Student Wellbeing

The Resilience Project

Since 2022, Park Orchards Primary has been implementing ‘The Resilience Project’ as our primary social and emotional learning program.

The Resilience Project’ runs programs in schools around Australia. The aim of these programs is to develop students’ resilience and improve their mental health.

Current research tells us:

• 1 in 4 adolescents have a mental illness.
• 1 in 7 primary school students have a mental illness.
• 1 in 5 adults will experience mental ill-health throughout the year.
• 65% of adolescents do not seek help for mental illness.

The Resilience Project delivers emotionally engaging programs and provides evidence-based, practical strategies to support positive mental health and build resilience. The program presents stories and research on how we can build mental health in our day-to-day lives, and support the mental health of the children in our care.

We understand that as primary carers, you have an essential role to play in building positive mental health with your children. Through this program, teachers and students engage in weekly lessons and activities around the key principles of Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM) to build resilience.

The Resilience Project’s School Program has been evaluated by the University of Melbourne, with parents observing positive changes in how children handled home situations.

The evaluation also demonstrated that the program had targeted benefits in building:

• Children’s use of daily gratitude strategies and their sense of gratitude.
• Confidence and self-esteem, especially in relation to their peer relationships.
• Relationships at school and home.
• Knowledge and ability to express emotions.
• More supportive classroom environments.

You can read more about more about the impact the program has on emotional wellbeing and behavioral changes in the attached information.

For more information visit the TRP website:

The Resilience Project