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On Monday 28 May, Brainstorm Productions will be presenting their student wellbeing program ‘Cyberia’ to Year 7-10 students at Tenison Woods College.

Powerful and compelling, Cyberia is an unflinching live theatre experience about cyber bullying and its devastating repercussions. Cyberia depicts two teen characters that are increasingly using social media, gaming and selfies to express themselves. In time this takes a nasty twist leading to cyber bullying and the spreading of hurtful rumours online. The characters suddenly realise they can’t press the ‘undo’ button to save their relationships, reputation or their dignity. Cyberia will encourage students to think carefully before they ‘post’, and gives strategies to report and recover from cyber bullying, limit screen time and stay safe online.

Cyberia is part of our student wellbeing curriculum and the program has been developed in consultation with teachers, psychologists, as well as real-life student experiences. The methodology if the program is safe, supportive and nonjudgmental and designed to provide students with positive and useful tools that they can use in their everyday lives.

More than 350,000 Australian students have already benefitted from Brainstorm Productions multi award-winning educational theatre programs over the past twelve months. Their programs cater to the specific wellbeing needs of students, helping to create a healthy and harmonious school environment. If you would like to know more about Brainstorm Productions, visit their website.

Teachers and wellbeing Coordinators will be looking at the concepts in the play as part of the Pastoral Care program. In Term 2 it will also be a good conversation starter for parents and caregivers at home. If you have any concerns please contact your child’s year level wellbeing coordinators through Sharon Brodie.

Sharon Brodie | Teacher and Year 8 Wellbeing Coordinator

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