Acting Pastoral Care & Wellbeing Coordinator
Upcoming Pastoral Events
YAM Year 9 Tuesday 6 August
This week saw the second session of Youth Awareness for Mental Health with Year 9. This program supports our Year 9 students. YAM is a program aimed at addressing the mental health needs of young people. YAM involves discussion and role play. It aims to get young people involved and talking about mental health. By doing this young people will learn problem solving skills and gain knowledge about mental health. The final session of YAM will take place in week 3 for Year 9.
Year 11 Leadership Days 8-9 August
Will give all Year 11 students an opportunity to consider their personal leadership style as they move into Year 12 and become a leader personally in their own right. The days also assist students in considering if they have the skills and desire to formally lead the College community.
Year 10 Campbelltown Youth Forum - 31 July
On a joyful Wednesday, the Year 10 House Captains of Mount Carmel went to the Campbelltown Action Youth Forum on a riveting day-long excursion to generate ideas to improve the LGA and develop a wide range of leadership skills. The day started with a keynote address by Jahin Tanvir, the CEO of the Australian School of Entrepreneurship, who spoke about how his Western Sydney upbringing shaped his public speaking career, alongside engaging explanations of life skills and public speaking tips.
From there, we were divided into small groups with the other schools present, and with a whiteboard, butcher's paper, marker and our innovative ideas, each group developed ways in which they would improve the Macarthur LGA. Ideas varied from a ‘United Nations’ of Campbelltown, a youth magazine, voluntary speeches from years 5-12 as well as an increase in councillors.
The forum was a rich, worthwhile experience, where lessons were learnt on how to improve local communities, and the collaboration with other schools gave us new perspectives and, of course, lots of laughs.
By: Patrick Arthur, Jilliane Castrodes, Katiana Gramelis and Cassandra Tuyor
Helping Your Teen through Stressful Study
Torrens University has put together some insightful suggestions for supporting teens as they move into assessment and exam times for term 3 (inclusive of next week’s Trial HSC).
- Create a study timetable ...
- Reduce household chores ...
- Encourage healthy eating habits ...
- Be a study buddy ...
- Promote regular exercise ...
- Provide emotional support ...
- Be pro-break ...
- Keep an eye on mental health.
View the article for more insight into these ideas. Additionally, junior students will have limited access to the library whilst trial exams are taking place. Please encourage them to be more organised to avoid concerns with charging laptops and printing over the next 2 weeks. Good luck to our Year 12s in their trials.
Mrs Theresa Moore Miss Rebecca Toogood
Acting Pastoral Care & Wellbeing Coordinator
