Rainbow P-12 College has a commitment to the whole student, this includes not only their academic development but also their social and emotional growth.
Rainbow P-12 has a variety of student wellbeing programs that combine to support our above commitment.
Berry Street Education Model
The Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) is a practical approach to teaching and learning that enables teachers to increase engagement with students with complex, unmet learning needs and successfully improve all students’ self-regulation, growth and academic achievement. The teaching strategies incorporate evidence-based trauma-aware teaching, positive education, and well-being practices.
BSEM focuses on five domains that achieve academic and personal growth. The five domains of the Berry Street Education Model correspond with child-development capacities that each student must build in order to be ‘ready to learn’. When considering how to best meet the needs of students, we focus on building self-regulatory ability, relational capacity and then nurture a willingness to engage in learning.
The Resilience Project
Through presentations, student curriculum, teacher resources and digital content, The Resilience Project’s (TRP) Education Programs support mental health in the classroom, staffroom and family home. TRP focuses on three key pillars that have been proven to cultivate positive emotion; Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM), with Emotional Literacy being a foundational skill to practice these strategies
Royal Far West
Royal Far West supports the developmental, mental, and behavioural health of children in rural and remote Australia, helping them reach their full potential. They offer health, education, and disability services to country children and their families through Telehealth and outreach sessions. Services include speech pathology, occupational therapy, and psychological assessments and therapy, delivered directly to schools to ensure accessible and comprehensive support.
Better Buddies
The Alannah and Madeline Foundation’s Better Buddies Framework is an initiative designed to create a friendly and caring junior school community where bullying is reduced. Through the program students in Prep/1 and 5/6 of the junior school buddy up and learn the values: caring for others, friendliness, respect, valuing differences, including others and responsibility via a number of activities during transition, at the start of the year and throughout the year. The highlight is always the very well catered for Teddy Bears picnic.
Guys and Girls
Guys and Girls is a self-esteem program run by West Wimmera Health Service (WWHS) at Grade 5/6 level. The sessions include activities and discussions on; nutrition, exercise, friendship, bullying, body image, changing negative self-talk into positive self-talk and being an individual. The aim of the program is to develop a positive self-image “I always like being me”. The sessions run fortnightly for 14 weeks.
DET Provision
Students may also be referred to DET Student Services for specialised support with speech pathology, counselling or for assessment of their learning needs.
Man Cave
At Rainbow P-12 College we believe it is important for students to develop their social and emotional health. To achieve this aim the College has established an ongoing relationship with the organisations The Man Cave to provide workshops each year to discuss issues and concerns and to check in on how our students are travelling.
