It was fantastic to have students back on the campus over the last week after our recent lockdown. With students moving in and out of lockdowns over the last 18 months the Glenroy Wellbeing Team have been conscious of the effect’s lockdowns have on students academically, socially and emotional wellbeing. We have therefor been working with our students and developing programs that will assist them in these areas.

Wellbeing Framework
The College has been working over the course of the last year to develop a Penola Catholic College Wellbeing Framework. The wellbeing framework team have been active in developing a wellbeing framework that is relevant to our school context and set of principles. While the below diagram is still in its infancy stage, I thought I would share the first glimpse of how the framework is developing with our Penola Catholic College community. Below are the key values and attributes we endeavor to build with our students over their 6 year journey. The aim is to look at embedding these within our wellbeing, pastoral and academic programs in 2022.

College Planner
As part of our strategic plan the Glenroy Campus staff have been modelling how the planner can be a tool to benefit study. With all our Year 7 students having a planner and all our Year 8s in 2022, can I please encourage all Year 7 parents to assist the staff by checking their child is writing their homework, as well as tests and assignments. I will be completing a Study vs Homework session with both year levels in the coming weeks.