“PEEC (Positive Education Enhanced Curriculum) is a research-based, developmentally sequenced Positive Education curriculum designed for students from Early Learning (age four) through to Year 12 (age 18). Drawing on over a decade of Positive Education experience at Geelong Grammar School (GGS) and in consultation with world-renowned positive psychology researchers, PEEC provides a structured approach to wellbeing education” (teachpeec.com)
So, what does that mean for our students? It means that in all we do we try to incorporate the principles of positive education. Some of these principles and standalone lessons include:
- Character strengths
- Goal setting
- Positivity
- Gratitude
- Growth mindset
- Resilience
- Leadership
- Kindness
- Teamwork
The Positive Education curriculum can be delivered via our daily pastoral care lessons under the guidance of the class teacher. But it is also included/reinforced in many other activities that we undertake at school. At the secondary levels, these include:
- Year level and extra camp/overseas trips and experiences
- Surf carnival and Sports Day
- The annual school musical
- Driver education
- Careers education
- R U OK Day and the Relay for life
House Assembly
We strive to have the principles of Positive Education underpin all that we do. On Wednesday of Week 8, we saw many of these principles at play during our Year 7-12 assembly. This assembly was led by our 8 House Captains and featured reflections on our two big sports events – Surf Carnival and Sports Day. The captains also had our entire secondary school dancing to ‘Just Dance’, which was such a highlight as students embraced the opportunity to dance during assembly. This entire assembly was coordinated and led by our House Captains. They did an outstanding job and Mr Palumbo also presented sports awards.
Sports Awards
Harmony Day
Today, we are celebrating Harmony Day. This year we have decided to decorate classrooms to honour and celebrate many countries around the globe. The competition for this is really, really competitive at the moment. Students can also dress up in Orange or in respectful costumes on a country of choice. The photos will be posted in our next Directions article.
As always there is a lot happening around the college and we are looking forward to all that lies ahead in the coming last few weeks of term. I have been super impressed with the improvement in respecting our uniform policy this year and we appreciate the support of our families to help with this very important aspect of college life.
Photos
Students undertaking their Certificate III in Conservation and Ecosystem Management at the Currency Creek EcoCentre conducting a native fish survey.
Stage 2 Child Studies class completed a STEM interaction with the Year 2s. Students learned various scientific concepts while creating Elephant Toothpaste.
For their recent Multicultural Feasts task, Stage 2 Food & Hospitality students chose Italian, creating all elements of their dishes from scratch.
The four members of the Stage 2 Drama class travelled into the city to experience the Adelaide Fringe Festival, attending three different theatre productions.
