School Policies > Student Wellbeing

Student Wellbeing Rationale Our school endeavours to promote a healthy, supportive and secure environment for all children and to raise awareness of what makes students resilient, to develop strategies to reduce vulnerabilities and increase coping skills. The provision of Student Welfare is essential to the achievement of the goals of the school and is a pre-requisite for students to experience success in the learning environment. Aims: To provide a positive environment in which all teachers assume responsibility for student welfare, endeavouring to provide successful experiences for all students. It will be a supportive environment where children feel safe and secure and in which a sense of belonging and wellbeing are strengthened To develop the students’ positive social behaviours and problem solving skills To develop a staff that is confident, skilled and proactive in the management of student welfare issues To establish communication processes and protocols that are clear and well known to ensure the effectiveness of student welfare support. Implementation: The school’s Student Welfare policy shall operate within the school’s Student Code of Conduct as outlined in the School Charter. Student Welfare is a shared responsibility between school, home and the community. The school will appoint a staff member who will coordinate student welfare across the school. The school will adopt a proactive and strategic stance with issues of student welfare, rather than operating in a consistently reactive mode. The school will implement welfare support structures and programs which prioritise and address the identified needs of individual students or the school as a whole and that help implement the aims of the policy.  Refer to: ‘Framework for Student Support Services 1999’. The school will endeavour to implement and maintain programs such as: - Pro-Social Skills Program Buddies Student Awards Drug Education Cross age tutoring Junior School Council Programs across the school to develop resilience, social skills, conflict resolution and problem solving eg: - ‘Bully Busters, Bright Ideas. Transition programs. EVALUATION: A major review will be held tri-annually .