PURPOSE OF PROGRAM
Stanton Lodge is a place-based intensive support service that partners with schools across North Queensland to deliver focussed, intensive teaching of personal and social capabilities embedded across all learning areas. Through a 10-week program, Stanton Lodge works alongside students, schools and families to deeply understand each learner and implement evidence-based strategies that strengthen connection, increase engagement at the base school, and support students to participate meaningfully in learning and thrive across all aspects of life.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CAPABILITIES PROGRAM
Stanton Lodge delivers explicit teaching of the Australian Curriculum's Personal and Social Capabilities, with learning intentionally embedded and applied across authentic contexts within learning areas. The program is designed to strengthen students' self-awareness, social awareness and self-management, and is aligned with identified social, emotional and behavioural goals as determined by base schools through data-informed practices.
Personal and social capabilities elements covered include:
Personal awareness
Emotional awareness
Reflective practice
| Goal setting
Emotional regulation
Perserverance and adaptability
| Empathy
Relational awareness
Community awareness
| Communication
Collaboration
Leadership
Decision-making
Conflict resolution
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ATTENDANCE AT STANTON LODGE
Students are nominated by the base school by submitting a Single Line Referral identifying a data informed goal aligned to the personal and social capabilities. If the nomination is successful, the student will attend the following term.
| Prep to Year 4 | 2 days per week for the nominated term (For example: Mon/Tue or Wed/Thur) |
Years 5 - 8
| 1 day per week for the nominated term (For example: Tue or Thur)
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TARGETTED PROGRAM SUPPORT
At Stanton Lodge we meet the needs of students by providing targeted and intensive intervention including:
- Addressing specific personal and social capability goals for each student
- Intensive teaching of social and emotional skills with a focus on understanding our brain
- Monitoring and review student progress toward goals
- Individualised support strategies - for students and staff to use
- Strengths-based approach celebrating success
- Strategies for staff and students to use to de-escalate behavioural intensity
- Mentoring support and check-ins
- Case management support
- Capturing student voice through the development of a One Page Profile.
STANTON LODGE AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP
School visits
| Stanton
Lodge classroom teachers will engage in approximately 3 base school visits
across the term. Prep to Year 6 school visits generally occur on a Friday, Year
7 and 8 visits occur on Wednesday. |
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| Weekly feedback to Schools | Stanton
Lodge classroom teachers will provide weekly feedback via email to base schools
around progress towards student goal, aligned to PSC, including; behaviour,
strategies and information pertaining to the student. |
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| End of term Reports | Base
schools will receive student reports in Week 10 of the nominated term. This shares
progress towards the student’s goal aligned to the personal and social
capabilities. |
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| Suspension | Students
may attend Stanton Lodge if on suspension at the base school.
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| Stakeholder meetings | Stanton
Lodge may be able to value-add to student stakeholder meetings.
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WHAT DO STUDENTS NEED TO BRING?
- Fully enclosed shoes
- Full base-school uniform
- Hat
- Provide own morning tea, healthy lunch and afternoon tea (no tuckshop available)
- Mobile phones must remain on silent in school bags
SCHOOL TIMES
Gates and classrooms open at 8.30am
Pick up time is 2.30pm from the classroom. Parents/carers are required to sign out their child upon collection.
Stanton Lodge does not have after-hours care.
WHERE TO FIND STANTON LODGE
Students will need transportation to Stanton Lodge. Bus services are available if required. On site and street parking is available.
First Street, Railway Estate.
Phone 4721 8782
Mobile 0475 815 452
stantonlodge@townsvilleshs.eq.edu.au
Located at the rear of Townsville State High School, access is via First Street, Railway Estate.
Refer to map below for the most appropriate access method.
