Lakes Entrance Secondary College (LESC) held its annual wellbeing event last Tuesday with the theme being ‘Keeping Safe Together’.
“We held an engaging and fun afternoon, whilst promoting the amazing services and organisations available to support our students and our school community, ultimately highlighting our ability to keep safe together,” school nurse and organiser of the event, Kate Bire, said.
In attendance were the HEY Project from Gippsland Lakes Complete Health offering badge making; Victoria Legal Aid, ready to help students understand their legal rights when it comes to police, sex, young people and the law, and drugs and alcohol; Gippsland East Local Learning and Employment Network (GELLEN) offering the opportunity to experience Virtual Reality with VR Headsets; the iConnect team from Relationships Australia with temporary tattoos and an opportunity to have a dance; the Navigator Program from Uniting running giant Jenga and big games; the Smith Family running 10-pin bowling and lolly guessing; Headspace fully stocked with giveaway prizes once students spun the big wheel and answered a question; Victoria Police keen to have a chat and decorate a cup cake with students; Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault (GCASA) creating a Blob Tree using air dry clay; East Gippsland Shire with Youth Ambassador information, tote bag decoration and Polaroid photos.
LESC also had its own physical education department running tug of war; VM students hosting a basketball activity, down ball, oversized Jenga and chatterboxes; the student leadership council showing students how to make their own stress balls and hosting the passport/raffle table.
Students were provided with paper passports, which were stamped as they rotated through the stalls. Once a student presented a fully stamped passport they gained entry into a raffle. This all added up to a positive afternoon, enjoyed by all.
A number of local organisations generously donated prizes for
the raffle.
