We are committed to ensuring a safe and happy environment for your child.
We support your child’s health and safety through a range of strategies including:
For more information, visit the student wellbeing section of the department’s website.
Like all NSW public schools, we promote the healthy development of students through:
- school programs and practices that protect and promote health and safety
- supporting individual students who need help with health issues
- providing first aid and temporary care of students who become unwell or who have an accident at school.
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 allows them to connect, succeed and thrive throughout their education.
Positive Behaviour for Learning
At our school, we use Positive Behaviour for Learning – a whole-school approach for creating a positive, safe and supportive school climate where students can learn and develop. Our whole school community works together to establish expected behaviours and teach them to all students.
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is a proactive framework aimed at promoting positive behaviour and creating a supportive school environment. At Yowie Bay Public School, PBL is implemented through a systematic approach that includes defining clear behavioural expectations, teaching these expectations explicitly, and acknowledging positive behaviours through rewards and recognition. This includes the selection of students to receive a PBL award each week, as well as the implementation of our 'Gotcha' reward program, where students earn tokens to contribute to their class jars. These jars accumulate tokens that go towards end-of-term reward activities. Yowie Bay Public School has created a set of core values or principles that guide student behaviour- respect, responsibility, and safety. Regular training for staff ensures consistency in implementation, while ongoing monitoring and data collection help assess the effectiveness of the program. This collaborative effort encourages students to take ownership of their behaviour and fosters a positive school culture conducive to learning.
