PEER SUPPORT

Our Year 6 Leaders will be starting Peer Support Groups next Tuesday.

Peer Support is a program that supports wellbeing and positive relationships across the school. Placing students at the centre of learning, Peer Support empowers them with practical skills and strategies to positively navigate life and relationships. 

The whole school will participate in Peer Support for 30 minutes each week. Two Peer leaders facilitate a small group of 8-10 younger students, who work together through a number of structured activities. Each teacher will supervise 2-3 groups in their classroom. We are working on a module called Living Positively helping us explore the concept of optimism. The module runs for 8 sessions. Our first session enables the children to get to know everyone in the group, agreeing on how they will work well together and interact cooperatively with others. They will also begin to think about what it means to be optimistic. We encourage you to talk to your children about Peer Support every week, as it will help to reinforce the concepts learned in each session. 

Laura Hatherly, Leah Toole, Kate Mitchell and Holly Hough
Year 6 Class Teachers