Student Wellbeing Update/SWPBS
Dear Parents and Carers,
This year in the wellbeing space, our school will focus on:
- Building teacher capability to activate student voice and agency within the classroom
- Reducing the % of students with 20+ days absence from 39% in 2019 to 25% in 2024.
- Embedding a whole-school approach to the development of the social and emotional wellbeing of students
- Developing and implementing strategies that involve parents and carers as partners in their child’s learning
Grade Attendance Ladder
Congratulations to Prep for the highest number of students who had 100% attendance this fortnight. Prep topped the attendance ladder with 76% of students attending 100% of the time! Keep up the great work Preps!
1st: Prep (76%)
2nd: Grade 5 (69%)
3rd: Grade 1 (66%)
4th: Grade 4 (57%)
5th: Grade 3 (56%)
6th: Grade 6 (51%)
7th: Grade 2 (47%)
Anglicare Early Help Services at ETRS
Coffee Club Connection Revival
With Parent Partnerships as one of this year's Key Improvement Strategies and Anglicare Early Help facilitator Kristy is keen to join us. Coffee Connections will kick off this coming Thursday in the Staffroom from 9am. Anglicare will kindly provide drinks and slices from the ETRSS Cafe for all of us to enjoy. Everyone is welcome including younger siblings.
This will also be an opportunity to share ideas and contribute to our Parents and Friends Team if you'd like.
School Wide Positive Behaviours
School Wide Positive Behaviours continues to be the cornerstone of our Whole School approach to Wellbeing. We have been on this journey for 3.5 years now and have been awarded the Blue Award for our efforts. This year we are striving for the Bronze Award. This is a big deal !! The amount of work, consultation, documentation and implementation that has been dedicated to SWPBS has been enormous.
We have updated our SWPBS Handbook for our families and you can access everything you need to know by clicking on the attachment below. Enjoy the read and be sure to take the time to talk it through with your children who will be able to explain all the finer details of the framework, in particular the Reward and Behaviour Matrixes.
Backflips Against Bullying
On Monday 27th of February, our students will be attending an incursion called Backflips Against Bullying. Our students attended last year and enjoyed every second of it. This year the crew will be returning with a strong anti - bullying message and will be providing the content outlined in Program B. We look forward to the Echuca Twin Rivers Special School joining us.
#NB There will be a small charge of $5 per student. An invoice for this will be sent to each family later in the week. Keep an eye out in your child's bag.
ETRS Buddy Program
Our much anticipated whole school ETRS Buddy Program will be launched on Monday the 27th of February. This program is a proactive approach to building positive relationships across the school, reducing the incidence of bullying and promotes cross age learning opportunities.
Buddy sessions will occur each fortnight on Monday afternoons. Our students will partake in a social emotional learning activity together that is coordinated across the school. This program is highly regarded by our students and staff. Our students love working with their buddies and spending time together.
Wishing everyone a super weekend, stay cool and enjoy the last days of summer.
Anthea and the Wellbeing Team.