Student Wellbeing
Respectful Relationships
Trinity Catholic School is committed to the implementation and delivery of the Respectful Relationships Program from Year Prep to 6. We are taking a whole-school approach that embeds a culture of respect and equality across an entire school community, from our classrooms to staffrooms, sporting fields, fetes and social events. This approach leads to positive impacts on students’ academic outcomes, mental health, classroom behaviour and relationships. Respectful Relationships supports our school to promote and model-respect, positive attitudes and positive behaviours. It teaches our children how to build healthy relationships, resilience and confidence. Students have been participating in and completing activities from the first two units of the program this term as part of their online learning.
Earlier this term all teacher teams met and engaged in professional dialogue based on evidence informed research on our teaching Sprint linked to the program “Respectful Relationships”
A SPRINT consists of three phases: Prepare, Sprint and Review.
During ‘Prepare’, teams engage in rich dialogue about student learning and consider relevant research to identify a precise focus for improvement work.
They then go into the ‘Sprint’ phase, where they test out their new learning through short, manageable cycles of teaching in the classroom.
A Learning Sprint ends with explicit ‘Review’: analysis of the evidence of student progress, and consideration of how to transfer new pedagogical knowledge and skills into future practice.
For each Sprint there is a specific learning outcome. As part of the Sprint teachers identified a focus: that they would demonstrate an awareness of their own practice that may reflect gender bias or stereotype and then modify any practice to be gender inclusive.
At the moment we are in the Sprint phase. Each level will have activities that will be age appropriate and with a specific learning intention targeting the focus. Activities may include a drawing, response to a story or film, class discussion facilitated by the teacher with questions for students to then reflect and write their thoughts.
Next week teacher teams will meet again together to share their findings, impact of learning for students and discuss how their new skills and practice will be embedded in daily routines.
If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s wellbeing or about the Wellbeing Sprint please email me at: atsakmakis@tcs.catholic.edu.au
Stay safe and be kind!
Antonella
https://kidshelpline.com.au/teens/issues/all-about-respect
