St Joseph’s School is committed to the social and emotional development of our students and one of the greatest joys of teaching is watching children grow and develop through the years! Our school is very excited to be able to participate in a new well-being measure developed by RealWell, a not-for-profit initiative of Griffith University that draws on scientific research and practical innovation.

This term, students in Years 1 - 6 will be invited to participate in ‘Rumble's Quest’, an online game designed to measure each student’s perspective of their well-being. When children participate in ‘Rumble’s Quest’ they complete fun challenges and answer questions about the way they experience the world.

The questions are grouped into four areas: 

• Attachment to School - how children feel about school
• Social Confidence - how children feel about themselves and how they relate to others
• Self Regulation - how children manage their feelings and actions
• Supportive Relationships – how children feel nurtured within secure environments

The challenges call on the following skills:

• Memory (in the Working Memory game children tap a sequence of squares in the same order they saw them light up)
• Attention (in the Attention and Focus game children search through a screen filled with many shapes to find all the ones that look the same)
• Concentration (in the Inhibitory Control and Flexible Thinking game children use the shape of objects presented on screen to decide whether or not to tap an object as soon as they see it)

The results of the measure will be used to track and plan the programs we are using in our school to help our students be the best they can be. For more information about ‘Rumble’s Quest’ you may like to view the following video at https://www.realwell.org.au/parents/