Wellbeing Report

Supporting families with Challenging Behaviours, Anxiety, and Support for Social and Emotional Development

As we navigate the challenges and joys of raising children, we understand that you may have concerns about your child's behaviour, anxiety, and social-emotional development. 

As a school community, we are committed to supporting the wellbeing of all our students, both academically and emotionally. To assist you in addressing these concerns, we have compiled a list of valuable online resources that offer information and practical strategies for different aspects of your child's development.

Triple P - Positive Parenting Program:

The Triple P program is an evidence-based, positive parenting approach that provides practical tips and techniques to support parents in raising confident and resilient children. This comprehensive website offers helpful resources and information to address various behavioural challenges that parents may encounter. You can explore the Triple P program website at: https://www.triplep-parenting.net.au/vic-uken/triple-p/

The Brave Program - Managing Children's Anxiety

If your child is experiencing difficulties in managing anxiety, "The Brave Program" offers valuable information and practical strategies to help them cope better with anxious feelings. This self-help program provides a structured and supportive approach to managing anxiety and related issues. You can access "The Brave Program" at: https://brave.uq.edu.au/ 

Beyond Blue - Supporting Social and Emotional Development:

For children between 5 and 12 years old, Beyond Blue provides a wealth of resources aimed at supporting social and emotional development. Whether you're looking to build resilience, improve emotional well-being, or address anxiety-related concerns, this platform offers a range of tools and information. Explore the resources at: https://healthyfamilies.beyondblue.org.au/age-6-12 

At Wollert Primary School we believe that strong partnerships between school and home contribute to the wellbeing and success of our students. We encourage you to explore these resources, and if you have any questions or need further support, our Wellbeing Team and staff are here to assist you.

Seeking help and information is a sign of strength and dedication to your child's growth. Together, we can create a nurturing environment that fosters the positive development of every child in our school community.

Stacey (Lead Teacher - Wellbeing & Inclusion) 

Be JOY 

At Wollert Primary we aim to provide a positive, happy, and fun learning environment for all of our students. We aim to build the connection between our brain function, but also with our heart through the emotion of joy. We aim for the feeling of Joy to be felt in every day at our school.  Be Joy is our ‘wrap around value’ which is supported by our values of Be Brilliant, Be Curious, and Be Kind. 

Joy achievement is celebrated and acknowledged across the school when we:

• Share happy thinking and spreading positivity
• Have a positive attitude and approach to our day
• Bring a playful and fun atmosphere to our days
• Look on the bright side of things when things get us down
• Share laughter and humour with our friends and people around us
• Show appreciation and gratitude for what we have
• Bring positive energy and share positivity in our classroom

We love when we see our students showing Joy, whether it’s in an a-ha moment of learning or the smile on their faces.  A positive, happy, loving, fun, and optimistic attitude creates the best environment for our student's growth mindsets to flourish. At Wollert Primary School, we support each other to express and spread JOY by embracing laughter, humour, wonder, play, silliness, light-heartedness, and fun.

School Wide Positive Behaviour Framework (SWPBS) Working Party 

Our SWPBS Journey continues with a working party that has been established to lead our SWPBS implementation. SWPBS is not a program, but rather a framework that brings together school communities to develop positive, safe, supportive learning cultures.  It created contextulised systems that improve social, emotional, behavioural, and academic outcomes for children and young people. 

Our working party is made up of staff from across the school, including leadership and educational support. This group will oversee the implementation of an action plan focused on ‘Universal Prevention of Undesired Behaviours’.  They are currently in the process of undertaking training days to deepen their level of knowledge, understanding, and implementation. 

Last Friday, we had the NEMA (North East Melbourne Area) SWPBS Coach Daniel Ioannides visit the school to support this process with the working party team members. Daniel is highly experienced in leading SWPBS at a school and area level, so the opportunity to have Daniel continue to work with us will be invaluable and greatly appreciated by all at Wollert Primary School.  

The implementation of SWPBS typically takes schools 3-5 years to reach ‘fidelity’ where whole school systems are in place and being monitored consistently. While we are quite early in the process of our implementation we are very excited to see that the future will be within this framework.

Alex (Assistant Principal - Wellbeing & Inclusion )