Student Wellbeing
The St James student Wellbeing Framework, ‘Courageous Minds,’ written and delivered by the St James staff endeavours to skill students to be responsible citizens. It embeds the comprehensive, whole school approach of a number of wellbeing support programs. It takes strategies from the Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships Education program, Zones of Regulation and Berry Street Educational Model and can be assessed against the Victorian Curriculum Personal and Social Capability. At St James we base our programs around the excel framework from the Catholic Education Victoria Network.
At St. James we aim to:
Develop positive relationships within all aspects of the community.
Create safe and inclusive learning environments.
Develop sustainable community links and partnerships that benefit all.
Develop social and emotional skills.
Engage students in effective wellbeing practices that focus on prevention and early intervention.
At St James our Social and Emotional Learning can be further supported by our Wellbeing interventions offered. Students at times require additional support to establish social skills, managing anxiety or grief related to trauma. Therefore we offer students three additional programs; Social Skills, Peaceful Kids or Seasons for Growth. During Term 1 teachers are encouraged to build relationships and get to know our students better through our “Getting ready to learn” program and through our daily interactions.
We are fortunate at St James to engage the services of a student wellbeing officer. Our student wellbeing officer, Corey is an integral part of the Wellbeing Team that meets weekly on a Friday to discuss all wellbeing issues that have arisen in the past week. The team then works together to ensure the best course of action for the student.
Corey supports our students through individual and group sessions. He also works with classroom teachers and staff to ensure we continue to deepen our understanding of the Catholic faith.
Please talk to your child’s teacher or the Student Wellbeing Leader (Mrs Georgia McNamara) should you require further information.