Emotional Universal
Body
Character Strengths
BSEM Alumni (Post Training)
All Abilities Fitness track
Energy Breakthrough
First Aid Training
MEC Cross Country
MEC Fun Run
MEC Swimming Carnivals
MEC Athletics Carnivals
Swimming Programs
Health and Physical Education Curriculum
MEC Vs Highview Competition
Higher Level Sporting Competitions
Parents and Friends Association
Berry Street Education Model
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The Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) is a practical approach to teaching and learning that enables teachers to increase engagement with students with complex, unmet learning needs and successfully improve all students’ self-regulation, growth and academic achievement. The pedagogical strategies incorporate evidence-based trauma-aware teaching, positive education, and wellbeing practices.
Please refer to the following link for more information https://www.berrystreet.org.au/learning-and-resources/berry-street-education-model
Body
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More information can be found in this SharePoint.
Character Strengths
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To see a visual on character strengths, please click here.
BSEM Alumni (Post Training)
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To continue to the BSEM Alumni login portal, please click here.
Dogs Connect
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Dogs Connect is an organisation that helps introduce a wellbeing dog into settings such as schools, hospitals, aged care and justice communities. They work with the school community to design long term, sustainable programs to integrate a Dogs Connect dog. The aim to achieve as many mental health benefits as possible.
Through Dogs Connect the school was lucky to be able to raise and train our Groodle Daisy.
Healthy Bodies
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All Abilities Fitness track
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The All Abilities Fitness Track will be built for the Central Goldfield’s Shire Community. It will allow elite athletes and sporting clubs to hone their fitness. It will provide wheelchair access for people with limited movement. It will provide a safe place for students taking part in the Energy Breakthrough to practice riding Human Powered Vehicles and will offer gentle exercise at the stations for older members of the community or people just on the path to fitness. Families will be able to bring their children when they are learning to ride a bike and late afternoon walking groups can enjoy the natural bush circuit. In building the circuit we would like to draw on the expertise of Aboriginal Elders who already support the school to assist VCAL students in the planting of indigenous plants that are suitable for the area. Our goal is for no trees to be removed in the creating of what we envisage to be a beautiful natural bush track.
Energy Breakthrough
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Maryborough Education Centre, (MEC), has participated in the Maryborough Energy Breakthrough since its inception in 1991. The P-6, Specialist and 7-12 settings all enter multiple teams in the event each year.
Each year, our students, in partnership with our school community design, build and test numerous trikes and pushcarts. They explore the latest technology whilst considering the impact of this technology on the environment. The designing of trikes assists students to gain valuable skills which could determine their future career paths in design and engineering.
Learning the value of teamwork is vital for all students and participating in this event, highlights the significance and importance of this attribute. Participation in the event also assists students to build on their respectful relationship skills, meet and communicate with students from numerous towns and cities throughout Victoria and interstate.
Another observation that we have made over the years is the student’s pride in knowing that their participation in the event has been a positive contribution to our society.
First Aid Training
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Staff undergo updates in First Aid Training regularly at MEC. During the training sessions, staff are taught how to implement the DRSABCD Action Plan.
DRSABCD stands for:
• Danger – always check the danger to you, any bystanders and then the injured or ill person. Make sure you do not put yourself in danger when going to the assistance of another person.
• Response – is the person conscious? Do they respond when you talk to them, touch their hands or squeeze their shoulder?
• Send for help – call triple zero (000). Don’t forget to answer the questions asked by the operator.
• Airway – Is the person’s airway clear? Is the person breathing?
• If the person is responding, they are conscious and their airway is clear, assess how you can help them with any injury.
• If the person is not responding and they are unconscious, you need to check their airway by opening their mouth and having a look inside. If their mouth is clear, tilt their head gently back (by lifting their chin) and check for breathing. If the mouth is not clear, place the person on their side, open their mouth and clear the contents, then tilt the head back and check for breathing.
• Breathing – check for breathing by looking for chest movements (up and down). Listen by putting your ear near to their mouth and nose. Feel for breathing by putting your hand on the lower part of their chest. If the person is unconscious but breathing, turn them onto their side, carefully ensuring that you keep their head, neck and spine in alignment. Monitor their breathing until you hand it over to the ambulance officers.
• CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) – if an adult is unconscious and not breathing, make sure they are flat on their back and then place the heel of one hand in the centre of their chest and your other hand on top. Press down firmly and smoothly (compressing to one-third of their chest depth) 30 times. Give two breaths. To get the breath in, tilt their head back gently by lifting their chin. Pinch their nostrils closed, place your open mouth firmly over their open mouth and blow firmly into their mouth. Keep going with the 30 compressions and two breaths at the speed of approximately five repeats in two minutes until you hand over to the ambulance officers or another trained person, or until the person you are resuscitating response. The method for CPR for children under eight and babies is very similar and you can learn these skills in a CPR course.
• Defibrillator – for unconscious adults who are not breathing, apply an automated external defibrillator (AED) if one is available. They are available in many public places, clubs and organisations. An AED is a machine that delivers an electrical shock to cancel any irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), in an effort get the normal heart beating to re-establish itself. The devices are very simple to operate. Just follow the instructions and pictures on the machine, and the package of the pads, as well as the voice prompts. If the person responds to defibrillation, turn them onto their side and tilt their head to maintain their airway. Some AEDs may not be suitable for children.
MEC Cross Country
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Each year at MEC students from Year 3 through to Year 12 students have the opportunity to take part in a p-6 or 7-12 Cross Country event. This is a house competition designed where a points system determines the most successful house on the day. Individual winners and place getters are also acknowledged with the presentation of medallions and ribbons. Successful students will now have earnt the honour of representing MEC at a District level, competing against students from other local schools. Continued success could lead students to regional, state and even national level competitions. School Sports Victoria ( SSV ) provides opportunities for all students to participate, including the provision of race classifications for those students with a disability. MEC proudly supports every student who loves to run.
MEC Fun Run
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The MECathon Fun Run is an annual fundraising held by the school by the Parents and Friends Association. Students who raise the most amount of money win major prizes such as a new bike. After the event participants, a treated to a cooling Zooper Dooper.
MEC Swimming Carnivals
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Maryborough Education Centre hosts the P-6 and Specialist and 7-12 and Specialist Swimming Carnival each year on the Maryborough Outdoor Pool overlooking Victoria Lake at Prince’s Park. As with the MEC Sports Carnival, it is traditional for Year Twelve students to dress-up on the day to celebrate their last carnival before graduating. Students enjoy a range of competitive track and novelty event. Winners in the track events go on to compete in regional competitions.
MEC Athletics Carnivals
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Maryborough Education Centre hosts the P-6 and Specialist and 7-12 and Specialist Athletics Carnival each year on our own magnificent sports oval. It is traditional for Year Twelve students to dress-up on the day to celebrate their last carnival before graduating. Students enjoy a range of competitive track and novelty event. Winners in the track events go on to compete in regional competitions.
Swimming Programs
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Swimming in Schools supports the delivery of quality swimming and water safety education. The initiative provides funding to ensure all students have the opportunity to:
• learn how to swim
• develop lifelong skills in water safety to reduce their risk of drowning and injury.
By the end of primary school, it is anticipated that students should be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills identified in the Victorian Water Safety Certificate. The Certificate is awarded when a student can swim 50m continuously, answer water safety-based questions and perform simple rescues.
Health and Physical Education Curriculum
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The Health and Education Victorian Curriculum focuses on students enhancing their own and others’ health, safety, wellbeing and physical activity participation in varied and changing contexts. Research in fields such as sociology, physiology, nutrition, biomechanics and psychology informs what we understand about healthy, safe and active choices. Health and Physical Education offers students an experiential curriculum that is contemporary, relevant, challenging, enjoyable and physically active.
For further information please refer to the following link https://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/health-and-physical-education/introduction/rationale-and-aims
MEC Vs Highview Competition
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MEC and Highview enjoy various sports competitions between the two schools throughout the year. A favourite is sporting event is the highly contested Winter Sports Day event with members of each school vying for victory in Futsal, Football and Netball competitions.
Higher Level Sporting Competitions
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Students at MEC enjoy competing in many sporting competitions. Students who are the most successful in MEC sporting competitions go on to represent our school at higher level sporting competitions and continue to progress through the different stages if they win. The stages are:
- District Sports
- Division Sports
- Regional Sports
- State Sports
Ready to Learn
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Ready to Learn is a holistic approach to learning that acknowledges social skills and educational development go hand in hand. One cannot be learnt without the other being taught. Students are assisting to self-regulate and interpret information so they can gain understanding and consolidate their learning. The aim of the Ready to Learn Program is to ensure that students who face are getting the support they need to start the day effectively. Please refer to this link for Ready to Learn Activities.
Zones of Regulation
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The Zones of Regulation is a cognitive-behavioural approach used to teach self-regulation by categorizing all the different ways we feel and states of alertness we experience into four concrete coloured zones. The Zones framework provides strategies to teach students to become more aware of and independent in controlling their emotions and impulses, manage their sensory needs, and improve their ability to problem solve conflicts. Please see the Victorian School
Further information about the Zones can be found here.
Music Tuition
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Music tuition in woodwind and brass instruments are provided at MEC through our Instrumental Music teacher. Many students take part in the Australian Music Examination Board exams obtaining first-rate results. Students are also able to take private guitar lessons at the school.
Parents and Friends Association
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The Maryborough Education Centre’s Parents and Friends Association is a small but dedicated group of parents and friends of the school who support and advocate for the school. The group meets monthly and plans activities and fundraising events. The Principal attends the monthly meetings and gives a short report on the school’s activities for the month. The Parents and Friends Association manages its own budget and has been responsible for funding significant improvements to the grounds and resources of the school.
School Council
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The key functions of the school council with regard to the school are:
– to establish the broad direction and vision of the school within the school’s community
– to arrange for the supply of:
- goods
- services
- facilities
- materials
- equipment
- other things or matters required for the conduct of the school, including the provision of preschool programs
-to raise funds for school-related purposes
-to regulate and facilitate the after-hours use of the school premises and grounds
-to exercise general oversight of the school buildings and grounds and ensure they are kept in good order and condition
-to provide for the cleaning and sanitary services that are necessary for the school
-to ensure that all money coming into the hands of the council is expended for proper purposes relating to the school
-to provide meals and refreshments for the staff and students of the school and make charges for those meals or refreshments
-to inform itself and take into account any views of the school community to make decisions regarding the school and the students at the school
-to generally stimulate interest in the school in the wider community
-to prepare the School Strategic Plan and the Annual Implementation Plan — to be signed by the president and the principal
-to report annually (the Annual Report) to the school community and the Department on
- the school’s financial activities
- the School Strategic Plan, and
- any other matters that are determined by the Minister
-to manage the hire, licence and shared use of school facilities
-to determine the dates for the school’s student-free days following the number of student-free days each calendar year specified by the Secretary of the Department
-to perform any other function or duty, or to exercise any power conferred or imposed on the council by or under:
- the Education and Training Reform Act 2006, or
- any regulations made under that Act
- a Ministerial Order made, or direction issued, by the Minister under the Education and Training Reform Act