Wellbeing Report 

In Search of Beauty

Each year during our Extended Pastoral program we organise a number of incursions for our students around a variety of topics which encourage their social and emotional development. Last week our Year 9 students had an incursion on finding ‘the beauty within’, facilitated by Steve and Annie Lawrence. 

With our young people being bombarded daily by unrealistic beauty stereotypes and body images, Annie’s presentation on ‘In Search of Beauty’ seeks to expose these distortions and show where true beauty lies.

Annie led the girls through her idea of a beauty treatment – the ‘beauty challenge’:

1. DETOX – eliminate one channel of negative beauty messages in your life
2. INFUSION – Find time to contemplate beauty in nature
3. MUSCLE WORKOUT – Choose one inner beauty strength to exercise. Try kind words online.
4. EYE REJUVENATION – Notice true beauty in yourself and others.

Meanwhile, Steve took the boys on an inspiring journey of self-reflection with compelling personal anecdotes of his life as an AFL player, husband, father of six children, educator and world adventurer. As a man of deep faith and spirituality, he encouraged the young men to be resilient and respectful, having courage to stand up for their beliefs, and encouraging good people to become great.

Ms Jackie Kol

Director of Wellbeing