There’s a lot going on… 

At this time of the year, many students are preparing for exams, making decisions about subject choices and electives, or preparing for a life transition such as graduating from primary or secondary schooling into new environments. Scootle offers a range of resources for this area of personal development.

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Senior student support and study skills

Make challenging secondary education milestones smoother.

Swot Vac and Preparation Days for Years 11 and 12 

• Decision Making Skills (Overcoming Obstacles) helps students learn to gather important information, explore alternative decisions, consider consequences, and evaluate decisions.

Support senior students build decision-making skills and resilience

• This Senior School Study Skills Handbook (Carey Baptist College) covers topics such as creating a positive mindset, time management, goal setting, organisation, effective study habits, and planning for the future. Use it as inspiration for your own version.
• For years 9-10 pastoral care consider the resource Years 9 and 10: Resilience, rights and respectful relationships (ARC) This set of activities features sections on positive coping, problem solving, stress management and help seeking.

Student Wellbeing

Help students thrive at school by guiding them in navigating their emotional needs through stress management and resilience building.

• Strategies to manage student anxiety and stress (Reach Out) helps students differentiate between short-term and long-term anxiety and stress, discussing management strategies.
• Stress management – Stage 6 (NSW Government) caters for students in Years 10, 11 and 12.
• How to manage disappointing results (Reach Out) helps students reframe and take practical steps forward when faced with disappointment.

Transition to secondary school 

• Guide to thrive (Life Ed) includes practical classroom activities for students in Years 6 and 7, focusing on communication skills, managing change, and the challenges of transition.
• Transitioning – C2C Health and Physical Education Year 6 Unit 4 (Queensland Government) Support students’ transition to secondary school with a unit plan, a video, resources, and an assessment task. Available to registered Scootle users only.

Starting primary school 

• Starting school: autism (Student Wellbeing Hub) provides practical ideas for educators and families of students on the autism spectrum.
• Helpful tips to start school – Level Foundation (ARC) consists of 10 lessons exploring this topic.