In this episode, our Guidance Cousellors talk about the quality and character strength of being honest. Taking responsibility for your feelings and actions, having integrity, being consistent, and acknowledging areas for learning.

How do we model honesty for our children? 

This isn't just one day on the calendar, it's important we check in on our own mental health and that of others every day! Take a listen to Guidance Counsellor Khara Saunders on how to check in on our mental health before we start to spiral! 

Confidence is the theme this term! This quality encompasses self belief, self awareness and self esteem. We want to empower young people to be confident that they can learn new skills, cope with challenges and achieve their goals! 

The glue that holds our relationships together. Take a listed to College Guidance Counsellor Dr Jasmin Slack-Smith talk about understanding respect for yourself and those in your community. 

Be Kind. Be Brave. Be Courageous. Be Better.

As part of the Mary MacKillop Catholic College Pastoral Plan, during Term 1 we will be taking a focus on the quality of kindness. One of the five qualities identified by you, the parent community, along side staff, as being a valued quality to enhance and develop in ourselves and our broader community.

In this episode, we hear from students, parents and staff on taking care of our own emotions. 

Whether you have big feelings or little persistent ones, it's important to recognise them and have strategies to keep them within manageable limits!

To access resources, or find out about our upcoming LIVINWell Event, visit our College Website.

Mr Sean Albion, Assistant Principal of wellbeing in our Senior School chats candidly about his own journey on the mental health continuum and how we can support, not only our students but also adults in the College and wider community. Everybody's "bucket" can be empty sometimes and #itaintweaktospeak! We need to recognise this within ourselves and find strategies to help refill that bucket. For more info, join us for the LIVINWell evening on Monday, 19 July 2021. More on our socials and website.

In this podcast College Guidance Counsellor, Dr Jasmin Slack-Smith discusses body esteem.

Body Esteem - The perception of our physical self and the thoughts and feelings we have about ourself. 

Welcome to THRIVE -  our Social Emotional Program at Mary MacKillop Catholic College. We know that skill development to support the experience of positive emotion, engagement, healthy relationships, a sense of meaning and accomplishment further supports learning and achievement. Mary MacKillop is committed to educating the whole child, acknowledging the value of a holistic education to support excellence (within each individual students’ capacity to achieve).