Student wellbeing
Like all NSW public schools, we provide safe learning and teaching environments to encourage healthy, happy, successful and productive students.
The department is committed to creating quality learning opportunities for children and young people. These opportunities support wellbeing through positive and respectful relationships and fostering a sense of belonging to the school and community.
The Wellbeing Framework for Schools helps schools support the cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual development of students and allow them to connect, succeed and thrive throughout their education.
Wellbeing at James Ruse Agricultural High School
The James Ruse Agricultural High School Wellbeing Program is based on the premise of ‘Positive Psychology’ and the James Ruse Agricultural ASPIRE values. In addressing wellbeing concerns, conflict resolution and discipline issues, staff focus on the strength of the individual student and the solutions to the issue.
The principles of ‘Positive Psychology’ – Positive Emotion, Engagement, Positive Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment (PERMA) form the foundation of our school curriculum, proactive wellbeing program and co-curricular programs to ensure all students learn and flourish in a happy, safe and supportive learning environment.
Our school has in place a comprehensive and inclusive wellbeing curriculum to support the cognitive, emotional, social, physical and spiritual development of students, which improves individual and collective wellbeing.
The Wellbeing team lead a proactive curriculum, ensuring that all activities reflect the school plan. This includes a whole school Camp Program which addresses a variety of specific wellbeing needs that are age appropriate and tailored for our gifted learners.
Our Wellbeing Program encourages students to be self-aware, build positive relationships and actively contribute to the school, the community and the society in which they live. The ideals of curiosity, creativity and positive risk taking are instilled to ensure our students are empowered to achieve their personal best.
How to thrive at school
Our school strongly supports the successful academic and social transition of all students from Years 7-12. James Ruse Agricultural High School’s vision is to ensure the development of the whole child, combining academic success with the development of resilience, resourcefulness, critical and creative thinking, personal and social capability as well as ethical and intercultural understanding. Through the school’s development of the Wellbeing and Cross Curricular programs throughout years 7-12, students are provided with the opportunity to engage with concepts and real world problems that draws on skills from multiple subject areas to develop interpersonal and 21st century learning skills. Our commitment within the school is to strengthen and deliver on school learning priorities identified in the School Plan which strives to meet the needs of highly gifted learners and to enhance creative, holistic learning and wellbeing strategies.