IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING AND NEED FURTHER INFORMATION

The current climate of uncertainty can create a level of anxiety that many of us have not experienced before. The Government has now created a COVID-19 Support website with practical psychological skills to help you and your family cope. To read more, please click here

Lifeline Crisis Support

Lifeline also provide support services. For more information, click here

Beyond Blue Support

Wellbeing advice provided by Beyond Blue can be found by clicking here

Black Dog Institute

Evidence-based resources to help individuals, workplaces, schools, parents and health professionals.

For more information, please click here

Focus on the family

Focus on the family provide information on 'How to help your kids process tragic news'. If you would like to read this information, please click here

Kids Helpline

Information for not just kids, but also teens, parents and teachers. For further information, click here

The Orange Door

Provides free services for children and young people as well as adults, who are experiencing or have experienced family violence. For further information, click here

Suicide Call Back Service

Free professional counselling 24/7. For further information click here or

Contact 1300 659 467

MensLine Australia

Support for Australian men anywhere, anytime. For further information click here or

Contact 1300 78 99 78

Independent Schools Victoria - Parent's Website

A guide for supporting children during is time is also available from the ISV Parent's website, to read more click here

Parenting in the time of COVID-19

The World Health Organisation offers some great PDFs to help parents interact constructively with their children during this time of confinement, six one-page tips for parents cover planning one-on-one time, staying positive, creating a daily routine, avoiding bad behaviour, managing stress, and talking about COVID-19. Use them to your and your kids’ advantage, and have fun in doing so.

To access these tips please click here

Free online wellbeing courses

This Way Up offer online courses are designed to help you identify, understand, and improve psychological difficulties like stress, insomnia, worry, anxiety and depression. For further information, please click here

How to combat mask anxiety

Face masks can be anxiety-provoking. Psychology Today has a helpful article on how you can cope. To read the article, click here

BHCS NEWSLETTER

The following newsletter will be ‘live’ and will be updated as further information becomes available. --------------------- The School will continue follow the Government's Roadmap with respect to learning.

COVID-19 INFORMATION & UPDATES (last updated 19/11/2021) · 15 Feb 2021

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The following newsletter will be ‘live’ and will be updated as further information becomes available. ---------------------
The School will continue follow the Government's Roadmap with respect to learning.