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Wellbeing - Management Unit 2018

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Goals 
  • Lead a team to develop & promote wellbeing at school
  • Develop student voice and leadership
  • Ensure key themes are explored across the school 
  • Promote regular, explicit teaching of social-emotional skills
  • Co-ordinate the Wellbeing At School survey and data review
Key Successes
  • The Wellbeing Definition was developed and finalised, after consultation with teachers and School Based Mental Health Team (see below)
  • Number of student leaders increased to provide more student voice
  • New wellbeing section on school website
  • Staff capacity for teaching wellbeing was supported:
    • Professional Learning (PL) on restorative practice 
    • PD on social stories with RTLB service (replaced Circle time)
  • Student created movies related to key wellbeing topics
  • Circle Time/social emotional time is evolving to meet student needs. It is….
    • Regular - weekly or fortnightly
    • Collaborative (sharing of best practise)
    • Student voice is at the centre (each year level has tailored it to meet the needs)
    • "Circle time has become a much more regular feature in our hub and is going really well. We have grouped the kids into four social groups, so that we can target issues that are relevant for them. Most weeks each group has a slightly different focus. " Kauri, 2018
    • "Circle Time allows us to respond to issues or opportunities as they arise. Students drive what we explore, as well as our own observations of student needs. Students are all involved in sharing strategies and deciding solutions." Pohutakawa  2018
  • Whole school thematic days:  
 We Care (random acts of kindness)
 

 We Make a Difference (Keep NZ Green Week)

Exploring Te Whare Tapa Wha with Year 1-2

Wellbeing Definition (Revised, visuals to be created by the school's branding agents)




Challenges & Next Steps
* Ensure we have termly meetings with the whole team, including staff and parents. 
* Continue explicit social emotional / circle time teaching time, and support learning of new staff in this area.
* Continue to develop a strategy and actions to address Wellbeing At School Survey findings.
* Continue working towards a buddy system between year groups.
* Liaise with branding agency to create visuals for our Wellbeing definition.
* Promote and help students understand and personalise the definition (via daily notices and movies, and class activities and discussion).



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