Positive Futures News
What is the EDSC Positive Futures program?
Positive Education brings together the science of positive psychology with best-practice teaching.
The school’s journey with Positive Education began in 2012 with Positive Education focuses and values implemented across each year level and over time has evolved into the whole school approach launched in 2020.
Our Positive Futures program has some very clear goals:
- We want to improve student quality of life and their engagement with others, including with their teachers
- We seek to develop students in a more holistic way, with a stronger focus on wellbeing
There are six tenets of Positive Psychology that are embedded into our model:
Positive Health – Positive Self
Developing knowledge, understanding and skills to promote health and well – being.
Positive Relationships
Nurturing positive relationships based on respect.
Accomplishment
Generating hope and optimism through the accomplishment of personal and community goals
Positive Emotion
Building and experiencing positive emotion.
Meaning
Believing in serving something greater than ourselves.
Positive Engagement
Developing critical thinkers by promoting challenge, curiosity and creativity.
More resources and information can be found here:
https://www.eastdonsc.vic.edu.au/wellbeing-engagement-positive-futures
Doncare Wishing Trees
We encourage you to embrace the festive cheer to help families doing it tough in Manningham at Christmas time. Hundreds of individuals and families give to children less fortunate by donating at Doncare’s Wishing Trees. Donated gifts form part of Doncare’s pop up Christmas shop to give families experiencing hardship the opportunity to choose toys for their children for Christmas.
Doncare’s Wishing Trees are located at:
- Bulleen Plaza
- Warrandyte Library
- North Blackburn Shopping Centre
- Aquarena
- Stockland The Pines Shopping Centre
- Manningham City Council
- Doncaster Library at MC2.
- Bank of Melbourne, The Pines
- Cairnmiller
Simply take a tag from the tree and donate a new toy for a child or a gift card for a teenager.
Positive Futures Book of the Week
Become a Successful, Competent, Capable and Self-Sufficient Person in Your Teens and Beyond!
#1 New Release in Being a Teen and Teen & Young Adult Psychology.
A condensed guide of timeless wisdom for a new generation.
Use the tools in this guide to build the confidence you need to take on new challenges, accomplish difficult tasks, and create lasting positive change throughout your teens and beyond.
Finally get results. Many teens know that establishing proactive habits is the first step toward personal success, but often don't know how to implement these habits. Between the pressures of school, social life, and overburdened schedules, it's no wonder that the average teenager is stressed. In this condensed guide, bestselling FranklinCovey author Sean Covey breaks down the timeless wisdom of the 7 Habits into a weekly, realistic format for busy teens.
Rely on trusted guidance. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens on the Go helps teens navigate the processes of building self-esteem, managing social pressure, promoting activism, and more. With these tools, you can learn to become both capable and self-reliant in your daily life. This guide contains weekly challenges, calls-to-action, and inspiration to ensure lasting personal change year-round.
Learn to:
- Determine which principles are important to you
- Create and map out short-term and long-term goals for a meaningful, competent and self-sufficient life
- Foster healthy, meaningful relationships throughout your teens and into adulthood
Rebecca James
Student Engagement and Connection Learning Specialist