After a 2-year covid induced hiatus, the Friends of Footscray High School Small Grants Program is back!

One of the ways that the Friends of Footscray High School contribute the funds they raise back into the school is via the Small Grants Program. The program provides an opportunity for students, teachers and members of the broader school community to submit proposals for funding.

Proposals are assessed by the group based on a set of criteria such as:

• alignment with the school pillars of Unity, Respect, Creativity and Endeavour
• benefit to the broader school community
• alignment with educational outcomes for specific year levels or curriculum areas
• whether applications as a whole cover a range of themes, e.g. sustainability, community, academic excellence, etc.

The Small Grants Program is intended to encourage the whole school community to find new, positive and creative ways for students to:

• engage with their school community and their peers
• gain opportunities to grow their knowledge and experience
• maintain mental, physical, social and emotional wellbeing throughout their school years and beyond.

The number of grants and the amount of money awarded are dependent on the availability of funds and are decided at the discretion of the Small Grants Committee. The typical grant amount is $2000.

This year, at the minimum, we will be selecting one proposal from each campus for funding.

Applications from the student body, SLAT, teaching staff and community members are strongly encouraged. 

To submit your application, please request an application via email to  friendsoffootscrayhighschool@gmail.com

Applications close at the end of Friday 16 September 2022 (last day of term 3). Successful applications will be announced early in Term 4

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SPELD Victoria are running a workshop for parents, carers and educators on Managing Stress for Children with SLDs

This workshop is designed for students with SLDs, their parents, teachers and allied health professionals.

School can be stressful for anyone, but for children with SLDs the stress of school and learning can be overwhelming. Parents see the emotional fallout of their child’s stress and bear witness to the after-school meltdown, tears at drop off, angry outbursts over homework, and the sad and withdrawn teen. Parents often worry most about the impact of their child’s SLD on their self esteem and are desperate for ways to help their child build resilience and learn adaptive ways to cope and respond to stress. 

This is Part 2 in a series of workshops on stress and SLDs.

In Part 1 topics covered included research into stress and resilience in young people with SLDs and practical strategies to support children and teens.

In Part 2 we will dive deeper into the brain’ s stress response system and explore the Self Reg® method for recognising and responding to stressors, both hidden and overt, in children and teens with SLDs.

Part 1 is NOT a prerequisite to Part 2.

This webinar will be held on Thurs 24th Nov, 2022 6:30pm – 9:00 pm.

BOOK NOW

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Taihan is a Year 8 student at Pilgrim Campus, he’s also one of 15 young people selected for the Australian Youth Steering Committee set up to help change how government and young people work together.

Dr Anne Aly – the Albanese Govt’s Minister for Youth – opened applications for the Commonwealth Govt’s Youth Steering Committee in October “to enable young Australians to help shape future Australian policies and programs.’

The Youth Steering Committee includes 15 young people from diverse backgrounds across Australia and Taihan flew to Canberra to take part in the first meeting took place on November 22.

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It was a great experience and it was amazing to be able to represent my local community and my Footscray High peers at the national level.

The Youth Steering Committee has been tasked with developing a new “Youth Engagement Model” that will give young people a say on government policies and programs.

“Young Australians are uniquely placed to tell us about the problems they are facing and to shape solutions that actually work for them,” Youth Minister Anne Aly said on Saturday.

“Young people make up more than 15 per cent of our population, it’s important we don’t paint them with one brush of being young or disengaged or only caring about one issue.”

There are 15 people on the committee aged between 13 and 24. The youngest is Taihan Rahman from Victoria. They are almost equally split between those aged over 20 and those under 20 and come from every Australian state and territory.

The Albanese government is spending $10.5 million on the new Youth Engagement Model. The funding will be used to set up an Office for Youth which will act as a conduit for policy feedback, and five Youth Advisory Groups to work directly with government agencies.

I’ve known Taihan and his family for many years now and have had the pleasure of watching him grow to become one of our community’s best leaders.

I’m so proud of him and I know so many other people in our community are too. pic.twitter.com/LdK4YTbj2A

— Tim Watts MP (@TimWattsMP) November 22, 2022

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