Wellbeing @ APS

At APS we recognise and value wellbeing and see it as an integral part of our teaching and learning program. Each week students have the opportunity to explore various aspects of Wellbeing through a structured approach which places wellbeing alongside other key learning areas such as English, Maths & Inquiry.

These timetabled sessions allow staff to create targeted sequential lessons that explore the key concepts and ideas that underpin our whole school philosophy. In addition, to these weekly timetabled sessions, students also have the opportunity to participate in a range of other wellbeing initiatives at various times throughout the year.

Below is an overview of our 2021 program.

• Start-Up Program – establishing relationships, class agreements, building teamwork and cooperation, establishing individual and class goals at the start of the year, and revisiting throughout. 

• The 4Rs Program – Rights, Resilience and Respectful Relationships teaching and learning resources to support the personal and social capability curriculum. 
• Circle Time – The opportunity to apply learning and respond to incidents and situations from our daily lives.
•  Leisure and Pleasure Time – This is a new initiative we are trialling which provides teachers space throughout the day to break up learning with activities that focus upon students connecting with each other and their own wellbeing. 
• Days of significance – International Women’s Day, Harmony Day, National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence, First Nations Day.
• 'Friday’ Themes – Building upon the success of these days during remote learning in 2020, we will continue to develop ideas which provide opportunities for students to work alongside class cohorts, within their Houses and across the wider school community to build connections around concepts which are fun, engaging and focus on the diversity of what it means to look after our mental and emotional wellbeing. 

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