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Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead (MHWL)
New in 2025, this role is designed to nurture and strengthen students’ mental health and wellbeing. Read more about the role here.
Miss Libby Tobin is the MHWL at Woodend Primary School. She has a passion for mental health and wellbeing, and is excited to implement new projects, as well as build on current practices.
Mental health and wellbeing is a priority at Woodend PS. We implement a fantastic Social and Emotional curriculum, run Play Clubs, champion Morning Circles and more, but most importantly, we put the students first.
SEL program
SEL program, Term 3
The Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum at WPS is a purposeful joining of a range of programs, designed to support, challenge and inspire our students.
Topic 1: Stress Management
Activities will assist students to:
• identify and describe personal coping skills and explain how these contribute to family and school life
• discuss how they can use self-calming strategies to manage themselves in stressful situations.
Topic 2: Help seeking
Activities will assist students to:
• practise solving simple interpersonal problems
• identify ways to care for others, including ways of making and keeping friends
• discuss the importance of seeking help when dealing with problems that are too big to solve alone
• practise seeking help from adults and peers..
SEL schedule
Prep
PLC - Monday, 1:50 with Miss Tobin
PBS - Monday, 2:40 with Miss Tobin
1/2
1/2E & 1/2S - Monday, 12:00 with Miss Tobin
1/2L - Tuesday, 11:10 with Miss Tobin
1/2A - Tuesday, 12:00 with Miss Tobin
1/2R - Wednesday, 1:50 with Miss Tobin
3
3SS - Tuesday 11:10 with Mrs Minchew
3MC & 3NS - Thursday 1:50 with Mrs Minchew
4
4SM - Thursday 12:00 with Mrs Minchew
4AD - Thursday 11:10 with Mrs Minchew
4LS - Friday 12:00 with Mrs Minchew
5/6
5/6I - Monday 9:50 with Mrs Minchew
5/6E - Monday 11:10 with Mrs Minchew
5/6C - Tuesday 12:00 with Mrs Minchew
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