On Sunday, Stefi and I ran Clean up Australia Day for King’s! We were so excited to have close to 60 people come down to support us and to clean up our local environment. It was a great morning and a HUGE improvement from last year. We hope this motivation continues throughout the year so we can keep working to give back and make a larger difference in the broader King’s community. Thank you to everyone who came along, we really appreciate it!

We attended the connect to thrive event to learn how to manage emotions and break down societal barriers.

On Sunday morning a group of 60 of us walked down to Hetty and Herms picking up rubbish on our way down. We grabbed a coffee and then walked back down Hawkin Drive.

I joined the other Kings students who donated their time in helping clean up Australia Day.

I worked alongside staff members and event staff to put on a successful KOCA event for all the first year students. In doing so, I helped to sign everyone in, welcoming them to the event and ensuring everyone had the correct wristband. I thoroughly enjoyed doing this alongside my friend Lucy.

We attended the connect to thrive workshop this afternoon and reflected on how to manage emotions and defuse thoughts from feelings.

Attended connect to thrive

Went to the Connect to Thrive workshop

I attended a well being workshop in the chapel where we got to reflect on our time at kings, how we have grown, and things we need to overcome.

Attended a wellness initiative. Discussing social life at uni and how to manage our emotions and different friend groups. This was particularly useful in seeing how things have changed over the past 2 weeks since o-week.

Attended the Connect to thrive follow up session which helped me apply what we learnt a week ago to my life and look towards the future in my relationships. I also talked and shared thoughts with new people getting to know them better

Emma and I sat in on Dr. Tarli Young’s Connect and Thrive continued session. I learnt how to bust myths on social connection, identify weak spots in myself and strategies on how I can grow socially. This was really useful as a non- Australian student trying to understand the social scene here.