Growth is a whole-school social emotional learning (SEL) program designed for students from Prep to Year 6, aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Personal and Social Capability strand and “The Grovely Way". A custom-designed SEL program allows for targeted skill development that responds directly to school data, ensuring that the specific emotional, behavioural, and social needs of students are met with purposeful and relevant strategies. Growth weaves together practices from social work, psychology and occupational therapy to explicitly teach students self-awareness, strategies and the language required to be their best selves, both in and out of the school environment.
The lessons are delivered each week by the classroom teacher, ensuring consistency and application of strategies outside the lesson. Lessons include; a mindfulness task, positive connection with others, explicit teaching of a skill and application of the taught skill to develop a positive culture for learning at Grovely State School.
The program is structured into explicit, scaffolded and developmentally appropriate units, ensuring a progression of skills across the year and the primary school experience that align with the four elements of the Personal and Social Capability continuum: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social management.
Growth equips students not only with the personal and social skills required by the curriculum, but also with the insight and motivation to be thoughtful changemakers in their own communities. By growing inward first, students are empowered to make a lasting, positive impact outward—on others and on their school environment.