At Truganina South Primary School

Student Resilience and Wellbeing are essential for both academic and social development, and are optimised by safe, supportive and respectful learning environments. Schools share this responsibility with the whole community. In 2020, we have created a Wellbeing Team to collaborate with teachers and families to support our students holistically. Our team includes the Principal Class, Leading Teacher – Wellbeing, Speech Pathologists, Social Worker and an Education Support Officer. We have created a welcoming space for students to feel safe and calm within the Wellbeing Hub. A key focus of the Wellbeing team is Social Thinking. Social Thinking focuses on helping children figure out how to think in social situations. Children are taught to observe and think about their own and others' thoughts and feelings. They also learn the connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. This in turn helps to promote better engagement, conflict resolution and relationships which leads to greater wellbeing. We are starting to run groups with students this year. The TSPS Wellbeing Team works to support optimum health and wellbeing for students and staff and to ensure a positive, safe and caring school community. The Wellbeing Team provides both targeted and small group support for students as well as support for ongoing staff development. The Wellbeing Team contributes to the School Wide Positive Behaviour Model – SWPBS and the intentional promotion of optimal learning, social and emotional development, personal strengths and resilience.

• Builds strong relationships with students and families.
• Provides small group support.
• Provides input into Social and Emotional learning programs such as Social Thinking, Respectful Relationships and The Resilience Project.
• Provides support for teachers and class teams in supporting students with complex  Runs the Tunning Into Kids Parent Program Termly
• Utilises a wide range of learning and mental health assessment frameworks to shape appropriate intervention strategies to enable the best outcome for the student, family and school.
• Increases staff awareness of mental health interventions and strategies.
• Follows a referral process and enables a strong team approach to case management of students.
• Provides a range of student and family mental health supports, as well as building a network of services and community links.
• Works with the School Wide Positive Behaviour Frame work.
• Integrates Respectful Relationships into the programs