Progress On Identified Priorities

3. Foster well developed social and emotional skills in students to build resilient, 21st Century, lifelong learners.

Our approach to this priority is informed by the seven General Capabilities that complements the WA curriculum. The General Capabilities were developed to assist students to be confident, effective communicators allowing them to live and work successfully in the 21st Century. In 2021, we incorporated the Literacy and Numeracy Strands into our whole school Literacy and Numeracy plan. This is being reviewed and updated in 2022.

Carine has focused on real world experiences to build these capabilities. An example of a program that aims to support students’ personal and social capabilities is our Year 9 Peer Mentoring program. Students apply at the end of Year 9 to attend a peer mentoring leadership development day camp. This develops their skills which they utilise when going into Year 10. Using their skills, they lead a group of Year 6s on orientation day. This creates connections for the incoming students in the following year where the Year 9, now Year 10, students take the same groups as part of Year 7 transition activities. Through the year, the 10s are rostered to run an activity with the Year 7s each term during a designated lunch time. In total 78 students participated in 2021 and the feedback from Year 7s was that it made the transition to high school smoother.