{"id":43876,"date":"2026-02-13T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&p=43876"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:02:29","slug":"navigating-friendships-in-the-junior-school-new-dare-to-be-more-podcast-now-live","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/navigating-friendships-in-the-junior-school-new-dare-to-be-more-podcast-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating Friendships in the Junior School – New Dare to Be More Podcast Now Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this episode of ‘Dare to Be More’, host Anthony Perl speaks with Joanne Sharpe,<\/strong> Deputy Head of Junior School \u2013 Wellbeing, and Anna Michalopoulos,<\/strong> Head of Counselling and Student Health, about the crucial role friendships play in girls’ development throughout the Junior School years.<\/p>\n

The episode addresses the positive impact of strong friendships on resilience, academic performance, and self-esteem, whilst also exploring challenges such as possessiveness in middle primary years, the transition when friendship groups change, and supporting girls who prefer just one or two close friends versus those who thrive with larger groups.<\/p>\n

Listen here<\/a><\/p>\n

Stay connected and join the conversation as we continue to celebrate the opportunities that empower every MLC School student to Dare to Be More<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Listen here now<\/span><\/a>\u202fon Spotify, or search \u2018MLC School Dare to Be More\u2019 on your favourite podcast platform.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this episode of ‘Dare to Be More’, host Anthony Perl speaks with Joanne Sharpe, Deputy Head of Junior School \u2013 Wellbeing, and Anna Michalopoulos, Head of Counselling and Student Health, about the crucial role friendships play in girls’ development throughout the Junior School years. The episode addresses the positive impact of strong friendships on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[9],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-43876","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/43876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=43876"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=43876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}