Empowering Wellness: A Recap of Health Week
This week we celebrated Health Week, which aims to educate students and staff, about various aspects of physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
Mental Health
Colour Me Home
‘Colour Me Home’, a personalised mindfulness colouring book for our Year 7 boarders, aims to alleviate homesickness, foster connections, and promote understanding amongst the group.
Australia’s Mental Health Relies On All Of Us Listening
How to listen and respond when someone shares their problems or mental health struggles with you. (Includes 2 great downloads)
Conversation Benches – Years 12 Leaders’ Legacy
‘Conversation benches’ have been installed at the College this week, as a result of a submission by the Year 12 Student Leadership group.
R U OK? Let’s Start A Conversation!
Let’s start a conversation. What is R U OK? Day? When is it a good time to ask someone if they are ok? And how do you ask the question?
Boarders Raising Awareness with New Artwork
Year 12 Boarding Leaders approached the College recently with a submission to have an artwork installed in the Boarding School raising awareness of mental health.
The Best Role Model A Child Can Have
We usually think of role models as people who are well behaved and have achieved excellence. Maybe, what our kids need more are role models who fail and then recover.
Best Role Model, Is One Who Fails
We usually think of role models as people who are well behaved and have achieved excellence. Maybe, what our kids need more are role models who fail and then recover.
The Best Role Model A Child Can Have, Is One Who Fails
We usually think of role models as people who are perfectly behaved and have achieved excellence. Maybe, what our kids need more are role models who fail and then recover.
What Our School Learnt About Children’s Grief
Guiding and comforting children as they experience grief is difficult, especially when you are probably struggling yourself. Here is what our school has learnt about children’s grief.
What Our School Learnt About Children’s Grief
Guiding and comforting a child as they experience grief is difficult, especially when you are often grieving yourself. Here is what our school has learnt about caring for grieving children.
Helping Kids Overwhelmed By Their Feelings
Adolescence is a time of huge emotional turmoil. Our kids can feel overwhelmed by their feelings but they don’t yet know how to regulate them. This is how you can help.
Teach Your Child to be Mindful
Mindfulness training is scientifically proven to be good for children.
Find out more: https://santamaria.wa.edu.au/why-mindfulness-is-awesome/
What Are Our Kids So Afraid Of?
There is no doubt that we have an epidemic of stress and anxiety among our teens. One of their big fears is how they will cope in life beyond school. But why?
Why Do Kids Self Harm?
About 5% of 10 to 17 year olds have self injured in the past 12 months, yet we seldom speak of it. Why are our kids hurting themselves?
10 Positive Conversations You Can Have About ’13 Reasons Why’
Watching 13 Reasons Why I completely understood why our teens are finding it so compelling. It’s not just because it …
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The 10 Emotional Skills Every Teen Needs to be Taught
We expect emotional outbursts from young children, but by the time they are in their teens we expect kids to be controlled. What are the skills they need?
Beyond Frustration
On Sunday I did an art workshop. It was an unusual decision given that I have very little experience or …
Teens and Alcohol
Teenagers and alcohol are a dangerous combination. What do we need to teach kids in order to keep them safe when the time comes?
Sleepy Teens: Why Are Our Teenagers Always So Tired?
At a time in their lives of enormous brain development, it is essential for our teens’ development that they get enough sleep.