wellbeing

Main wellbeing programs

Respectful Relationships

We believe children can improve their attitudes or behaviour when they see positive behaviour, gender equality, and good attitudes lived across the whole school community. And when their learning in the classroom reinforces what they see modelled in our school community. This whole-of-school approach embeds a culture of respect and equality across our entire school community, which has a positive impact on student’s academic outcomes, their mental health, behaviour, and the relationship between teachers and students.

Respectful Relationship lessons cover the following topics with age-appropriate content and resources for each year level:

Emotional Literacy

Personal Strengths
Positive Coping
Problem Solving
Stress Management
Help-seeking
Gender and Identity
Positive Gender Relations

unnamed (26).jpg — Rock and Water

The Rock and Water program is designed to give our students a self-awareness that increases their self-confidence and social functioning. The program is well known throughout school education systems around the world since it was first developed in the mid 1990’s by Dutch educationalist, Freerk Ykema.
Rock and Water is delivered to students over a number of lessons. Students do a series of exercises and games that help them develop confidence and self-reflection. The games are martial arts based and students learn to block, hit strike shields, stand strong, negotiate using “rock” or “water” verbal approaches, walk away from a fight, and consider alternatives to aggression. This helps them develop an understanding about who they are, what their intuitive feelings are, and their personal direction.
The program uses a physical and social approach to assist boys and girls in their progression to adulthood by increasing their self-realisation, self-confidence, self-respect, boundary awareness, self-awareness and intuition. A specific goal for the course is teaching boys and girls to deal with power, strength, and powerlessness.

Berry Street Educational model

Berry Street Educational Model strengthens the educational outcomes for all students including those who suffer from the effects of trauma or stress. Berry St encourages students to use a growth mindset in their learning. The model focuses on ‘body’, ‘stamina’, ‘engagement’ and ‘character’, all underpinned by ‘relationship’. Students learn strategies to self-regulate and ground themselves, which helps them to focus on their learning.
Brain-breaks are a fun way of re-engaging, stimulating or calming, and are used to enhance student focus. For more information please visit: https://www.childhoodinstitute.org.au/focus-areas/berry-street-education-model