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‘Our goal isn’t to prepare the road for the child. Our goal is to prepare the child for the road.’
Positive Education at Marlborough is strongly connected to our vision of being a ‘community centred on wellbeing, where students are empowered and build skills for life to achieve their personal best.’
We believe that it is not enough to teach our children just how to read, write and solve maths problems. It is equally important to educate our students socially, emotionally and physically - enabling them to flourish both at Marlborough and in their life beyond school.
Marlborough has embraced the science of Positive Psychology which, when applied to the education setting, is called Positive Education. Positive Psychology is a new branch of psychology that emerged from traditional psychology’s deficit-based model. It is a strengths-based approach that aims to prevent, rather than cure mental illness and anxiety.
“The fundamental goal of Positive Education is to promote flourishing or positive mental health within the school community”.
At Marlborough, we have created our own model of wellbeing, which is based on Martin Seligman’s PERMA model and Geelong Grammar School’s Flourish model.
Our aim is to provide our community with a toolbox of strategies that they can use to lead happy and meaningful lives.
Positive Education is a comprehensive, intentional approach to education that blends academic learning with character.
It aims to nurture individual and community wellbeing and prepare students with life skills such as resilience, mindfulness, grit, optimism and engagement.
It encapsulates a proactive, whole-school, strengths-based approach that is supported by research into the science of wellbeing and happiness.
The aim of Positive Education at Marlborough Primary School is to focus on nurturing specific skills and character strengths that will support our community members to:
P : build Positive emotions
E : experience a sense of Engagement
R : strengthen Relationships
M : identify sources of Meaning and purpose
A : strive to achieve goals and celebrate such Accomplishments
+ : maintain a healthy lifestyle through exercise, sleep and nutrition (+)
Positive Education Enhanced Curriculum
Positive Education Enhanced Curriculum
During their time at Marlborough, students will learn the skills and knowledge involved in Positive Education during specific Wellbeing classes. These classes regularly draw upon the Positive Education Enhanced Curriculum (PEEC), designed by Geelong Grammar School.
PEEC is not a replacement for the implicit Positive Education that takes place through pastoral care, teaching and everyday interactions our teachers have with their students. Rather, it is an explicit curriculum designed for schools to lead dedicated Positive Education classes, where students can be taught the key concepts of wellbeing so they can live healthy and fulfilling lives.
Maroondah Positive Education Network
Maroondah Positive Education Network
We are proud to be part of the Maroondah Positive Education Network, which is a partnership between Maroondah City Council, the Maroondah Principals Network, the Victorian Government Department of Education and Training, the University of Melbourne, and the Institute of Positive Education. Our network aims to raise the wellbeing of the young people in our community through living, learning, teaching and embedding Positive Education.
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