Wellbeing
Programs and Initiatives
At Bittern Primary School, we place the health and wellbeing of our children as a top priority – understanding that a happy and healthy child is at the core of successful learning. Our dedicated staff members are committed not only to the educational growth of our students but also to nurturing them as individuals. Bittern Primary School is celebrated for its strong and positive connections with families, its adaptability in supporting students with additional needs, and its unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity.
At the foundation of Bittern Primary School’s approach to student wellbeing is the power of relationships. We value and respect the role of children and families as integral members of our community, ensuring that every individual is seen, heard, and supported.
Wellbeing
Hands on Learning
Hands on Learning (HoL) is an innovative-in school program that primary and secondary schools use to increase attendance and student achievement by building personal, social skills and supporting different ways young people learn.
Today, Save the Childrens and HoL school support teams help over 120 schools to implement Hands on Learning all around Australia. Students develop strategies to shift attitudes and behaviours that have become barriers to succeeding in the classroom, empowering them to make the most of school.
Participants can range from school leaders to the shy and reserved, those suffering anxiety, to kids who are not good at sharing and those that lack the ability to self-regulate. Primary schools also use HoL to target transition issues and provide the students with a sense of personal development, confidence and resilience.
Hands on Learning is:
- A Place to belong
- People to belong to
- Real things to do
- A chance to give back.
Berry Street Education Model
The Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) provides strategies for teaching and learning that enables teachers to increase the engagement of students to successfully improve all student’s self-regulation, relationships, wellbeing, growth and academic achievement.
Respectful Relationships Program
The Respectful Relationships education program is taught school-wide on a weekly basis. The lessons teach content covering a range of themes based on social and emotional health and safety, that are age appropriate. The program supports a culture of respect and equality across the entire school community.
Wellbeing
The Treehouse Program
This program is expertly led by Nat, our social worker from Anglicare.
- This is an 8 week evidence based program that provides students with the following opportunities:
- Celebrate personal strengths
- Identify supports available
- Identify strategies to cope with and soothe certain feelings
- Connect and share learnings with parents/carers
- Support students with worry, anxiety, grief/loss and different emotions
Anglicare Victoria works with children, young people, and families. We believe in people and know that with access to the right support every family can grow and achieve their goals.
The Family Wellbeing in Schools program provides easy access for families to gain short term support, advice, and referrals for their life situation. A dedicated worker from Anglicare is available to help families from within the school and local community.
For more details contact Natalie Everitt 0458500867.
