Student Wellbeing
Cheltenham Primary School is committed to providing a safe, secure and stimulating learning environment for all students. We understand that students reach their full potential only when they are happy, healthy and safe, and that a positive school culture helps to engage students and support them in their learning. Our school acknowledges that student wellbeing and student learning outcomes are closely linked.
Our school has a focus on the use of positive psychology in our approaches to both learning and wellbeing.
Positive psychology focuses on the positive events and influences in life, including:
- Positive experiences (like happiness, joy, inspiration, and love).
- Positive states and traits (like gratitude, resilience, empathy and mindfulness).
To support this, we have a number of proactive practices in place to support and promote positive wellbeing for all students.
In this Newsletter we will focus on two strategies:
The Resilience ProjectandThe Growth Mindset
The Resilience Project
The research is clear; the more positive emotion you experience, the more resilient you will be. For that reason, we focus on three key pillars that have been proven to cultivate positive emotions: Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM), with Emotional Literacy being a foundational skill to practise these strategies.
Our students engage in weekly Wellbeing lessons.
The Growth Mindset
The development of a Growth Mindset is a strong focus from F-6 for all students. Students with a growth mindset believe that their outcomes can change as a result of their own efforts, perseverance, and practice . You might hear them say, “Writing is really tricky for me, but if I keep trying, I will get better at it.” Students with growth mindsets see setbacks as ways to learn, they embrace challenges and are persistent when they make mistakes.
At Cheltenham Primary School, we constantly remind students to believe they can grow from 'I just cannot do this' to 'I can't do this yet'.
Supports for Parents / Carers
Kids Helpline is Australia’s only free, private and confidential 24/7 phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25.
Since 1991, Australia’s kids and young people have been turning to our professional, specialised counsellors, no matter who they are, where they live or what they want to talk about.
The Raising Children Network is an easy access parenting guide for all ages and stages of your child's development. Providing ad-free parenting videos, podcasts, articles and apps backed by Australian experts to support your parenting journey.
The ReachOut Parents website offers free support for parents of teens, helping you to get the knowledge and skills to be able to support them, whatever challenge your teen faces. Of particular interest maybe the Transition to High School sections.