How are you feeling today?

Stuartholme school is strongly committed to supporting the wellbeing of our students. In Term 4 last year, the school trialled PULSE, a tool which measures the week-to-week wellbeing and engagement for our students.

The trial was so successful, it has now been introduced to our Year 8, 9, 10 and 11 students. Each week, students are prompted by email to complete a ‘Check-in’ on the app, which consists of six questions, the first one being – How are you feeling today? Based on the response to this question, students are given another five questions out of a bank of 130. Importantly, the answer to the first question is not anonymous. If a student chooses “I need some help”, the student will be directed to further questions and can elect to request help from her Teacher Mentor, Leader of Student Wellbeing, Psychologist or Dean of Student Wellbeing. Dean of Student Wellbeing, Deb Lonsdale-Walker said one of the key benefits of the app is that it can track the wellbeing of individual students and respond to those who express a need. “It is very important for our students to have a safe way to make their voice heard and ask for help. While students are prompted to respond weekly, the benefit of this app is that they can open the website at anytime throughout the week and answer the questions. “PULSE is a key action underscoring our commitment to integrate wellbeing and learning in innovative ways to optimise student success”. The students are very engaged in this app and the School hopes to roll it out to other Year levels later this year.