With the vision of a Flourishing School with Happy and Confident Learners, Da Qiao Primary strives to bring out the full potential of every child through Positive Education. We believe that the key to every child’s holistic development is to equip students with the skills of well-being.
Positive Ed @ DQ is a school-wide approach to cultivate well-being through working on strengths, practising mindfulness and developing resilience.
Positive Education focuses on specific skills that assist students to strengthen their relationships, build positive emotions, enhance personal resilience, promote mindfulness, and encourage a healthy lifestyle. The aim of PE is also to foster engagement amongst our students, encourage them to achieve and, ultimately, equip them with the qualities to enable them to fulfil their life purpose.
Through the incorporation of PERMA (Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationship, Meaning and Achievements), the school teaches, embeds and lives Positive Education in its curriculum and programme. For instance, students are taught to begin the day with 3 Good Things at least once a week, practise back-praising and create strength trees so that they are able to work on their strengths to thrive in the school community. The school embeds PERMA in its programme to ensure students are engaged in activities that bring out the best within themselves in a meaningful context. The school also celebrates Good Stories daily, provides opportunities to practise gratitude and celebrate achievements. It also establishes Mindfulness practices as a whole-school approach to work on self-regulation and heighten self-awareness.