Volume 26 Issue 22 04 Aug 2017 12 Av 5777

Goodfellas Workshop for Year 7 boys

Maxine Chopard – Assistant to the Deputy Principal

Goodfellas Workshop 

Today, the ‘Goodfellas’ Team presented to our Year 7 boys a highly-acclaimed program supporting boys in a variety of ‘conversations that matter’. Danielle Miller, founder and program designer, states “disengagement from school, the pressure to look buffed, feeling like they cannot express the full range of emotions, fall-out with mates, limiting gender stereotypes…are all issues plaguing our boys” and the Goodfellas Team addressed these issues through discussions and guided conversations, empowering our Year 7 boys to have conversations around such issues. The team also touched on the busting of myths that harm boys, as well as social issues such as violence against women.

The highly interactive session ran for 4 periods and some or our male staff were present to offer further support and continue some of the conversations initiated at this session. Hopefully, our boys will initiate and inspire ‘conversations that matter’ in the home environment and continue to empower themselves to be ‘goodfellas’.