Wellbeing & Engagement 

Student Attitudes to School Survey

In the final few weeks of Term 2, our Year 4, 5 and 6 students all participated in the annual Student Attitudes to School survey. This is an anonymous survey that provides our students with an additional opportunity to enact 'student voice' and reflect on their experiences at Rangeview. 

We take the collected data and feedback from students very seriously, as we are always striving to improve our practices and programs to make this school the best place it can possibly be for our most important stakeholders.

The school leadership team has taken some time to view and discuss the data, and teaching staff have also dug into the date to celebrate the positives, but also identify future areas for improvement. Over the coming weeks, some Year 4, 5 and 6 students will be selected to be part of 'focus groups' to reflect further on our responses and help us form some new ideas moving forward - another great chance for student agency and ownership of what is happening at school.

We have worked very hard over the past 12 months on some specific 'wellbeing' related areas, including:

• Resilience and gratitude (through our explicit learning using The Resilience Project)
• Emotional awareness and understanding
• Experiences of bullying
• Peer relationships
• Coping strategies
• Student voice and agency

Pleasingly, we have seen significant growth in these areas when compared to our 2022 data (please see below). Whilst we are very proud of our results, as always, we will strive for continual improvement to ensure our students feel safe, supported and happy at school.

Child Safe Standards

As Rangeview, we are very proud to be a Child Safe School. We work hard to ensure we meet all governmental standards, as outlined by the Child Safe Standards. 

There are 11 Child Safe Standards:

• Standard 1: Culturally safe environments – Establish a culturally safe environment in which the diverse and unique identities and experiences of Aboriginal children and young people are respected and valued.
• Standard 2: Leadership, governance and culture – Ensure that child safety and wellbeing are embedded in school leadership, governance and culture.
• Standard 3: Child and student empowerment – Children and young people are empowered about their rights, participate in decisions affecting them and are taken seriously.
• Standard 4: Family engagement – Families and communities are informed and involved in promoting child safety and wellbeing.
• Standard 5: Diversity and equity – Equity is upheld and diverse needs are respected in policy and practice.
• Standard 6: Suitable staff and volunteers – People working with children and young people are suitable and supported to reflect child safety and wellbeing values in practice.
• Standard 7: Child-focused complaints processes – Ensure that processes for complaints and concerns are child focused.
• Standard 8: Child safety knowledge, skills and awareness – Staff and volunteers are equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children and young people safe through ongoing education and training.
• Standard 9: Physical and online environments – Physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children and young people to be harmed.
• Standard 10: Review of child safety practices - Implementation of the Child Safe Standards is regularly reviewed and improved.
• Standard 11: Implementation of child safety practices – Policies and procedures that document how schools are safe for children, young people and students.

These Child Safe Standards are incorporated into a wide range of our school policies, and everyday in our practices.

We always welcome community feedback as a school - if you have any questions or comments about the Child Safe Standards or how we are embedding them into our practice, you are welcome to contact the school for more information. 

The Resilience Project

All students have continued their work using The Resilience Project resources to start the term. They will continue to develop their emotional literacy, understanding of gratitude and empathy, and use of mindfulness/coping strategies, to support their mental health and wellbeing.

We strongly encourage our Rangeview community to get involved with TRP. Please feel free to access the resources collated at the TRP@Home website!

AFL Girls Gala Day

It was wonderful to get out to Bulleen Park in the sunshine yesterday to support our Year 5 and 6 girls at the annual AFL Girls Gala Day. Many of the girls participating had never played football before, so it was inspiring to see them take a risk, step outside the comfort zone and try something new!

What was apparent right across the day was the amount of improvement the girls made from game to game. The more they played, the more the skills, effort, ferocity and teamwork improved, and they recorded some great results - finishing an outstanding 3rd overall. 

Well done girls - we are all very proud of you!

Liam Sommers

Assistant Principal

Wellbeing and Engagement