The start of term two has been busy with a number of wellbeing and pastoral events at Kolbe. This included Year 9 students engaging in wellbeing activities with the Reach Foundation and Year 7 students finding their feet and building further connections with their peers at the Anglesea camp.

This term students from Year 8-12 were selected to represent their peers as members of the Kolbe Senate. Through listening to student voices the College aims to increase student engagement and a sense of belonging, encourage collaboration, and build a positive school culture and environment. The students had the opportunity to participate in the headspace Youth Advocacy Wellbeing Training delivered by headspace Craigieburn's Youth Advocacy Group. So far students have developed an understanding of what wellbeing and advocacy means, and what advocating within the school environment looks like. They have explored their strengths as a leader and how they can utilise these in their role. In teams, students have begun working on an action plan to propose a positive change in the school. Going forward students will have the ability to practice their public speaking skills and pitch their ideas to a member of leadership. We look forward to following the students' progress throughout their training and supporting them to make meaningful changes in the College.

In the Community

Parents

Anglicare ParentZone

ParentZone Northern is a parenting resource centre for all parents, carers and professionals working with parents across the Northern region. ParentZone offers a variety of in person and online parent education programs, as well as one on one support via their intake line all FREE of cost.

Find us at ParentZone Northern: (03) 5135 9555

email: parentzone.northern@anglicarevic.org.au

Monday 24th June 6pm - 7.30pm Online- Parental Wellbeing and Self Care. Click here for more information and registration link.

Wellio

Access to previous Wellio webinars can be found here. This includes the recent recording on phone addiction and social media as we as one of managing anxiety.

Important Dates

21 May 2024	Youth Advocacy Training Session 3
14 June 2024	Year 10 Wellbeing Day and Year 10 Dinner
24 June 2024	Kolbe Cultural Week

Tips, Tricks and Links

Family Meetings (ParentZone Newsletter)

Does everyone in your family have a say and feel heard?

Are you connected to each other?

Are there some things in your family you'd like to change?

A family meeting can change the way your family communicates and works together. It can be an opportunity to problem solve, share and connect. Read more information from ParentZone on how to make family meetings part of your weekly routine.

ParentZone Pods

The ParentZone Teams are delighted to bring you TWELVE ParentZone Pods for you and the families you support. Each Pod identifies and explores common issues parents bring to our parenting groups, and offers strategies to try in these situations. Topics covered include family meetings, dealing with anxiety, sibling rivalry, school refusal, parenting teenagers and more. Click here to listen.

What to do when you see distressing content online? (e-Safety Commissioner)

Online spaces should be safe for everyone. If your child sees violent or distressing material, it is important to check in and talk to them about the content they have seen.

Don't share it further – even if your intention is to help or raise awareness, you may cause distress to others.

Report it to the platform to help get the material removed quickly.

If the material is not removed, you can report it to eSafety. eSafety can notify the platform to either remove the content or block access from within Australia. Your actions could protect you and others from seeing that content again.

You can read more at the links below:

Helping your teen cope with bad world news- ReachOut

Distressing Content- eSafety