Student Wellbeing
Empowering Children
At Our Lady Star of the Sea, wellbeing incorporates all aspects of life and is illuminated by our catholic faith. Wellbeing is enacted through our school’s vision and fostered through our explicit Social and Emotional Learning and teaching practices.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) supports students to develop fundamental skills necessary for wellbeing and life effectiveness. SEL enables students to recognise and manage emotions, demonstrate care and concern for others, establish positive relationships, make responsible decisions and handle challenging situations effectively. The Personal and Social Capability within the Victorian Curriculum encompasses Social and Emotional Learning. The Personal and Social Capability supports students in becoming creative and confident individuals with a sense of self-worth, self-awareness and personal identity that enables them to manage their emotional, mental, spiritual and physical wellbeing, empowering our children to have confidence in their ability to manage life’s bumps and to come out stronger. Recent times have definitely presented some challenging ‘life bumps’.
Whilst dealing with some of these global challenges may take time or even professional support, thankfully there are some simple things we can do to help our children cope with some of these ‘bumps’, including: busy lives, friendships, school, big feelings and just feeling overwhelmed and overloaded. We teach them how to manage feelings by providing them with age appropriate strategies and tools, we then let them have a go. We don’t interfere in the process, even if they get angry and frustrated, then we ask them to reflect on their choices and the outcomes that resulted from those choices.
When we feel capable and empowered, we feel confident in our ability to look after ourselves and to solve problems. The more we practice at making decisions and solving problems, the more capable and empowered we feel. This creates a positive feedback loop. We want our children to have these little victories often. We start small because we want success and these small successes provide enormous benefit to their self-esteem. Most of us have experienced the exhilaration of overcoming a fear, or mastering something we didn’t think we could, and how invincible we feel afterwards.
eSmart Online Learning for Parents.
eSmart has developed live workshops for parents/carers that provide expertise and guidance from the eSmart team of advisors who work with schools every day.
All webinars are free and offered as an investment into encouraging responsible online and offline behaviour and student wellbeing.
These workshops address a range of topics including: parenting in the digital world, and gaming. Star of the Sea has registered for the following session, allowing parents to attend using Microsoft Teams from the comfort of their own homes. Click on the link to register.
Parenting in the Digital World - Click here to register
Wednesday 25 May 2022 6:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Parents are invited to join an online presentation of 'Parenting in the Digital World' hosted by an eSmart education expert and learn skills and strategies for all ages to thrive online.
Wednesday 25 May 2022 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Gain an insight into the digital world through the Playing IT Safe project. Adults will learn some simple and straightforward ideas on how to best set your child up for a life of appropriate tech use.
Gaming – Turning it into a positive experience (Parent Audience) - Click here to register
Tuesday 31 May 2022 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Come along and hear about just how prevalent gaming is, and how to support your child to make gaming a beneficial hobby and to turn the tussle over gaming time on its head.
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Parent Information Night - Digital Tattoo: Tuesday Sept 13th
Presenter: Leigh Bartlett
Age-appropriate content. Focusing on how the online world intersects with Families.
Strategies for conversations about digital footprints and how to support Young Students as they begin to explore their online worlds.