St Paul’s emphasises SEL, fostering resilience, empathy, relationships, teamwork, leadership, and emotional regulation through structured lessons.
In today’s rapidly changing world, many children encounter daily adversity. At St Paul’s we have a strong emphasis on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Fortnightly, the teachers timetable lessons on specific social skills. We draw on the Berry Street Education Model as our main resource and we teach specific lessons on resilience. The Personal and Social Capability contained in the Victorian Curriculum is high on the agenda at St Paul’s. The Personal and Social Capability is focussed on enabling students to understand themselves and others and manage their relationships.
The St Paul’s SEL curriculum teaches children to recognise and regulate emotions, develop empathy for others, develop positive relationships, work effectively in teams and develop leadership skills. We teach students how to handle challenging situations constructively and we develop their resilience.