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Wellbeing & Engagement

RRRR – Rangeview Lead School

At Rangeview Primary School we teach the Department of Education’s Rights, Resilience and Respectful Relationships (RRRR) curriculum from Foundation to Level 6. This curriculum has been designed to develop students' social, emotional and positive relationship skills. Efforts to promote social and emotional skills and positive gender norms in children and young people has been shown to improve health related outcomes and subjective wellbeing from childhood, through adolescence and into adulthood.

 

The Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships (RRRR) learning materials cover eight topics of Social and Emotional Learning across all levels of primary and secondary education:

Emotional Literacy

Personal strengths

Positive Coping

Problem Solving

Stress Management

Help Seeking

Gender and Identity

Positive Gender Relationships.

This year we have been awarded the role of Lead School in the RRRR program for 2020. We are working to support the following Primary Schools through their implementation of this wonderful initiative.

  • Antonio Park Primary School
  • Vermont Primary School
  • Albany Rise Primary School
  • Milgate Primary School
  • Warrandyte Primary School

We are very proud of our work in this wellbeing field and look forward to developing our partnership with these partner schools.

More information can be found at;

http://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/ResourcePackage/ByPin?pin=2JZX4R

 http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/respectfulrelationships.aspx

http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au

 

Meet the Peer Mediators

Each year at Rangeview we have a wonderful team of grade 6 student leaders called Peer Mediators. They – together with the School Captains – walk around the playground at lunchtime in a pair, offering support and assistance to other students in need. We held a training session with our Peer Mediators and School Captains in week 2 where we workshopped the type of issues they can assist with, and the help they can offer. We also discussed the problems that must always be taken to a teacher to resolve. So from week 3 – armed with a supply of band aids, dressed in their purple hi-vis and full of good will – out peer mediators began their work in the playground.

 

It is so lovely to see them engaging with the junior students in such a positive and beneficial way.

Whitehorse City Council’s Parenting Information Forum – Importance of Play in Childhood Development (Birth – Age 7)

In an ever changing and risk-averse world, our society is becoming increasingly fast paced. As a result, children’s spontaneous play is being replaced by more structured indoor activities, which can contribute to children’s increased anxiety and challenging behaviour.

Play encourages children to learn the skills required to build resilience and effectively manage their emotions, behaviour and relationships with others.

 

This forum will help parents/carers to:

• Understand the importance of social and emotional learning

• Manage risks rather than eliminate them

• Provide environments that promote resilience and self-regulation in children

• Understand the benefits of play as the foundation of lifelong learning.

 

Date: Wednesday 18th March

Time: Registration and tea and coffee from 7pm. Information session commences at 7.30pm sharp

Venue: Whitehorse Centre, 397 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading (rear of Nunawading Library)

Bookings: Registering your attendance is essential. Please book online on Council’s website, www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Cost: $2 gold coin donation payable on the night.

Other Information: To request additional access support including interpreting please contact Council’s Parenting Resource Officer on 9262 6175 or parentresource@whitehorse.vic.gov.au

Please note that unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate children in this forum.