Year 8 “Connections that Count” incursion

On Monday, Year 8 engaged in the “Connections that Count” presentation by the YourChoicez group. The presentations covered important topics that students are facing in the digital generation. The seminar helped students gain insight into how their online choices can affect friendships and current or future relationships. Topics covered included sexting, online pornography and concerning online behaviours. Thanks to Mr Sullivan, the Year 8 Pastoral team and period 1 & 2 teachers for their supervision of the Year 8 groups.

Year 7 Camp

As we enter the second half of the term, there are a number of important Pastoral Care and Wellbeing activities being conducted over the next few weeks which will complement the regular learning that occurs within the day to day classroom environment. One of these initiatives is the Year 7 Camp.

Week 8 (Monday 20 - Wednesday 22 March) Year 7 will attend their “Camp”, which is a combination of Teen Ranch and School based activities including Archery, Rock Climbing, Giant Swing and team building initiatives. Avila and Howard House students will attend Teen Ranch on Monday, with Murray and MacKillop students involved in school-based spirituality, technology and team building activities at the College. All Year 7 students will be off site and at Teen Ranch on Tuesday (transition day), and Avila and Howard will return to school for the school-based activities on Wednesday.

Thank you to Mr Rees and Miss Heath for their work in organising the camp and to the staff who will give up their time to assist with supervision across three days and two nights. A gentle reminder to students and carers to provide necessary paperwork and information that will ensure a safe experience for all concerned.

From our Catholic Care Counsellors

 Good afternoon all,

My Headspace is a great FREE tool which can be used for low level issues that are not quite suitable for a counselling referral. It offers 1 on 1 chats with a clinician through webchat, email or phone call as well as peer led, and clinician led group chats which students can participate in. Transcripts remain available on the website as well.

 Students can create their own "space" and build a mental health toolkit with resources they find useful. There are a bunch of articles and video resources as well.

 I would encourage all Parents/carers to also make an account as an "Adult Supporting a Young Person". This gives you access to all the same.

Please click this link to register for a headspace account.

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