Student Welfare is of paramount importance at Park Orchards. We have effective and proactive procedures and programs in place to support our goal of providing a safe and inclusive environment, in which all students feel confident, valued and strive to achieve their personal best. The You Can Do It! and Bounce Back programs combined with our school values and Student Welfare procedures directs and supports this goal.
The core value is the development of the potential of all children (academically, intellectually, interpersonally and emotionally) through instilling in children the five foundations ~ confidence, persistence, organisation, getting along and resilience.
Central to the development of these five foundations is exposure and reinforcement of the following positive approaches to life: Accepting Myself, Taking Risks, Being Independent,
I Can Do It, Giving Effort, Working Tough, Setting Goals, Planning My Time, Being Tolerant of Others, Thinking First and Playing by the Rules.
To find out more about student wellbeing visit:
Safe Schools are Effective Schools (www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/wellbeing/safeschools/bullying/)
Cyberbullying advice(www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/wellbeing/safeschools/bullying/cyberbullying.htm
Strategies for parents (www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/wellbeing/safeschools/bullying/parents.htm)
Student Code of Conduct (www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/wellbeing/welfare/conduct.htm)
Student Leadership Opportunities
Senior school- School and House Captains
Senior school- Support Teams- Environment, Library, Office and Canteen
Peer Support- Prep- Year 6 and Year 5- Year One
Peer mediation- Senior School
Junior School Council- Years 3-6
Student lead assemblies- Aussie of the Month
P.O.P.S Pals- Peer Support Prep-6
This is a multi-age group consisting of children from prep to 6 that meets once a month. The year 6 house captains lead the sessions and every student in the school is involved. The aim of POPS Pals is to promote student connectedness to their peers, teachers and school. Poppy our school mascot was created through a POPS Pals session. He has become an important and well loved member of our school!
