Climate and Culture- Social Emotional Wellbeing
Communicating with the SWPBL Climate and Culture Team
If you have any questions relating to our SWPBL framework, please email:
Llewela Humphries: llewela.humphries@education.vic.gov.au
Stacey Bowles: stacey.bowles@education.vic.gov.au
Damien Kitch: damien.kitch@education.vic.gov.au
What will you find on this page in Issue 11?
- School Wide Acknowledgment System 2022
- Student Wellbeing and Engagement Policy
- Information for School Counselling Service
School Wide Acknowledgement System 2022
PURPOSE
Upwey South Primary School’s acknowledgement system is an organised and consistent way to recognise students who meet your school’s behavioural expectations. The purpose of our acknowledgement system is to prompt adults to respond positively when a student engages in the behavioural expectations.
HOW IT WORKS
Individual Student Rewards
House Points - Students are rewarded in the classroom and in specialist classes with House Points. House Points are collected on a display within the classrooms and are counted by Year Five/Six students on a Friday.
Gotchas - Students are rewarded with ‘Green Gotchas’ by staff members. These ‘Green Gotchas’ are recorded on Compass and can be viewed by parents. These ‘Green Gotchas’ are also used as data for staff.
House Points (HP) Stars - Students can collect House Point stars when outside from a teacher on yard duty. These can be for showing the school values, helping other students, picking up rubbish and more.
Whole - School Reward System
Class | Whole School | Reward Options |
Each class has a display with house groupings.
Points are given within the classroom setting.
These are rewarded on a class to class system and agreement.
HP stars (given out on yard duty) are rewarded in the class | School Leaders (House, SWPBL, Specialist), collect points on a Friday.
These are returned to Miss Bowles who collates the results.
Lyrebird feathers are placed on our school Lyrebirds (displayed in front office foyer) | Free Dress day Disco afternoon Zooper Doopers Picnic Lunch Free Afternoon
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Student Wellbeing and Engagement Policy
Please find below the updated Student Wellbeing and Engagement Policy. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that all students and members of our school community understand:
- our commitment to providing a safe and supportive learning environment for students expectations for positive student behaviour
- support available to students and families
- our school’s policies and procedures for responding to inappropriate student behaviour.
Inspire Health and Medical is partnering with our school!
We are pleased to share with you that our school has secured a partnership with Inspire Health and Medical (formerly Yarra Valley Psychology), to provide in-school counselling services to students.
(https://www.inspirehm.com.au/the-story-behind-inspire/),
Throughout schools across Victoria, student counselling is a much needed (and under resourced) service. Many of our families are currently experiencing first-hand the difficulties associated with trying to gain access to support services for their children. Therefore, we must be grateful that we have been presented with the opportunity to enter a partnership with Inspire, as the resources do not exist for this partnership to occur across schools within our region.
Our allocated and fully qualified School Counsellor is Carvin Winans. Check out the images below to find out a little more about Carvin.
Please be aware of the information below:
Is there a cost involved to access the service, and does my child require a Mental Health Plan?
There is no cost involved for the family.
Your child does not require a Mental Health Plan to access the service. This is due to the fact that the counselling sessions are delivered by a fully qualified School Counsellor, as opposed to a medical practitioner.
There is also no limit on the number of sessions a child may access. Access to sessions, and duration (in weeks) will be determined between the Counsellor, the school, and the parent/carer.
How are sessions structured?
Our School Counsellor, Carvin, is in the school two days per week, with one day dedicated to individual therapy sessions and the second day dedicated to proactive group sessions as directed by the school. Student-needs are prioritized in partnership with the school and the parent/carer. Prior to any child commencing, a confidential discussion will take place between the Counsellor and the parent/carer.
Will each child who is referred be able to access the service?
Unfortunately, this is not achievable within the current mental health environment. Referrals will be prioritized on a needs basis from within our own school cohort.
If I wish for my child to access the service, what do I need to do?
Please complete the referral form below and return it via the instructions on the form.