Walk for Wellness at Newcastle Campus – 24th October 2012
Monthly Archives: October 2012
October is Mental Health Month
Did you know that October is Mental Health Month? Do you want to know more about Mental Health? During this month you have the opportunity to learn about mental health and also to participate in some great activities.
Library staff have recently published a new Libguide to provide you with information and support on mental health issues.
The Careers, Counselling and Pathways Unit have organised a range of activities for Mental Health Month that will be held at Hunter TAFE on ‘Wellness Wednesdays’.
This week, on Wednesday 17th October a free student BBQ will be held from 12 – 1pm in the S Block Courtyard at Newcastle Campus.
Further events will be advertised throughout October, or you can contact Counselling staff for details. Check out what is happening at your campus!
Maitland ESOL and CSE students “Love to read”
Love 2 Read is the official logo of the National Year of Reading and now the Maitland Tafe’s library’s entrance is brightened with flowers, each petal adorned with scripts including Javanese, Urdu, Polish, Tagalog, Telagu, Japanese, Arabic, Farsi/Persian, Serbian, Spanish, Indonesian, and Mandarin.
Yes, students have translated the 10 National Year of Reading words: laugh, grow, explore, question, discover, cry, feel, think, escape and dream into their first languages but more importantly have read books in English and written their own book reviews. One comment was, ‘Wow, it’s the first time I’ve read a whole book.” Another, “ I like to learn the handsome frog story with I love you” sums up how books have made us learn and laugh our way through some great reads.
Congratulations to all who participated and to our lucky winners.
“Big up” to teachers, Jenny Vaupel, Helen Boland and Jude Markey for their enthusiastic involvement.
