Balaklava High School
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14 Gwy Terrace
Balaklava SA 5461
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Email: dl.0769.info@schools.sa.edu.au
Phone: 08 8862 0600
Fax: 08 8862 0650

The Wellbeing Team

The 2019 Wellbeing team consists of Lucy Thiel, Ash Parsons and Neil Richards who are all located near the BHS quadrangle. Students can contact us via Daymap or simply come in and see us. Caregivers can contact us via Daymap or phone and we will be happy to arrange fact-to-face meetings upon request.

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The Enhanced Learning Hub

Enhanced Learning Hub (ELH) programs have kicked off. Students have nominated or have been nominated for classes and they have since been put on their timetables. Notes have been sent home to gain caregiver consent for continual involvement in the ELH. It is possible for student to join mid-term so if you have any concerns or requests please let the school know. All changes after the original letter will be done with verbal consent. The programs we are offering through the ELH for this semester are as follows: 

  • Literacy Intervention – Mr La Grutta/Mrs Thiel
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  • Literacy Extension – Mr La Grutta/ Mrs Thiel
  • Numeracy Intervention – Miss Schubert
  • Numeracy Extension – Miss Schubert
  • Boys’ Club/Fit Club – Mr Parsons
  • STEM – Miss Buick
  • Specialist Music – Mrs Evans
  • Community Learning Hub (CLH) - Mr Parsons
  • Kitchen Food Club (KFC)– Mr Friedrichs
  • Mentoring – Neil/Mrs Von-Zieden
  • HOOPS 4 Life –Mrs Thiel/Coach Tony/Coach Tom

ELH classes are arranged from a combination of the following:

  • Staff look at a range of data including PAT-M and NAPLAN.
  • During transition the students filled out 'Wish lists'.
  • As the term/year goes on, class teachers can refer their students. 
  • A bulletin notice was on Daymap to students about letting me know what they are interested in.
  • At the end of the day none of these are guarantees due to class clashes/class dynamics/class sizes.

For more information ring Lucy Thiel.

HOOPS 4 Life

The ELH is happy to be offering HOOPS 4 Life in 2019. Hoops is a skills development basketball program for girls and boys. Since 2005 more than two thousand young people have taken part in the program. Hundreds of those students have gone on to play district basketball, while others have travelled to the USA to pursue their dreams. The program is linked to the Duke of Edinburgh and can help students be awarded with SACE credits.

Hoops is much more than a basketball program as it focuses on the behaviour, resilience and working towards pathways.

For more information visit  https://hoops4life.com.au/

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Doctors on Campus

We also have a Doctors on Campus program (DOCs) running. This is organised by parent or student request, and/or Wellbeing Team referral. We are lucky to have a mental health nurse and a doctor working alternate fortnights for one day each. This is a confidential, bulk billed service that takes place at school during school hours. Consent from parents will be obtained before the first appointment.

Stymie

Balaklava High School has an ongoing mission to improve the health and wellbeing of students and in a tech savvy, complex world we are need to be proactive in tackling bullying related issues. After a successful first year with the program, we are very excited to be jumping on board with Stymie for another year.

Stymie focusses on being proactive and empowering our community. The initiative understands that community “collective supportive action can make schools safer places”. Our students have a way to report bullying with absolute confidentiality. We believe this will empower bystanders and enable students who are bullied to feel supported. The Stymie message is pretty simple “Bullying. Harm. Stymie that.”

Students can make a report at www.stymie.com.au Want to find out more? Visit https://about.stymie.com.au/

Wellbeing Presentations

On the 5th March our Year 10 and 11 students will be involved in presentations about keeping ourselves and school a safer place. The female students will gather in the Performing Arts building to engage with Caitlyn Davies' program Empowering Women. Caitlyn is a proud young Aboriginal woman who has accomplished a lot in her life so far and has a fantastic message of self-love to empower our students with. After speaking at our Reconciliation Event last year, the feedback from our Year 12s was too positive not to invite her back.

On the same day the male students will be working with Port Power to participate in the Power to End Violence Against Women program which has been developed to raise awareness around the issue of violence against women and promote respectful relationships to young men across schools in South Australia. The program is delivered by staff and players from the Port Adelaide Football Club and provides the information and skills necessary for young men to make informed choices to prevent violent behaviours in society. In consultation with the Department for Education, the program complements the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum that is delivered in primary and secondary schools.

Lucy Thiel

Health & Wellbeing Coordinator