Dear Parents,

We place great emphasis on mental health and wellbeing at GIS, and I have been so impressed by the focus in both schools on Mental Health Week. Advisory sessions and homeroom periods have taken place on stress, self-care, self-efficacy and coping mechanisms. We have had assemblies on recognizing and handling stress, by external speaker Ms Amarylis Harris from Reverse Psychology. An excellent video was produced by Mr Lewis and students. We have also seen ConnectEd sessions on Resilience, by Shane Mulligan, Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychologist from Vivamus, and on Digital Wellness by DHA Counsellor, Jackie Greenwood, and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Helena Gil Martin. Thursday was ‘green day’ in recognition of wellbeing and the staff had professional development sessions delivered by external speakers also. Well done to all staff and students involved in the organization of these events.