At Tinternvale Primary School, we believe that individual and community wellbeing are the foundation for positive relationships and effective learning. We strive to embed a culture of kindness, inclusion and honesty amongst our students, families, staff and within the wider community.

We promote student voice, agency and leadership in and out of our classrooms and provide many opportunities for students to develop and apply these fundamental skills to enact positive change in our school.

Students at Tinternvale Primary School participate in structured Wellbeing lessons each week following the URstrong Friendology framework and the Respectful Relationships curriculum.

URstrong - Friendology

URSTRONG is all about empowering students with friendship skills! It's a proven, skills-based strategy that provides a host of student-friendly concepts, skills and language to help them build and maintain healthy friendships. URSTRONG encourages students to stand up for themselves with respect for themselves and their friends. Identifying if the conflict is a Friendship Fire vs Mean on Purpose is key! Students use tools such as The Friend-o-Meter and The Friend-o-Cycle to solve problems.

For more information and resources about the program please click here.

Respectful Relationships

Respectful Relationships education is a core component of the Victorian Curriculum from Prep to Year 12. It is all about embedding a culture of respect and equality across the entire school community.

When equality, diversity and respect are embedded within communities, it will lead to positive and lasting change in student outcomes, mental health and overall community safety.

For more information about the program, please click here.

Kids Hope

Tinternvale Primary school is fortunate to be involved in World Vision’s KIDS HOPE AUSTRALIA- a program that trains caring adults on how to be a friend to a child and help that child learn. Twelve mentors will be working in our school. Each mentor has a “Working With Children Check”.

KIDS HOPE AUS. aims at creating a positive impact in the lives of Australian children and their families. It is a mentoring program where a trained mentor spends one hour each week with a child.

Mentors are thoroughly trained with the support of World Vision to understand their role in building caring relationships with children that will enhance their ability to learn and build resilience.

School Dogs 

Coco Coco's full name is Coconut and she is a tiny, white Maltese Shihtzu. She has the cutest little underbite smile and is often found snuggling into Mrs Davies' arms. She is still a playful puppy at 18 months old and has been coming to Tinternvale since she was 6 months old. Coco loves cuddles and snuggling into laps of kind, gentle students and she will high 5, shake, dance, spin and kiss for treats! She enjoys playing fetch or tug of war when students need a brain break and her super power is that her cuddles can make any sad or hurt student smile! Coco enjoys it when people introduce themselves by providing their hand for her to sniff, before gently patting her. Her favourite class is PE and Library because this is where she thinks she is allowed to go Coconuts!
Colonel Colonel was training to work at Seeing Eye Dogs Australia. Unfortunately this didn’t work for him so he is now a much loved member of our school. Colonel started at Tinternvale when he was 16 months old and enjoys sleeping underneath Mr Mc’s desk. He loves when the students read to him because he gets lots of pats. Recess and lunchtimes are also favourites as he enjoys meeting students from the rest of the school. He loves blueberries, carrots and icecubes.
Lola Lola is a very much-loved pet of Mrs Collings. She is a 5 year old black Labrador. Lola loves humans, going for walks, chasing birds and any attention given from humans. Her favourite food is chicken and rice, and she also loves a pig ear as a treat. Lola is extremely friendly and well behaved. She has really enjoyed meeting the students at Tinternvale Primary School and getting lots of pats and tickles on her nose. Lola loves to watch the students dance, sing and create masterpieces during The Arts.
Murphy Murphy is a 10-month-old Golden Retriever who loves making new friends. Every day he patiently waits with a wagging tail, wet nose and unconditional love for anyone who will give him any attention. He loves anyone taking him for walks around the school and will become your true companion, especially if you have carrots or apples. Murphy's motto is that if you are having a ‘ruff’ day, he will show you some love ‘fur’ real. He is adamant that dog hair has become the new fashion accessory; just ask his mum, Mrs Sprague.