Thriving Together: Empowering wellbeing across our school

• - The GLS USP: The Health and Well-being Hidden Curriculum - GEMS Legacy School since its inception has always used the social and emotional well-being of its students and staff as a barometer of it being a healthy school. The multidimensional PERMA-H positive education model by Martin Seligman has been followed since 2019, providing an evaluation and education framework for the development of positive psychology. The school’s inclusive outlook coupled with a growth mindset approach underpins the belief that every individual can succeed. All stakeholders work collectively to practically apply the components of PERMA-H in their everyday lives.
• - Supporting Health and Well-being Using Data and Information - The school embraces well-being by collating and analysing data from a range of sources such as the external monthly KOMODO Well-being surveys, internal surveys, T4 Best School to Work survey and analysis, PULSE conversations, student and staff reflections, student journals, parent open-door interactions, safeguarding incidents, Parent-in-Partnership meetings, Local Advisory Board meetings, feedback from the student council, PASS data and data conversations. The responses from the surveys are evaluated quantitatively and qualitatively to further develop best practices and bridge gaps wherever necessary.
• - Well-being and the Curriculum - The six key elements of the PERMA-H framework are interwoven with the school’s core values – PRIDE (perseverance, respect, integrity, discipline and excellence), and are linked to the curriculum integrating local and global dimensions. Students reflect on activities that are a part of Empathy Week and the Mental Health Curriculum, thereby building positive emotions and caring relationships across the school. The Reggio Emilia-inspired and Problem-Based Learning approaches enable the skills of critical thinking and problem solving as well as promote enquiry and active learning, positive relationships, positive emotions, collaboration, and exploration through purposeful play. The UN 2030 Sustainable Developmental Goals are mapped into the curriculum to promote global perspectives.