By YASEMIN TALAT
MELTON Secondary College students are standing together to send a message of positivity and resilience while supporting each other against bullying.
This Friday the students will celebrate multiculturalism and embrace differences at the school’s second Let’s Stand Together Day.
Assistant School Principal Jenny Buckle said the event was important in increasing resilience in the school community.
“It’s a day to promote resilience and for all students to be involved within the community and to support each other,” Ms Buckle said.
“It’s extremely important to show that we actually support each other,” she said. “And if we all support each other and we are all positive then that helps all our learning outcomes in our school.”
“It promotes a positive, caring environment where students can get along,” Ms Buckle said.
A full day of activities has been organised for students, including workshops for students from Year 7-9 delivered by Project Rockit, an anti-bullying and youth leadership project that offers strategies, stories and programs created for young people.
Students will also hear from guest speakers from different cultural groups within the community to help raise awareness of different cultures.
Let’s Stand Together wrist bands will be distributed to students and t-shirts with a specially designed logo by the School Captain will be worn by the organisation committee.
The positive day will be celebrated with a barbeque lunch and live entertainment for students.
The day, which was organised in association with Youth Connections, was made possible by a grant received by the Youth Advisory Committee Grant Program from the City of Melton.
