Respectful Relationships and Student Wellbeing
The Respectful Relationships curriculum promotes respect and gender equality and assists our students to build healthy relationships. It prepares students to face challenges by developing their problem-solving skills and building resilience and confidence.
It’s important for our students to engage in relationships that are respectful as this positively contributes to their personal growth, maturity, self-confidence, healthy expression of thoughts, feelings and emotions and builds a better awareness of themselves and others.
This term we are utilising the Respectful Relationships curriculum to focus on:
- Positive Coping: Students develop language around coping, critically reflect on their coping strategies and extend their repertoire of positive coping strategies.
- Problem-solving: Students learn a range of problem-solving techniques that can be applied when confronting personal, social and ethical dilemmas. They engage in applied learning tasks in which they apply their problem-solving skills to be realistic.
- Stress management: This teaches students to learn a range of problem-solving skills through applied learning tasks, so that they are better able to cope with challenges as they arise.
Some year levels are also implementing Circle Time which allows children to share their thoughts and ideas with their classmates. Children get to practice taking turns, learn respect for others’ opinions and ideas and develop a better understanding of the need for rules and routines.
Social skills are practised during Circle Time and grades develop a sense of community while getting to get to know each other’s needs and interests. Some of the most fair and powerful decision making occurs as part of Circle Time discussions.
Gratitude, empathy and mindfulness also continue to be a focus in our classrooms. Practising these in everyday life contributes to more positive mental health, emotional regulation, positive behaviours and increased self worth.
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Deanne Morgan
Assistant Principal