowledge about road safety and found the Workshop to be both a worthwhile and valuable experience.

 

Parents have the opportunity to provide feedback to RYDA by following this link. 

 

Students are encouraged to visit the RYDA website for useful resources, quizzes and fun competitions with the opportunity to win a $100 Visa voucher by simply completing  from your RYDA experience.

 

Mater Dei students will be participating in the Push Up Challenge starting on June 1.  Look out for ways to get involved at home!

 

Ms Melanie Cramp | Leader of Students