Good afternoon everyone,

As we have now settled into the routine of another term of learning, this week has provided some valuable experiences for our students with regards to Wellbing and Learning.

Year 10 “bstreetsmart 2022” Excursion

187 Year 10 students and Nine staff attended the 2022 bstreetsmart Driver Safety presentation at Qudos Bank Arena on Wednesday August 3. This is the first time that this opportunity has been offered to Mount Carmel and it follows on perfectly from the Driver Safety unit covered in PDHPE classes in Term Two. The structure of the day is outlined below:

• Crash Scene Scenario - involving NSW Police, Police Crash Investigation Unit, Fire and Rescue NSW and NSW Ambulance Service staff which provided a realistic re-enactment of a crash and the extrication of a patient from a crashed car, resuscitation of an injured cyclist and a patient’s journey through a hospital.
• Brain injury Unit Speakers sharing real life stories
• Interactive displays
• Spinal injury guest speaker
• Transport NSW presentation
• Family Impact guest speaker
• Braking Distances Live presentation.

The bstreetsmart online site has some further information relating to the content covered in the day.

The presentations provided valuable insights into the responsibilities, dangers and implications involved with being a licensed driver. Whilst some of them were at times confronting, the reality associated with irresponsible behaviour as a driver or passenger and the consequences of often impulsive decision making, particularly for young drivers, are important lessons that people need to be familiar with as part of their driver education. Thanks to the PDHPE Faculty for organising the excursion, the staff who supervised and finally to those students who attended and represented the Mount Carmel Community in a highly mature and respectful manner.

Pastoral Today

A range of Wellbeing and Learning activities took place earlier today in Pastoral time. These included:

• MacKillop House Liturgy
• Years 7 and 8 - Pastoral Class based activities relating to Growth Mindset
• Year 9 - PB4L Survey
• Year 10 - “Do, Diarise or Dump” activities based on the concept of Controlling the Controllable, Goal Setting and Time Management
• Year 11 - Study and preparation for upcoming Preliminary exams in 5 week’s time
• Year 12 - completed their first week of HSC Trial exams.

Thanks to all staff for their organisation and supervision of the activities, and to the students for their engagement and cooperation in these valuable community building, wellbeing and learning activities.

The next webinar,  “How to help your child’s essay writing”, is on Wednesday 10 August at 6:30pm (AEST) where they will be covering live:

• The importance of goal-setting in essay writing
• How you can provide real-time support and feedback to support the process of improvement
• How students can begin to self-assess their work so they can become independent writers

The webinar is run live online where the presenter will share Elevate’s research findings and skills and will conduct a live Q&A so you can ask them questions directly.

You can register by clicking here 

As usual, thanks to all students, families and carers for your ongoing support of the College’s efforts to provide quality learning and wellbeing support for all members of our community. Please do not hesitate to contact the College or the appropriate Classroom Teacher, Pastoral Advisor or Year Coordinator should you have any questions or require any assistance with matters relating to the wellbeing or learning of your son or daughter.

Mr Simon Huntly