Parents, you’re invited to a webinar hosted by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner. The topic is Digital Technologies and Mental Health, with several sessions running from 19 October to 18 November. This term 4 webinar will provide parents and carers with an understanding of how […]
Our community is one that values inclusion and welcome. The Kildare Ministries Living Justice Living Peace Charter challenges us to break down the barriers that separate people and embrace the marginalised. We are asked ‘who needs to be clearly seen and listened to?’ Often diversity and difference creates barriers or fear that […]
From Tues 12th October the Clonard Sunsmart bucket hats will begin to be dispersed to all students via your Wellbeing teachers. These hats are now a compulsory part of the Clonard uniform and are to be on your person and worn at all times during […]
How to Support your Teens Mental Health During the Holidays It would be fair to say that it has been a pretty tough year for our young people being in and out of lockdowns and experiencing interruptions to schooling, sports, and social lives. If Covid […]
Headspace National are hosting a webinar for parents and carers of young people to support their mental health. Information presented will: • Strengthen your understanding of mental health and wellbeing. • Build skills and strategies to support the mental health, and well-being of your young […]
1. Balancing the role of parent and “teacher” “You were not trained to teach children, but we all have a natural inclination to be teachers. See your role as more of a learning coach. Your key role is to encourage, be interested, foster curiosity and […]
Year 8 Wellbeing Class has done an outstanding job in collecting 766 bread tags for the ‘Bread tags for the Wheelchairs’ program that recycles them in order to fund wheelchairs (mainly) in South Africa. After filling the entire jar we stopped to count them, and […]
Year 7B Wellbeing Teacher, Mr Lance Houlihan, checked in to see how the class was feeling at the start of Friday morning’s Period 1 Wellbeing lesson using a temperature check-in called, ‘On a Scale of Spongebob’. These check-ins are a great way for teachers to […]
Throughout 2020 and 2021, Clonard College has collaborated with Victoria University and three Catholic Colleges in the development of the Research Project: Strengthening and Increasing Support to Vulnerable Students: An Exploratory Study Reference group, as part of the Western Region Youth Mental Health Collective. Some […]