Wellbeing

At our school, student wellbeing and learning go hand in hand. We want every student to feel safe, included and ready to learn. Whether your child needs help with their mental, emotional, social or physical wellbeing, we are here to help them thrive at school and in daily life.

How we support student wellbeing

Supporting each student’s mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing is part of everyday school life.

We do this through:

• teachers who help students feel welcome and included
• access to school counsellors, school psychologists and specialist staff
• programs that support health, social skills, attendance and positive behaviour
• help for students who are new or changing year levels
• clear expectations for behaviour and respectful relationships
• staff who get to know each child and work closely with families
• developing health care plans for students
• open communication about wellbeing and support.

Visit Our principal and staff to learn about our wellbeing and specialist support staff.

The Leader in Me

With support of the FranklinCovey Association, Marie Bashir Public School is focused on how we as educators can create leaders, one child at a time. The Leader In Me initiative based on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, is embedded across all subjects areas, and modelled and taught daily.

We focus on developing the whole child by:

• Teaching leadership to every student.

• Creating a culture of student empowerment.

• Aligning systems to drive results in academics.

We use two frameworks in our work as a leadership school:

1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People  helps us learn and apply leadership skills and gives us a common language for building a supportive school environment.
2. The 4 Disciplines of Execution  helps us to identify, track, and achieve academic and personal Wildly Important Goals (WIGs).

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids

Be Proactive – Take responsibility for your life. Choose to act deliberately and take responsibility for your actions. Listen to your language and be proactive rather than reactive.

Begin With the End in Mind– Define your mission and goals in life. Live your life with hope and purpose. Know what you want before you begin.

Put First Things First– Prioritise and do the most important things first. Make the most effective use of your time by prioritising. Work smarter, not harder.

Think Win-Win– Have an ‘everyone can win’ attitude. Build successful relationships with others by finding a solution that works for all.

Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood– Listen to people sincerely. Hear others with your eyes, ears and heart. Only 7% of communication is verbal, 93% is body language, tone and feeling.

Synergise– Work together to achieve more. Two or more people can work together to create a better solution than either one could create alone. Synergy requires valuing people’s uniqueness and individuality.

Sharpen the Saw– Renew yourself regularly. Balance all four dimensions of your life: body, mind, heart and soul.

Would you like to know more?

The Leader in Me website provides information about the 7 Habits, and also other information regarding events, resources, and books. You can also read testimonials and publications from the Press Room.

The Leader in Me website