Tracy Baker

Starting in Term 2! 

Peer Support is a student-led approach to wellbeing   

Year 6 and some Year 5 students were trained as Peer Leaders last week, and have learnt how to lead a small group of younger students in weekly structured sessions. The program explores four key concepts: resilience, sense of self, connectedness, and sense of possibility. Peer Support equips students with the skills and tools to build strong relationships and positively navigate life. Students learn the social and emotional literacy skills to better manage life’s ups and downs.  

Keeping Friends is the module we will engage in during Term 2, it supports children in developing knowledge, skills and attitudes enabling them to make friends more readily and maintain those friendships. Keeping Friends provides children with opportunities to discuss different types of friendship, the importance of friendships and how to play well together.  Keeping Friends is underpinned by the premise that resilient children have a broad range of supportive networks as opposed to a single best friend. They are able to move from group to group as the situation arises without relying on the presence of only one other student to influence the quality of their day. 

If you require any other information regards this great program please do not hesitate to come and see me or send through an email. I will be updating you all about The Keeping Friends module  through the newsletter so you can also support your child.