Health and Wellbeing

Our school community completed a range of key initiatives aimed at strengthening student wellbeing, updating school systems, and enhancing staff professional growth.

School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) 

The SWPBS implementation team focused on refreshing our acknowledgements and recognition system. The goal was to design an intuitive process that resonated with students, incorporating direct student ideas and feedback throughout the development phase.

Alongside this work, the team contributed to the Tiered Fidelity Inventory to measure our overall implementation progress. The data was gathered to provide a snapshot of how our school policies and systems aligned with best practices. The team also directed efforts toward building more effective data tracking systems to better support student outcomes. Students provided feedback on proposed designs for new large-format posters, which were displayed in Homegroup rooms.

Professional learning and restorative practices

Our third cohort of staff completed the Re-engage training. Following this session, the team collaborated with the project lead to deliver targeted support tailored to staff needs. Staff shared valuable insights regarding their priority skill areas and the learning strategies they found most effective. A central outcome of this training was shifting our overall perspective: viewing restorative practices not merely as a tool to resolve conflict, but as an ongoing approach to establish and nurture positive relationships.

Student voice structures continued to run effectively across the school, with positive engagement reflected in results such as the Attitudes to School Survey.

Student programs, wellbeing, and engagement

A wide variety of programs and events took place across our campuses:

• Seasons for Growth: Launched across both campuses, running through into Term 4 to support students through change and grief.
• Art Therapy Project: Students at the Richmond campus participated in art therapy sessions, creating artworks that were showcased at the end-of-term exhibition.
• Love Bites Program: Facilitated by our secondary school nurses, this respectful relationships and consent education program was delivered across both campuses during Terms 3 and 4. Senior students at Richmond completed their sessions on 4 September, while Coburg senior students participated on 16 October. Years 8 and 9 students completed two focused sessions in Term 4.
• The Men’s Project: Staff undertook preliminary workshops in September, which laid the groundwork for student workshops delivered to male students in October.
• Disability Inclusion (DI) Profiles: Resources were allocated to support and complete DI profile processes throughout the latter half of the year.
• Mental Health First Aid: Selected staff will complete Mental Health First Aid training during Term 4, establishing the foundation needed to roll out Teen Mental Health First Aid for students the following year.
• Wear it Purple Day: Celebrated on Friday, 28 August, the event saw high levels of student participation and leadership in running inclusive activities across the school.