Year 7

Helping your teen with study stress during coronavirus – Reachout.com

Parents may be feeling at a loss for how they can support their teens through study stress at the moment. This article provides parents with strategies to help their teen cope with study stress during this time.

Cyberbullying and Teenagers

When harassment and intimidation take place online, it’s called cyberbullying. This kind of bullying can be especially hard to deal with, since it can be difficult to control and visible to a large number of people. Chances are your child spends a lot of time online, so it’s important to make sure you know what to do if online behaviour gets nasty. Learn what cyberbullying is, how it impacts young people, and get some tips on how you and your child can deal with it. Click here or here or here for more information.

Redlands Secondary School Wellbeing Day

Wellbeing days are a good opportunity to bring awareness of the importance of mental wellbeing for young people. To enrich our pastoral programs and to recognise the incredible engagement and diligence of our students during remote learning, Wednesday 8 September will be a dedicated Zoom Free Lesson Day with a focus on student Wellbeing.

Activities on this day will provide simple and effective ways to support a healthy mind and healthy body by linking to the 5 Ways to Wellbeing:

1. Social connection
2. Be active
3. Keep learning
4. Being aware
5. Helping others

5 Ways to Wellbeing introduces five simple and effective ways to improve psychological and emotional health that are based on extensive international research. 

During the Redlands Secondary School Wellbeing Day, students will work in teams of their choosing to navigate a packed schedule involving a series of self-directed challenges and activities. Each student will have access to a Wellbeing Day booklet which outlines their daily schedule and activities.

We know that a healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body for our overall wellbeing. Like physical fitness, our young people can strengthen their psychological health in lots of small day-to-day ways. This will help them live a happier and more fulfilled lives as well as help them cope with stress, particularly during this period of lockdown.

Mr Edward Atkins
Yr 7 Advisor 
eatkins@redlands.nsw.edu.au
9909 3133