Wellbeing - Assistant Principal 

CONNECT GROUPS

Over the past couple of years HEPS has introduced a multi-aged wellbeing program called Connect Groups.  This has involved students from all across the school participating in activities designed to increase connections between students, staff and parents.  The activities that students have participated in have revolved around the PERMAH model for Positive Education. 

According to the Department of Education;

The PERMAH model suggests that wellbeing is cultivated by the presence of the following factors:

• Positive emotion - boosting resilience by lowering stress and mindfully navigating emotions, both positive and negative.
• Engagement - improving people's confidence by improving people's strengths.
• Relationships - fuelling psychological safety by creating better connections and creating a culture of collective care.
• Meaning - making work meaningful without it becoming obsessive, so that people aren't at risk of burning out.
• Accomplishment - building grit by fostering growth mindsets and self-compassion.
• Health - cultivating physical health and energy by eating, moving and recovering well. 

At HEPS we strongly believe in listening to and responding to feedback.  Therefore we have made a couple of small changes to the way that Connect Groups will function in Term 4.

We have decided to change the configuration of the groups from whole school into Senior (3-6) and Junior (F-2).   This will allow for more age appropriate activities to be planned and taught.  On Monday night all staff participated in planning the remaining Connect Group Sessions which will be; 

Friday 13th October

Friday 3rd November

Friday 24th November

If you have a Working with Children's Check please feel free to come along.