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Parent Workshop
Parent Workshop
Following on from a self harm workshop in the previous academic year, we held a parent workshop on 18th October in order that we might come together and discuss mental health in our teenagers.
Ibu Arrunna and Ibu Sheila opened the presentation by providing helpful information about what is happening inside the teenage brain and how this might be impacting teenage behaviour. (Please click this link in order to view the slideshow presentation.)
We were then joined by a parent, Ibu Risye, who very bravely shared her experiences of finding out that her daughter had been self-harming. With her daughter’s consent, and guided by questions from Ibu Sheila, Ibu Risye talked about how she found out about the self-harm and how she navigated this with her daughter in order to help her to find alternative coping mechanisms.
Her daughter, a GJS alumni, joined us from London via a Google Meet and talked honestly about her experiences as well as what she has learned about herself, looking back on that time.
This open, frank and insightful sharing helped to create a safe environment for other parents who had attended the event. Some of these parents then began to share some of the things that they had been finding difficult about parenting teens.
It can be a lonely journey being a parent. As parents, we don’t we don’t always have all of the answers - our teenagers did not come with a user manual! What was so precious about this parent workshop, was the way in which the safe and judgment free environment empowered parents to speak up about some of the things that they have been finding difficult.
We are incredibly grateful to Ibu Risye and her daughter for being willing to be vulnerable and share with us their experiences in order to help other parents who might be going through the same.
The next SSS led parent workshop will be on Thursday 25th January where we will explore how to, ‘Heal yourself in order to be able to build positive and healthy intergenerational relationships’. More information will be released closer to the time.
We hope to see you there!
Student Experience Survey
On Friday October 20th, the Child Protection, Inclusion and Wellbeing teams sent out an experience survey to all Secondary students. Our intention was to dig deeper into the day to day experiences of a GJS student. We wanted to know the following;
How safe do our students feel in various areas of our campus?
To what extent do students feel that they have at least one trusted adult at school?
To what extent do all students feel included and also to what extent do our students explicitly include others?
How do students see the quality of the relationships that they have in school?
How do all of these factors impact on student wellbeing and attitudes about school?
The intention is that, after a process of data analysis, the following points will be actioned:
The inclusion policy will be updated
A wellbeing policy will be created
A child safeguarding audit will be completed
Although we are only at the beginning of our data analysis, we would like to share the following data trends that provide us all with an overall snapshot of how it is to be a Global Jaya student on a day to day basis:
More than half of our students look forward to coming to school every day or most days
Most students feel safe in most areas of our campus
Almost 70% of all Secondary students report that there is at least one trusted adult at school that they can go to for help.
The top three behaviours that our secondary school students experience from their peers are;
Kindness and compassion
Help and assistance
Inclusion
The top three behaviours that our secondary school students experience from their teachers are;
Acts of kindness
Thoughtfulness
Generousity
95.6 % of Secondary students know (or think that they might know) what they can do and who they can report to if they are not feeling safe at school
Whilst these results are very promising, there are areas where we will be refocusing our efforts in order that we continue to grow as a school. Afterall, research tells us that in order for us to fully actualise our school vision and mission, we need for every student to feel safe, feel connected and to feel included as a member of our community.
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