Discovering the Resilience Project Excursion

NGSC has introduced the Resilience Project to strengthen our Connect program in 2026.

On Tuesday the 21^st of April, students had the opportunity to attend GMHBA Stadium to have a presentation from The Resilience Project leader Martin Heppell and Geelong Cats AFL & AFLW players. It was great to see nearly 700 of our students attend the excursions, which was split into Year 7-9 and Year 10-12 sessions.

This was a high energy storytelling presentation, which engaged students with storytelling and humour. Martin shared simple, practical tips we can use every day to improve our wellbeing, strengthening our whole school approach to wellbeing.

Attached are some images from the day, including some excited Cats fans meeting their idols and two of our Year 12 Captains, Lila and Louis, meeting with Cats players to discuss the partnership with The Resilience Project.

The Resilient Youth Survey

On the 4^th of May, NGSC students will be completing the Resilient Youth Survey. The Student Resilience Survey is an anonymous online survey which collects, analyses and reports the resilience of young people at a cohort level in terms of their strengths, life satisfaction, hopefulness, anxiety and depression, coping style, and risk and protective behaviours.

Specifically, the survey measures the resilience and wellbeing of your young people across 9 key domains: Understanding Self, Social Skills, Positive Relationships, Safety, Healthy Body and Healthy Mind, Learning, Positive Attitude, Positive Values, Positive Identity.

This data is shared directly with the school to assist the implementation of well-being programs.

If families would like their children to not take part in the survey, please opt out by emailing Mr Grayson: thomas.grayson@education.vic.gov.au

An overview of the survey and more information can be found at: https://www.resilientyouth.org/blog/resilient-youth-state-of-the-nation