From the Leader of Wellbeing - Year 7
It is fantastic to be back for our last term of 2022 and our last term of Year 7!
Overall Year 7 has continued to make solid progress this year. They have recently completed their PAT-R, PAT-M and PAT-S testing and results are promising for many students and is a testament to the hard work that Year 7 has been undertaking this year.
Uniform
A reminder that the Term 4 means that we move from Winter uniform to Summer Uniform. Please refer to the student learning planner for further details.
Wellbeing Day
Year 7 students will undertake a Wellbeing Day on the 11 November while the remainder of the Junior Campus are enjoying their annual school camps. This day will focus on building students' capacity in personal wellbeing with the mantra of the day being, “Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind”.
On the day we will be focusing on the SPIRE Framework and how we can use these concepts to better our personal grit and resilience skill set. This will include sessions based on faith formation led by our parish priest Father Kevin Redman, workshops on mindfulness and positive relationships and will conclude with a special guest speaker, Jonny Shannon.
Jonny Shannon is an International Tech entrepreneur & Motivational Speaker based in Sydney, Australia. He grew up in South Auckland, New Zealand and found school extremely difficult, having undiagnosed dyslexia and other disabilities which led him to failing all his subjects and being bullied. After overreacting too many times, Jonny was finally expelled for fighting too much & not showing up to school. It wasn’t until his last school that a counsellor took him aside to work through some of the key issues he was facing. The difference for Jonny was from “night to day”. He quickly turned his academic performance around and focused on his emotional well being. Surprised by the difference seeing a counsellor made, he committed to doing youth work to help other students like him in the future.
After a short time in the NZ Army, Jonny moved to Australia to become a qualified youth worker. He later took some time off and co-started multiple successful companies including being a pioneer of ‘Pushpay’, an app that helps people give to charities, now valued at over 2 Billion USD. He took this success & resources to re-dedicate his life to full-time youth work, this time focusing on interviewing youth psychologists & speaking at schools on various health topics.
If you would like to know more about Jonny Shannon and more about the [program that he will work through with Year 7 please visit the following link - https://www.jonnyshannon.com/grit
As always if there are any issues please feel free to reach out at any time.
Mr. Jarryd Leaves
Leader of Wellbeing - Year 7