{"id":44333,"date":"2026-03-13T13:34:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=44333"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:34:43","slug":"from-the-deputy-head-of-senior-school-wellbeing-28","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/from-the-deputy-head-of-senior-school-wellbeing-28\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Deputy Head of Senior School \u2013 Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25057 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Andrew-Taylor_300x300_r1-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Andrew-Taylor_300x300_r1-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Andrew-Taylor_300x300_r1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Andrew-Taylor_300x300_r1-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Andrew-Taylor_300x300_r1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Andrew-Taylor_300x300_r1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>My Mind Check \u2013 Consent requested from Parents Year 7 to Year 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At MLC School, the wellbeing of our students is a priority. As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting students\u2019 mental health and wellbeing, we are using My Mind Check, an evidence\u2011based digital check\u2011in tool developed by Macquarie University.<\/p>\n<p>My Mind Check provides students with a safe and structured opportunity to reflect on how they are feeling in key areas of their mental health and wellbeing. It helps us to better understand student wellbeing needs, in order to identify areas for intervention and provide appropriate targeted support when required.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My Mind Check is not a clinical assessment or diagnosis. Instead, it offers insights that support early identification, wellbeing conversations, and timely pastoral care for our students.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, click on the website for <a href=\"https:\/\/mymindcheck.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Mind Check here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/03\/Andrew-Taylor-My-Mind-Check-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for My Mind Check Letter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parental consent required for all Year 7 to Year 12 students, please click on the link below.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2FB9Kf3lC0-Dewb2YR188Y8cVNjc-bNGoxA_lfTbSNdUM1kzRjNRSFBHVFk4QTdVVFVKUDBDQjg1UC4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for Consent Form<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ataylor@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><em><strong>\u2013 Andrew Taylor<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nDeputy Head of Senior School \u2013 Wellbeing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Mind Check \u2013 Consent requested from Parents Year 7 to Year 12 At MLC School, the wellbeing of our students is a priority. As part of our ongoing commitment to supporting students\u2019 mental health and wellbeing, we are using My Mind Check, an evidence\u2011based digital check\u2011in tool developed by Macquarie University. My Mind Check [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[6],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-44333","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-senior-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/44333","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=44333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=44333"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=44333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}