School-wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS)

Toolamba Primary School is a SWPBS school. SWPBS is a globally recognised, evidence-based approach that improves behaviour, wellbeing, and learning for children and young people. When implemented effectively, SWPBS allows teachers and students to spend more time building positive relationships and focusing on learning.

It benefits everyone by:

increasing respectful and positive behaviour
allowing more time for focused learning in the classroom
enhancing social and emotional wellbeing
strengthening positive and respectful relationships between students and staff
creating safe, orderly, and supportive school environments

Our Expected Behaviours

At Toolamba Primary School, we have expected behaviours that align with our school values (Inclusive, Trustworthy, Respectful and Kind). The expected behaviours for each of our school values can be found in our SWPBS matrix, which is displayed in all classrooms and referred to often. As part of our wellbeing lessons, teachers model, explicitly teach and give students the opportunity to practice these behaviours.

Tokens

Students are enjoying earning tokens when they showcase these expected behaviours and having lots of success in helping others with our school values and expected behaviours.

Shop

Another shopping day this week! Lots of excited shoppers! Some had even been saving up all year!

We are currently in the process of getting some new items for our shop. If you have any spare Ooshies at home that could be donated to the shop, that would be fantastic!

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

Lunch time activites offer many alternative for the students to participate in.

Day	Activity
Monday	Lego Club with Mrs Sammut (Art Room)
Tuesday	Drawing Club with Mrs Sammut (Central Learning Street)
Wednesday	Running/Walking Club with Miss Maskell, Mrs Kennedy (Community Oval)
Thursday	Tennis with Mrs Calleja (Community Tennis Courts)
Friday	Let's Dance with Miss Farrar (Grade 1 Room)

Supporting positive and safe online experiences for your child

Parents and carers play a key role in guiding their children as they navigate the online world and begin to learn through exploration, play and social interaction.

Parents and carers can prepare their primary school aged child to be safe online. You can do this by building good online habits and staying informed about online safety.

You can learn more how to help your child begin their online journey on the eSafety Commissioner’s website.

You can also learn about the range of online games, apps and sites in the eSafety Guide, including what all the apps are, their minimum age requirements, how to protect personal information and how to report content within the apps themselves.

Supporting positive and safe online experiences for your child

There are a range of resources available to support you to support your child to have a safe experience online.

The eSafety Commissioner’s website provides:
- eSafety parents page including: information on how to have hard conversations about tricky topics like cyberbullying or seeing pornography.
- webinars to give parents/carers the knowledge, skills and tools to support safe online experiences including supporting primary schools children to understand consent and online boundaries and how to support your child with online gaming.
- family friendly videos and advice sheets in multiple languages to support your family stay safe online, including safer online gaming and getting help when your child is bullied online.
- eSafetykids page with child friendly information you can share with your child including what to do when someone is being mean online, being safe online, sharing photos and personal information online.
Bully Stoppers provides dedicated resources on cybersafety and cyberbullying for primary aged students and a dedicated resource page for parents. You can also access cyberbullying advice sheets for concerned adults through Bully Stoppers.
Alannah and Madeline Foundation provides DigiTalk, an online safety hub for parents. It includes resources on topics such as becoming a screen smart family, navigating online bullying, and choosing, protecting and engaging with games for children.
Raising Children Network provides resources for parents of primary school children on topics like healthy screen time, digital family life, digital play and learning and online safety.

Signs a child or young person might need support

A child’s online activity might have a negative impact on them if they don’t also have a healthy balance of offline activities. Sometimes, your child might show signs that they are having negative online experiences or that they are being bullied.

Your child may not tell you if an online ‘friendship’ or situation has become compromising or difficult. They may feel embarrassed or ashamed, or afraid it might make things worse.

Be alert to changes in your child's behaviour or mood. Watch for signs of withdrawal, anxiety, sadness or changed interactions with family or friends.

Signs can include:

less interest in social activities like meeting friends or playing sport
not doing so well at school
tiredness, sleep disturbance, headaches, eye strain
changes in eating patterns
reduced personal hygiene
obsession with particular websites or games
extreme anger when being asked to take a break from online activity
appearing anxious or irritable when away from the computer
becoming withdrawn from friends and family

You can learn more about warning signs of bullying on Bully Stoppers and warning signs of grooming on the eSafety Commissioner’s website.

What to do if your child experiences something unsafe online

There are many ways that parents can raise a concern or get help if there is an incident.

You can talk to your child’s school about any concerns you might have or if something has happened. Schools have policies and processes that can help. They can also work with you to make sure that your child gets extra support if they need it. Contact your child’s teacher or the school’s wellbeing team to start. Read more about talking to your school on Bully Stoppers.
If your child has been involved in an online incident it is important that you work together with your school to provide your child with the support they need. Learn how to help your child after an online incident on the eSafety Commissioner’s website.
You can contact the eSafety commissioner for advice and to report abuse. The eSafety reporting system helps parents of children who experience serious cyberbullying and image-based abuse by working with platforms to have the content removed.
If someone is contacting your child and this contact is unwanted or makes them feel uncomfortable, there are things you can do to help. Read more about child grooming and unwanted contact and what to do on the eSafety Commissioner’s website.
The Alannah and Madeline Foundation provides advice on what to do in instances of image-based abuse online and through Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Where to reach out to for more support for your child

Contact 000 for urgent assistance
Talk to your child’s school
Contact the eSafety Commissioner. for advice or to report online abuse
Visit your local GP if you want to talk about mental health support
Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800 kidshelpline.com.au
Lifeline: 13 11 14 lifeline.org.au
Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636 beyondblue.org.au

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