The Importance of Wellbeing Education

Student wellbeing underpins every aspect of a student’s schooling, including their learning, engagement and social relationships.

What is studnt wellbeing?

Wellbeing is the state of living a healthy lifestyle and not just how we feel but how we function and participate in the community. At school, a students wellbeing is significantly empowered by whole school approaches to health and wellbeing. The provision of  a safe and accepting environment in which students are supported to explore and develop positive mental, emotional and social awareness with a keen sense of belonging are the essence to improved health outcomes.

Shine wellbeing programs

Shine’s Wellbeing Programs are designed for students, to build and develop positive relationships to self, community and nature by developing life skills and knowledge that empowers health and wellbeing. 

Our evidence based practices of positive psychology, public health promotion, nutritional science, social and emotional learning, ecology and neuroscience are centred around the five key measurable components of wellbeing:

• Connection: Developing relationships to self, others and nature.

• Being active: Engaging in activities that are stimulating and inspiring.

• Engagement: Trying new things that build confidence and create a sense of achievement.

• Self-awareness: Developing tools to enhance sense of self.

• Contribution: Kindness and gratitude to self, others and community.

Why is wellbeing advocacy in education so important for children?

The school setting, its community and its overarching culture, is the most powerful platform for health promotion and advocacy, only secondary to that of family setting.

A child’s school community and setting is therefore a well acknowledged and most ideal place for public health promotion and advocacy, providing consistent and considerable opportunity during developmental life stages to model and influence health behaviours. 

Health education within the school setting, engaging with primary school children at such an influential time in their development and when delivered within a community setting, is paramount to both the short and long term health outcomes of Australia’s expanding population.

development

Greater access to holistic health education for children during formative developmental lifespans.

awareness

Improved awareness in children of prevailing health risks and how to access healthcare interventions.

mental health

Improved outcomes in mental illness prevalence and or  access to holistic health and wellbeing interventions that move children toward greater experiences of wellbeing.

community

Greater community engagement in community settings such as school to further advocate and improve health and wellbeing outcomes throughout the lifespans of a child’s life.

Programs

INFORM

INSPIRE

EMPOWER

We offer a variety of programs, designed to be flexible and tailored to individuals school curricular, community and economic needs and investments begin at as a little as $10 a student.

Our mission is to advocate and enhance greater access to wellbeing literacy for all!