Welcome to Students
Curriculum resources are provided to help make your educational experience as beneficial as possible. Resources are constantly added and upgraded. So if you have any suggestions for our website please let us know by emailing us.
Please note the legend below. As some of our resources are on Connect (which is a part of the Department of Education) they are therefore not available to all students. Others use Flash, which means they are not iPad compatible.
Legend: Animation (A); DoE Portal (D); Interactive (I); Not for ipad (N); PDF (P); Video (V); Website (W);
Please note the legend below. As some of our resources are on Connect (which is a part of the Department of Education) they are therefore not available to all students. Others use Flash, which means they are not iPad compatible.
Legend: Animation (A); DoE Portal (D); Interactive (I); Not for ipad (N); PDF (P); Video (V); Website (W);
Livewire
Livewire Facilitators completing daily errands
Coping with illness or having a disability can leave teens feeling alone or disconnected from their friends and family, now more than ever. Livewire is uniquely Australian it was developed to support the growing numbers of teenagers living with illness or disability. Livewire is a program powered by Starlight Children’s Foundation that is delivered two ways.
Livewire Online is a free online peer support community connecting young people aged 12—20 living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability, and their siblings. It is available in Australia at www.livewire.org.au and New Zealand at www.livewire.org.nz. Livewire Online connects and empowers young people in a safe and supportive environment centred around fun, positive distraction, and genuine peer support. Livewire Online features moderated live chat 7 days a week, active newsfeed, competitions, live streaming, regular events and visits from special guests.
In conjunction with the online program, Livewire In-Hospital transforms the teen hospital experience helping them feel more connected, accepted and supported. From creative workshops, to Livewire TV broadcast to their bedside and visiting teens on the wards to just chill.
These programs help teens make friends, learn new skills, build self-esteem and find fun, creative ways to cope with their illness.
For more information, visit livewire.org.au
Workshops: The Starlight Livewire Facilitators, run two weekly workshops that are based around the creative skills sets that they all have and focus on creating engaging, targeted positive distraction and learning a new skill for the Students.
Livewire Online is a free online peer support community connecting young people aged 12—20 living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability, and their siblings. It is available in Australia at www.livewire.org.au and New Zealand at www.livewire.org.nz. Livewire Online connects and empowers young people in a safe and supportive environment centred around fun, positive distraction, and genuine peer support. Livewire Online features moderated live chat 7 days a week, active newsfeed, competitions, live streaming, regular events and visits from special guests.
In conjunction with the online program, Livewire In-Hospital transforms the teen hospital experience helping them feel more connected, accepted and supported. From creative workshops, to Livewire TV broadcast to their bedside and visiting teens on the wards to just chill.
These programs help teens make friends, learn new skills, build self-esteem and find fun, creative ways to cope with their illness.
For more information, visit livewire.org.au
Workshops: The Starlight Livewire Facilitators, run two weekly workshops that are based around the creative skills sets that they all have and focus on creating engaging, targeted positive distraction and learning a new skill for the Students.
(Student and Parent surveys coming soon)
