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Wellbeing & Support

Our school is committed to fostering a culture of health and wellbeing where every student feels safe, connected and ready to learn. We create a positive and inclusive environment that supports both personal growth and academic success, ensuring all members of our community feel respected, valued and empowered.

We take a whole-school approach to wellbeing, building a welcoming culture that celebrates diversity and promotes positive, respectful relationships. Through evidence-informed practices, we support student wellbeing and positive behaviour, strengthening resilience and creating the conditions for effective teaching and learning.

We recognise that wellbeing and positive behaviour are essential foundations for effective teaching and learning. By embedding wellbeing into everyday practice, we support students to feel confident, engaged and ready to achieve their potential. Our approach promotes emotional resilience, social skills and a strong sense of belonging.

We have the capacity to deliver programs designed for the varying needs of our students and families:

  • Growth, Resilience, Integrity, and Traction (GRIT) – is a set of experiential learning activities and processes that promote personal growth and build resilience in young people. The program benefits participants by equipping them with tools to confidently approach challenges and change.
  • Teen Mental Health First Aid – interactive series of workshops that equips secondary school students with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to recognise, understand and respond to a friend or classmate experiencing a mental health problem or mental health crisis.
  • EdConnect mentors – connect volunteers who want to make a difference, with young people in schools who need extra help and guidance. EdConnect volunteers support students where the school has identified the greatest need.
  • Aussie Optimism Program was developed to reduce and prevent anxiety and depression in children and adolescents. Aussie Optimism also develops and promotes positive mental health in children, adolescents and school communities.
  • Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) – gives parents and carers tools and strategies to raise their child in an environment that is safe, loving and predictable.
Student Life

Our initiatives

Be You is the national mental health and wellbeing initiative for learning communities in Australia.

Be You provides educators with knowledge, tools and resources to create positive, inclusive and responsive learning communities where every child, young person, educator and family is empowered to achieve their best possible mental health.

Delivered by Beyond Blue in collaboration with Early Childhood Australia and headspace, Be You’s goal is to empower and support educators to promote mental health and wellbeing for every child and young person in Australia.

School chaplains make a valuable contribution to the social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of school communities across Western Australia. This might include support and guidance about ethics, values, relationships and helping students engage with the broader community. They are part of the school’s pastoral care team.

School chaplains are there to listen and provide a supportive place to talk. They offer confidential, non-judgmental pastoral care and programs based on respect, compassion and service. Chaplains are trained in pastoral care, with ongoing training opportunities provided to specialize in critical incidences, community members living in isolation and mental health initiatives.

Examples of programs supported by chaplains include: programs related to mental health, friendships, conflict resolution, self-esteem and grief and loss, among many others. Chaplains also assist the school community by helping families to access information, services and support based on their individual needs.

Our school psychology team works within Student Services to help every student feel safe, supported, and able to thrive at school. They work collaboratively with students, families, staff, and external services to provide wellbeing support, tailored strategies informed by assessment, and short-term interventions.

Their work focuses on student wellbeing, learning, and development, with an emphasis on early intervention, inclusion, and building on students’ strengths. They also contribute to whole-school programs and provide crisis support.

You can find out more information on how psychologists service the WA Department of Education here.

Community health nurses in schools (often referred to as school health nurses) play a major role in developing and influencing health knowledge, positive health-related attitudes and behaviours with students and families.

They are registered nurses employed by Child and Adolescent Health Services WA (CAHS) and the WA Country Health Service (WACHS).

School health nurses work together with school staff, young people, parents, care givers, other government and non-government agencies to support and promote the health and wellbeing of the entire school community.

We are committed to ensuring every child, including those with special education needs, has access to a high-quality education.

At Kent Street, a dedicated Learning Support Coordinator provides support to parents and teachers of children with diagnosed or identified learning needs.

 

they work with the WA government Communities Inclusion Connection Team (CICT) – a person-centred, holistic, community-based approach designed to facilitate connection to appropriate mainstream and specialised services for people across Western Australia (WA).

Wellbeing Activities at Kent Street

  • Year 6/7 transition
  • RU OK? Day
  • Breakfast Club
  • Clubs fair
  • Wear it Purple Day
  • International Day of People with Disability
  • National Week of Action against Bullying
  • Staff Wellbeing Week
  • Harmony Week

Youth Mental Health resources

headspace – headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds.

be you – Be You is the national mental health and wellbeing initiative for learning communities in Australia.

PCYC – Police & Community Youth Centre provides an inclusive environment tailored to meet the diverse needs of children and young people in our Before & After School Care programs.

Kids helpline – Kids helpline is Australia’s only free (even from a mobile), confidential 24/7 online and phone counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25. Qualified counsellors at Kids Helpline are available anytime and for any reason.

Youth Focus -Youth Focus offers a range of safe and confidential services for young people delivered by qualified mental health professionals. We support young people between the ages of 12 and 25, without referral required and at no cost.

Youth beyond blue – For more than 20 years, people in Australia have placed their trust in Beyond Blue as a reliable source of mental health information, support, and hope.

13 yarn – 13YARN [Thirteen YARN] is the first national crisis support line for mob who are feeling overwhelmed or having difficulty coping. We offer a confidential one-on-one yarning opportunity with a Lifeline-trained Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter who can provide crisis support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

lifeline – Lifeline is a national charity providing Australians who are experiencing emotional distress access to 24-hour crisis support, suicide prevention, mental health, and domestic and family violence prevention services.

CAMHS Crisis connect – provides 24/7 urgent mental health support to children and young people, as well as their families, carers, and community professionals who are concerned about a young person’s wellbeing. The service is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of specialist paediatric mental health professionals based at Perth Children’s Hospital

 

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