Schools are important places in promoting student health and wellbeing. Not only do they provide safe and supportive environments to ensure that schools are healthy places to learn, play and work - but they are also a key place where comprehensive education takes place in regards to a range of health, personal development and wellbeing issues.
Schools have a responsibility to provide students with opportunities to develop the essential knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that enable them to make informed decisions about their health behaviours. Partnerships and services with other agencies, including support and referral services, can also enhance student health and wellbeing in the school setting.
The Department recognises that learning and wellbeing are inextricably linked - students learn best when their wellbeing is optimised, and they develop a strong sense of wellbeing when they experience success in learning.
The Learning and Wellbeing Framework play a vital role in supporting student wellbeing within the school context and highlights that schools can influence both learning and wellbeing through four domains:
Queensland schools have been very successful in creating positive schools cultures, and the Learning and Wellbeing Framework provides strategies, guidelines and links to information that can help schools maximise the work many of them are already doing to improve wellbeing among students.
To build the capacity of Queensland state schools to support the wellbeing of students and improve their outcomes, free seminars will be presented by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg between April and August 2012. The seminars reinforce the principles of the Learning and Wellbeing Framework and cover topics specifically tailored for school principals, school staff and parents.
This page was last reviewed on 18 May 2012
Copyright |
Disclaimer |
Privacy |
Access keys |
Other languages
© The State of Queensland (Department of Education, Training and Employment) 2004.
