Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a core component of the learning experience at UC High School Kaleen. We recognise that students’ capacity to learn is closely connected to their ability to understand themselves, manage emotions, build positive relationships, make responsible decisions and navigate the challenges of adolescence. Our SEL program provides intentional and explicit opportunities for students to develop these capabilities, supporting them to become confident, connected and resilient young people who are ready to engage in learning and contribute positively to their community.
At UCHSK, our SEL program is delivered through Wellio, providing teachers with structured, contemporary learning experiences that respond to the wellbeing needs of young people. Importantly, our program is informed by the Wellio Wellbeing Baseline Survey, allowing us to move beyond assumptions and use student data to identify the areas that matter most for each cohort. This evidence directly informs the development of year-level plans led by Year Coordinators and their Year Teams, ensuring SEL is contextualised to the strengths, challenges and emerging needs of students at each stage of their secondary schooling.
SEL at UCHSK is learning and therefore it is taught, monitored and assessed. Students receive an A–E grade for Social and Emotional Learning, reinforcing that the knowledge, skills and capabilities developed through SEL are an important part of their education. Assessment provides an opportunity to recognise student engagement, growth and application while communicating that SEL is not simply an additional wellbeing activity, it is purposeful learning with clear expectations and outcomes.
Ultimately, our approach connects data, explicit teaching, year-level planning and responsive student support. Wellio provides the platform, the Wellbeing Baseline Survey helps identify the point of need, and our Year Coordinators and Year Teams ensure the learning remains relevant to the students in front of them. This creates an SEL program that is not simply delivered to students, but intentionally designed for the students within each year level, supporting engagement, belonging, wellbeing and success across their time at UCHSK.
Wellio provides a strong foundation for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) at UCHSK, giving our students and staff a structured, evidence-informed platform through which wellbeing can be explicitly taught, discussed and developed. Through engaging learning experiences and the Wellio Wellbeing Baseline Survey, the platform helps us better understand what is happening for our students and identify the social and emotional capabilities that require intentional focus across each year level. When students and staff engage with Wellio consistently, authentically and wholeheartedly, its value extends well beyond an individual SEL lesson, it creates a common language around wellbeing, strengthens relationships and belonging, supports self-awareness and emotional regulation, and provides Year Coordinators and their teams with meaningful evidence to inform responsive year-level planning. At UCHSK, Wellio helps us connect student voice, wellbeing data and explicit SEL teaching, ensuring our approach is proactive rather than reactive and supporting every student to become more confident, connected and capable both within school and beyond it.