Webinars
Dr Michael Carr- Gregg is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists. The NEVR team have organised a series of webinars for senior students so they may be able to find strategies to help them with their mental health and wellbeing. These sessions will be recorded and uploaded here once they've been presented.
Scroll to the bottom of this page to access a flyer for distribution.
1. Mental Wellness
Proactive and practical approaches to maintaining and improving your mental wellbeing
· The wellbeing spectrum
· Bucket fillers and emptiers
o Mood Foods
o Exercise
o Sleep Hygiene - daily rhythms
o Relational wellbeing
Friday 21st August
12:30-13:00
2. Call for Calmness
Understanding and practicing ways to achieve calmness in your life as an antidote to VCE stressors
· Doses of anxiety- the goldilocks principle
· Peak performance
· Benefits of practiced relaxation and mindfulness
Friday 28th August
12:30-13:00
3. Thoughtful Solutions
Exploring common Thinking Traps that can lead to negative patterns of thinking and learning practical strategies to manage them
· Informed not obsessed - alert not alarmed
· Locus of control
· Circuit breakers and distractions
· Realism/optimism
· Dealing with uncertainty, fear, disappointment
Friday 4th September
13:00- 13:30
Michael Carr- Gregg will be producing fact sheets to accompany each webinar, please download below.
fact sheet 1.pdfFact sheet 2.pdfFact sheet 3.pdf
4. Digging Deep
Identifying your personal motivators to maintain the effort required to achieve your short- and long-term goals for both VCE and VCAL
· The nature of grit and resilience- effort matters
· Intrinsic and extrinsic motivators- what works for you?
· Recreating routines
· Motivational tools - e.g. mantras, quotes hero's
· Adjusting your narrative - short and long game plans
Friday 11th September
13:00- 13:30
5. Virtual Connectedness
Finding creative, innovative and unique solutions to bring us together.
· Reimagining VCE
· Online study-social groups
· Reaching out to others
· Gratitude, compassion and acts of kindness
Friday 18th September
13:00- 13:30
6. On the Horizon
Looking through both a realistic and optimistic lens to a positive future with new knowledge, thinking and skills
· The skilled, connected and informed generation
· Reasons for hope and optimism
· From adversity comes opportunity
Friday 9th October
13:00- 13:30
WebEx: Link
Session Password: NEVR
Register - name and email required
The Wellbeing Webinar Series for VCE Students 2.docxWord document that can be shared with your students
All recordings for VCE Leader Meeting webinars are available via the following link.
VCE Leader Meeting 29: Tertiary Institute Pathway Presentations
Recordings and PowerPoint slides of the Tertiary Institute Pathways Presentation - course selection processes and available supports for Year 12 students over the Dec/Jan period.
Thursday 3rd December
Monash University 2020-21 Change of Preference
Recording of Julie Baxter from Monash University presenting the offerings and opportunities for Year 12 students.
Friday 4th December