Wellbeing
Ms Deb Haddow
THRIVE
Our THRIVE program continues to be interwoven in everything we do. The diaries and curriculum activities are a great basis for continuing discussions around each of the values.
Sarah Roney, our Network leader has been in a number of classes running THRIVE activities based on our THRIVE curriculum.
Our current THRIVE goals are listed below:
- Relate Well–think of 3 things I can do to make a positive experience
- Get Involved–describe three things I want to learn more about
- Live Your Values- Drink plenty of water daily.
THRIVE AWARDS awarded at our last Assembly
| Year level | Student | THRIVE value |
| F | Amaya R | Get Involved: Amaya always ‘gets involved’ in activities and learning in the classroom and enjoys presenting her work beautifully with care and pride. She should be very proud of her hard work this term. Well done Amaya! |
| 1 | Levi B | Get Involved: Well done Levi for always getting involved in our classroom activities and for being motivated to achieve your learning goals. You should be so proud of your achievements. |
| 2 | Olivia El H | Well done Olivia for getting involved in all class activities and relating well to all class members. Olivia consistently brings a positive outlook to school, setting a wonderful example for her class. Awesome effort, Olivia! |
| 3 | Leo E | Get involved: Well done Leo for working and communicating well with your Bridge Building STEM group to build a stable bridge using everyday classroom materials. We are very proud of how you get involved in our classroom activities! |
| 4 | Harper B | Get Involved: Harper constantly involves herself fully with her work at school. She works hard to produce all of her work to a high standard. Well done Harper, keep up the hard work! |
| 5 | Sienna C | Get Involved: Sienna consistently engages in activities and gets involved fully in all tasks. She produces work of a high standard and shows outstanding presentation within her bookwork. Sienna uses her initiative once tasks are completed by checking her unfinished work folder to see if there is anything that she needs to complete. Keep up the excellent work Sienna. |
| 6 | Mason K | Get Involved: Mason has consistently engaged in all activities and challenged his learning. Keep up the great work, you should be very proud of your achievements. |
| Visual Arts | Aiden P
Lyvia A | Get Involved: For always having a go at the art activity with a positive attitude. Gets Involved: For being a self-disciplined and self-motivated learner in the Art Room. Super effort, Lyvia! |
| Perf Arts | Liam C | Get involved: Liam shows initiative during rehearsals for the Yr 6 Production. He has already memorised his lines and he works most collaboratively with his peers.
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| PE | Our teachers were offsite running senior school sporting events. | |
| LOTE | Taylor H | Taylor participates and listens closely in Indonesian class. She Gets Involved when learning the language and has a great knowledge of Bahasa and of some cultural facts about Indonesia. |
| Music | Tommy O | Get Involved: Tommy used a self teaching program over the past few weeks as an introduction to the bass guitar. Not only has he worked particularly hard to develop his own skills, he has also patiently assisted other students in their learning. |
Bella our Therapy Dog
Bella continues to be a huge hit with everyone. She’s not quite sketching and painting in the art room, but she certainly is providing lots of joy. She is out in the yard before school, on the days she is here and is very helpful in settling anxious students and helping them to have a better day. I think she gets a lot of joy from the pats as she’s often seen snuggling into the students.
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Breakfast Club Baskets are a great hit. The Department provides school with milk and fruit and we have some volunteer bakers making breakfast muffins with other ingredients. We are working with Coles to see if they can help to sponsor our program. Our Health Ambassadors and their teacher mentors are managing the program with great enthusiasm and diligence. Goodies are available at 830, as we try to support students who may not have had any breakfast.
Our Health Ambassadors are also managing the ‘ Pride Project’ in trying to keep our yard tidy. Bunnings kindly donated buckets and tongs for the projects so classes can clean up rubbish around their room. Teachers are encouraging students to eat inside and to put their wrappers in the bin before they go outside. Students purchasing from the canteen are encouraged to make sure their rubbish goes into the bin also.
SRC are encouraging more students to have a voice in how they would like to improve their school. SRC year level leaders have made suggestion boxes and placed them in their class areas. They will monitor the content and discuss at their SRC meetings. They have also organised a fundraiser for June 24 - see our SRC page
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Some Buddy programs between senior and junior school have restarted. Currently the Year 5s are buddied up with Prep students. The Year 6s are looking at working with the Year 1s. They complete activities together on a regular basis. It’s a lovely way to develop nurturing relationships between students and add to further support in the yard. Our Year 5 Playleaders are in the yard every day running lunchtime activities for junior school. This is a highly successful program. We are looking at expanding our yard/club program for term 3. We will use the blue carpet area for quiet activities such as drawing, reading, games. We will open up the library for some clubs also. More details to come.
Our Berry Street Education model PD has been unpacked throughout our school. We are continuing to build consistent language and wellbeing practices. Our Berry Street work has included Welcoming Circles and Ready To Learn strategies. They are having a positive impact on our students, getting them off to a great start each day, building stronger relationships with their teachers and providing strategies to identify how ‘ready to learn’ a student is. We have another Curriculum Day about the next stage of this program on the first day of term 3 (July 11). This will be a pupil free day.
Deb Haddow