Newsletter – 10 June 2022

In the last week of this term students will be participating in activities based around developing strategies to care for their mental health and wellbeing. Activities will range from singing, dancing, doing creative pieces of work, yoga, meditation, exercise and learning about nourishing foods and foods we should limit.

Whole school mental health and wellbeing days will become a regular part of our end of term schedule as a way to explicitly focus on mental health, wellbeing and resilience of all students in our school through the learning areas of Health and Physical Education, and the Personal and Social Capability in the Victorian Curriculum.

Health and Physical Education learning focuses on students enhancing their own and others’ health, safety, wellbeing and physical activity participation in varied and changing contexts. The curriculum focuses on supporting students to develop the understanding and skills they require to make healthy and safe choices that will enhance their own and others’ health and wellbeing.

The Personal and Social Capability involves students

•    – learning to recognise and regulate emotions
•    – develop empathy for others and understand relationships
•    – establish and build a framework for positive relationships
•    – work effectively in teams and develop leadership skills,
•    – handle challenging situations constructively.

We will bring you more information about these special mental health and wellbeing days in future newsletters.