Wellbeing

Wellbeing and Engagement Collection 

As advised via an email earlier this week, our school will participate in the Term 2 Wellbeing and Engagement Collection in Week 4 of this term (Wednesday 24th May). 

Young people’s sense of wellbeing is an important part of how they learn at school. The purpose of the survey is to seek students’ views about their wellbeing and their engagement with school. Students in Year levels 4 to 12 across the South Australia will be invited to participate in the Wellbeing and Engagement Collection. The information collected will help the education system and broader community to support young people’s health and wellbeing. 

The survey asks students about their social and emotional wellbeing; school relationships and engagement and learning in school; and physical health and wellbeing and after school activities. Students’ answers will be kept confidential – no one (including school staff) will use the results to identify individual students.

Teachers will arrange for students to undertake the survey during class time. Students will be asked if they would like to participate and will be free to withdraw at any time. If you do not want your child to participate, please contact the school as soon as possible.

Further information on the Wellbeing and Engagement Collection can be found at

or can be collected from the school. For questions or concerns, or to view the questions, please email Education.WECSA@sa.gov.au.

The Wellbeing and Engagement Collection happens annually. Below is a summary of the data received from the 2022 Student Wellbeing and Engagement Survey report. The survey results were very encouraging and indicate that Pilgrim School provides a positive environment for student wellbeing and engagement. Some key points from the survey:

• The majority of Pilgrim students indicated that they view their emotional wellbeing as positive
• Overall engagement with school is very positive - The question ‘school belonging’ has had a percentage for ‘low wellbeing’ decrease since 2019. This means that more students feel a sense of belonging at Pilgrim than three years ago. Also, responses for questions around belonging at school and with peers was more positive than the rest of the state responses
• Verbal bullying and social bullying have also decreased in ‘low wellbeing’ responses since 2019. 

The data also suggests that Pilgrim students’ health and wellbeing out of school is much more positive than the rest of the state. Meaning, that the majority of Pilgrim students are involved with activities outside of school, are sleeping better and eating breakfast regularly which all contribute to positive wellbeing. 

The Fathering Project 

Fathers and father figures, we welcome you to join the Pilgrim School Fathering Project. Please scan the QR code to join the Pilgrim School Fathering Project Dad’s portal. This portal is for you to access a number of resources, information, videos, and podcasts on everything you will need to be the best father or father figure you can be for your kids.

Kind regards,

Andrew Edmondson, Jenni Forder and Brett Middleton

Wellbeing Team