Wellbeing Updates

The Stand Up Project

Congratulation to Billie S and Lucy C from Y6 Blue who completed a two day leadership workshop with Ms Greer and the team from The Stand Up Project. The students attended theory sessions looking at :

1. psychological phenomenon and theories to explain group behaviour,
2. mental health data from the Latrobe Valley area focusing on the impact of bullying on the victim, offender, teachers and parents,
3. Strategies for safely and effectively combating bullying in schools and wider community

The students collaborated with students from seven other schools to then create lesson plans so they could go and deliver this valuable information to their school community to promote UPSTANDER behaviour. Furthermore, Billy and Lucy were part of a group that presented to members from the Latrobe City Council about how we could develop community awareness to reduce bystander and increase upstander behaviours.

Our St Gabriel’s students were pushed out of their comfort zone and embraced the challenges they were presented with. The students say they are ‘looking forward to working with Ms Greer and a small team of peers to present their new knowledge to St Gabriel’s and helping make our school an even better place for positive friendships and respect to grow.’