Wellbeing Report
Supporting Students Through Grade Transitions
As we move into the second half of Term 4, many students begin to think (and sometimes worry!) about what next year will bring as friendship requests are submitted — a new classroom, new teacher, and maybe new classmates. It’s completely normal for children to feel a mix of excitement and anxiety about these changes.
Parents can play an important role in helping to make this transition a positive experience. Here are a few simple ways to support your child
Talk positively about change
Encourage your child to focus on the opportunities a new year brings — new things to learn, new friendships to build, and new challenges to grow from.
Acknowledge feelings
Let your child know it’s okay to feel nervous. Listening and validating their worries helps them feel understood and supported.
Keep routines steady
Predictable home routines give children a sense of stability when school life starts to shift.
Reflect on growth
Talk about how much your child has achieved this year — remind them how they’ve successfully adapted to changes before.
Stay connected with school
If your child has particular concerns, please reach out to their teacher. We’re here to help make this transition as smooth as possible.
With the Cup Day Tuesday coming up, it’s also a wonderful opportunity for families to take a breather, enjoy some downtime together, and recharge before the final busy stretch of the year. A little rest can go a long way in helping children (and adults!) feel refreshed and ready to finish the term on a positive note.
Celebrating Learning and Healthy Competition
This term, we’re also excited about our school Spelling Bee competition, which is a fantastic way for students to challenge themselves, celebrate learning, and practise persistence. While competition can be motivating, it’s important that children approach it with a healthy mindset.
Here are a few tips to help nurture positive competitiveness,
Focus on effort and learning
Encourage your child to be proud of the hard work and improvement they’ve shown — not just the final result.
Celebrate everyone’s achievements
Recognising peers’ successes builds empathy and sportsmanship.
Model calm confidence
Children pick up on adult attitudes — showing that you value participation and growth over winning sets a great example.
Reframe setbacks
Remind your child that mistakes or losses are opportunities to learn and try again.
Healthy competition helps build resilience, confidence, and pride in personal effort — skills that support students well beyond the classroom.
Together, let’s help our children rest, reflect, and reset as we head into a busy and exciting end to the school year.
We’ll see you around the school!
Amy, Libby and Sally.
The Whole Brain Child
I have recently been working through the topics from the book The Whole Brain Child with some of the students that see me. This book teaches kids that they can control their emotions, they have the power to calm themselves and how they can do this by focusing their attention where they want. If you are looking for a good parenting book I highly recommend the Whole Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Byson. It can help parents understand why their children are experiencing big emotions and the examples to teach the children are easy for them to understand.
Breakfast Club
At breakfast club we have small bowls of cereal and can spaghetti, toast with 4 spread options, fresh fruit, milk and fruit cups. Students have requested that the can spaghetti continues even when the weather warms up.
Pantry
Please feel free to visit the Community Pantry on a Wednesday afternoon. Items available include canned food, cereals, honey, vegemite, UHT milk, food pouches of soup. Gluten Free and Lactose Free items are also available. If you would like a whole hamper of food please contact the wellbeing team and we can deliver a box to you at the kiss and drop.
Craft Club
We have started making paper beads. First we needed to colour in our template and cut it out. We then roll each piece onto a stick, fasten the end and pull it off the stick. Once we have all our beads ready we will thread them together to make a bracelet.
Gift Giving Tree
The Wellbeing Team have been putting together a list of student names who we believe will need extra support for Christmas. We will set up a gift giving tree next to the pantry where families who would like to support someone in need can leave a gift that we will then pass on to a family.
