Need some help, some extra support?

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Explore through the below resources to help you build your coping skills or to just provide a distraction.

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Resources to read, watch or listen to.

Click on the links below to access phone and online counselling service. Group chat forums or to just gain some information.

Beyond Blue- Online group chat forums and resources.

This way up- Free courses and tools to manage stress and learn to cope.

ReachOut - A range of information, tools and apps to help you get engaged. A good place to start is the 'What's on your mind' Search

Headspace- Here, you can access group chats, online communities, and 1:1 direct support with eheadspace professionals.

Remember- finding the perfect type of support can be hit and miss. Do not give up. The right support is out there for YOU.

Interactive Resources- These may require you to sign up- but its worth it.
Daily activates and tips on managing your mental health.

Create a routine. 10 minutes a day to build your resilience skills

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Use some of the strategies below to help you regulate your emotions- or to reset yourself. Click to drop down.

Maintain a routine
Create a photo collage with you phone
Phone a friend
Learn to bake
Journal
Do some gardening
Go for a walk, a run or a ride
Do some finger painting
Colour with your left hand
Make some slime
Have a bubble bath

Activities- Click Here

Digital Lunchbreak

The Digital Lunchbreak website has been developed in response to Covid-19 to collate a variety of activities and resources government and non-government organisations have made available for children and young people.

We have also developed a resources page to ensure you are taking care of your wellbeing and overall health. We encourage you to take your time, browse the website, explore the activities and utilise the resources if you need.

Study Skills--------------> Drop down

Building study skills

1. Review the work covered in class at the end of a topic

Read notes from the school workbook or textbook
Check any information that is not clear with class teacher

2. Prepare study notes

Write or type important facts from school notes – use subheadings, list definitions, draw diagrams to summarize information, compose short sentences that summarize a whole paragraph of information
Notes can be prepared on flashcards (paper or electronic versions), in exercise books, or typed in a computer

3. Create study questions to match notes

For each line of study notes students should write a corresponding question to check their knowledge and engage with their study notes in an active way
- E.g., Tutankhamen is the most famous pharaoh in Egypt because his tomb is the only one ever discovered intact
- Question: Why is Tutankhamen the most famous pharaoh? Whose tomb was discovered untouched?

There are also other ways to prepare study notes. Here are some examples.

4. Use visual aids

Mind maps

Some students learn best using visual aids, such as drawings, maps, and pictures – so these can be great tools to build study skills. This strength can be used to create effective study notes for students, by having them represent the material they need to study in a drawing or mind map. Mind maps can be drawn by hand or using a variety of computer programs such as Mindset

Flash cards

Include definitions, concepts and key features of your courses on one side. Write the answers on the other side and quiz yourself or work with a friend.