Wellbeing 

Fostering Curiosity and Embracing Restorative Practices

Over the past few weeks, our focus has been on two key areas that are integral to our students’ growth and development: fostering curiosity and embracing restorative practices. 

Exploring Curiosity:

Curiosity is a vital character strength that we believe is essential for lifelong learning. Our students have been actively learning about curiosity—what it means to be curious, how to ask questions, and why exploring new ideas is so important. Through engaging activities and discussions, they are discovering how curiosity enhances their learning experiences inside and outside the classroom. We’ve observed how encouraging curiosity leads to deeper engagement and a thirst for knowledge among our students.

Restorative Practices:

Our staff members have been learning and implementing restorative practices. These practices focus on building and nurturing relationships, resolving conflicts, and creating a supportive environment where every student feels valued. By integrating restorative approaches into our daily routines, we’re fostering a school community that emphasises empathy, accountability, and mutual respect.

We look forward to continuing to implement these two areas and supporting student learning and wellbeing.

Sticks & Stones

On Monday 19th of August, Brainstorm Productions will be presenting their student wellbeing performance ‘Sticks & Stones’ for the whole school (Foundation - Year 2 & Year 3-6). ‘Sticks & Stones’ is a live educational theatre performance that promotes resilience, cyber safety and positive connections. 

When things go wrong at home, at school or online, Toby’s body goes into fight/flight. He feels angry, frightened and confused and responds in the only way he knows how – with aggression and antisocial behaviour. When Toby meets Joe, he learns to be assertive and respect boundaries. He deals with negative online experiences by reporting and telling an adult, and learns more positive ways to deal with anger: he stops, breathes, puts his hands in his pockets, walks away and talks about his feelings. Toby cooperates with other kids to create a circus routine with acrobatics and juggling. 

‘Sticks & Stones’ is part of our student wellbeing curriculum and has been developed by teachers and psychologists. This exciting live theatre experience provides students with practical social and emotional skills, and encourages students to build positive connections at school, at home and online.

Brainstorm Productions is one of Australia’s most experienced and respected theatre in education companies, performing to over 260,000 students every year. They offer a range of programs to help schools nurture healthy and harmonious environments, addressing issues such as mental health, online safety, bullying and resilience. Brainstorm Productions are endorsed by the eSafety Commissioner as a Trusted eSafety Provider and listed as an evidence-based bullying prevention program on the Victorian Schools Mental Health Menu. Learn more about Brainstorm Productions by visiting their website (brainstormproductions.edu.au)

Davina Dibbs

WELLBEING LEADER