Forward July 2018 | Page 5

AROUND THE SCHOOL SchoolTV wellbeing platform now available for parents Guildford Grammar School students and parents now have access to an online wellbeing resource called SchoolTV. SchoolTV is a world first wellbeing platform featuring Dr Michael Carr-Gregg that addresses modern day realities faced by schools and parents who increasingly need clear, relevant and fact-based information around raising safe, happy and resilient young people. SchoolTV provides a wealth of interviews, video clips, fact sheets, quizzes and resources on topics of relevance to families. Some of the topics currently available include: • Physical activity • Diet and nutrition • Surviving Year 12 • School transitions • Exam jitters • Internet addition • Online pornography • Social media and digital reputation • Sexting • Cyberbullying • Drug and alcohol use • Depression • Anxiety Each month a new topic is featured and we will release details of this in the Bulletin, on the GGS App and on Facebook. Parents and students are now able to access SchoolTV through the home page of the GGS App, with the option to subscribe to receive notifications when new content is released. For those who do not have the GGS App installed, it can be downloaded via the Apple iTunes store or Google Play - search for Guildford Grammar School Skoolbag App. Subscribe to receive our regular blog posts If you have enjoyed reading our blog posts on social media, you can now subscribe to receive a notification and an email link to new blog posts as soon as they are released. You can subscribe to receive blog posts on your area of interest, selecting from the categories of Senior School, Preparatory School, Boarding, Health and Wellbeing, Sport, Co-Curricular, Learning, Early Learning, Outdoor Education, Pastoral Care and From our Students. To subscribe go to www.ggs.wa.edu.au/News-and-Events/Blog, open any blog post, click on the blue subscribe bar at the bottom of the screen and select your area/s of interest. 5