Week 5 was full of fun and excitement as the team prepared and departed for their Surf camp in Breamlea. The week started with us picking up the students from Collingwood station as we made our way to Sandridge beach to get a little insight of what to expect in the next two days when we will be surfing. Firstly, we took the time to enjoy the beautiful sunny weather before we talked about safety and first aid to ensure that we were properly prepared for the surf camp in the next following days. The students learnt the first aid method of DRSABCD which includes how to do CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) and a patient assessment. Students were put to the test as they had to perform first ai
Wednesday was another day on the program where we were using our body and minds. We started the day at Oxygen Youth Services and met Jacinta and Temika from Headspace. Operation Newstart is extremely lucky to be partnered with headspace and to work closely with them to provide mental health knowledge and support. During the session we looked at things that we are all dealing with and coping strategies that we can adopt to help manage these. We touched on helpful behaviours and people we can contact for support. It was also Ryans birthday on this day so we sang happy birthday and shared some cake to celebrate. After we drove to Richmond gym to work up a sweat. We started teh session with some
Its week two on the program and this week is all about our hike camp! We started the week at Collingwood Alternative School which is the office location of Operation Newstart Northern. We picked up the students from Collingwood station and got stuck into our character strength workshop. Character strengths are a set of 24 skills and abilities that all people naturally possess. We identify our character strengths through an online test and use them to our advantage by skifully applying them into our lives. Throughout the program we also work to identify these strengths in others to then be able to take this back into school and life. After this we got stuck into our camp pack. During this pac
Welcome to first blog of Term 2 2019! We are working within the Moreland council area and can’t wait to work with all the amazing schools and services that we have access to. This blog will be updated every week and will give you an insight into the activities and workshops we’ve been doing. his week started at our local hub this term, Oxygen Youth services. We met the students at Oxygen who all arrived on time and ready to go. It was great to see everyone come prepared for the day and ready to connect. We said a quick hello, played a little pool and got stuck into introducing ourselves. With credit to the young people they all did a great job at opening up and connecting with everyone. We l
