As the first year of schooling at Ascham, the Prep environment is warm, nurturing and welcoming. At the heart of the wellbeing program, is the rapport established between teachers and Prep students, as well as the connection between the School and the home environment. From the commencement of Prep, students are introduced to the Learning Buddy system. This involves each Prep student getting to know a new student each day. The Learning Buddy system builds students’ ability to cooperate and learn with others. Students are encouraged to get to know every student in their class.
Students are introduced to the weekly social skill, using one of the You Can Do It puppets; Connie Confidence, Ricky Resilience, Oscar Organisation, Pete Persistence and Gabby Get-Along. Social skills are taught in an explicit manner and are reinforced through role-plays and the puppets.
Prep students also actively explore the School values, discussing and describing ways in which they can display: Acceptance, Ambition, Collaboration, Community, Courage, Kindness, Resilience, Respect and Responsibility. Friendly Schools Plus sessions, facilitated by the PDHPE staff, involve explicit learning experiences to develop students’ socio-emotional competencies. During these lessons, the students develop and practise important understandings and skills.
At the heart of the wellbeing program is the rapport established between teachers and Kindergarten students, as well as the connection between the School and the home environment.
Kindergarten students are introduced to the weekly social skill, using one of the You Can Do It puppets; Connie Confidence, Ricky Resilience, Oscar Organisation, Pete Persistence and Gabby Get-Along. Social skills continue to be taught in an explicit manner and are reinforced during Circle Time, role-plays and the puppets. Kindergarten students explore the School values, discussing and describing ways in which they can display: Acceptance, Ambition, Collaboration, Community, Courage, Kindness, Resilience, Respect and Responsibility.
In Kindergarten, the Learning Buddy system involves each Kindergarten student getting to know a new student each week. The Learning Buddy system encourages students to broaden their friendships, as well as building their sense of cooperation with others. Kindergarten students also utilise the Bucket Filling concept whereby they learn the importance of giving to others and how in displaying values such as Kindness and Respect, their own invisible buckets become full too.
Friendly Schools Plus sessions, facilitated by the PDHPE staff, involve explicit learning experiences to develop students’ socio-emotional competencies.
At the heart of the wellbeing program is the rapport established between teachers and Year 1 students, as well as the connection between the School and the home environments.
In Year 1, students continue to use the Learning Buddy system. The Learning Buddy system encourages students to continue broadening their friendships, as well as building their sense of cooperation with others.
Year 1 students are introduced to the weekly social skill, using one of the You Can Do It puppets; Connie Confidence, Ricky Resilience, Oscar Organisation, Pete Persistence and Gabby Get-Along. Social skills continue to be taught and reinforced in an explicit manner through role-plays, the puppets and Circle Time. Year 1 students explore the School values, discussing and describing ways in which they can display: Acceptance, Ambition, Collaboration, Community, Courage, Kindness, Resilience, Respect and Responsibility.
Friendly Schools Plus sessions, facilitated by the PDHPE staff, involve explicit learning experiences to develop students’ socio-emotional competencies.
At the heart of the wellbeing program is the rapport established between teachers and the Year 2 students, as well as the connection between the School and the home environments. In Year 2, students are provided with opportunities to become school leaders, adopting the responsibilities of roles such as Library Monitor, Green Monitor, Computer Monitor and Class Leader. The Learning Buddy system continues to encourage students to broaden their friendships, as well as building a great sense of community amongst the girls in their final year of Hillingdon.
Year 2 students are introduced to the weekly social skill and these social skills are taught and reinforced in an explicit manner through role plays and Circle Time.
Year 2 students explore the School values, discussing and describing ways in which they can display: Acceptance, Ambition, Collaboration, Community, Courage, Kindness, Resilience, Respect and Responsibility.
Friendly Schools Plus sessions, facilitated by the PDHPE staff, focusing on self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and social decision-making involve explicit learning experiences to develop students’ socio-emotional competencies.