Our positive school culture is grounded in a shared commitment to continuous growth as a learning community. We foster this through proactive behaviour and engagement strategies that support academic achievement and promote student wellbeing.
School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS)
We are dedicated to creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where every student can thrive. Our School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) framework helps us nurture positive behaviour, celebrate student success, and build a strong sense of belonging.
By setting clear expectations, offering consistent encouragement, and recognising positive choices, we empower students to take responsibility for their actions and develop essential social and emotional skills. We believe learning is a partnership, and we actively encourage families to work with us in supporting each child’s journey.
SWPBS provides a consistent, school-wide approach to improving social, emotional, and academic outcomes, guided by our core values:
- Respect
- Courage
- Empathy
Respectful Relationships
Respectful Relationships is a whole-school approach that promotes respect, positive attitudes, and healthy behaviours. Through this initiative, students learn how to build strong relationships, develop resilience, and grow in confidence.
We use the Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships curriculum to explicitly teach social and emotional learning, aligned with the Victorian Curriculum areas of Health and Physical Education, Critical and Creative Thinking, and Personal and Social Capability.
Mental Health in Primary Schools (MHiPS)
In 2022, Fitzroy Primary School proudly joined the pilot of the Mental Health in Primary Schools (MHiPS) initiative, led by the Victorian Department of Education in partnership with the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne.
MHiPS enables us to identify and respond to emerging mental health needs early, strengthen connections between education, health, and social services, and build staff capacity to support student wellbeing.
This proactive, collaborative approach ensures our students are supported to thrive, both academically and personally.