The Emmanuel College community flourishes out of the core shared values, Faith, Hope and Love, where the impact of the individual on the whole is acknowledged as being as important as the impact of the whole on the individual.
As a learning community, the college recognises that positive health and wellbeing are integral to lifelong success and achievement and as such prioritises and promotes the development of individual and group capacity and capabilities key to wellbeing.
The college understands wellbeing as the pursuit and experience of positive health across physical, mental, social, cognitive and spiritual domains that allows for the development and expression of capacity and capabilities that allow the individual and the community to flourish. It is a positive state in which every individual realises their own abilities and potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, gain a sense of purpose and contribute to their community.
As a faith-based community, the college recognises the importance of spiritual health and wellbeing as a key protective factor and core strength in bringing people together, growing a sense of belonging, wonder and greater purpose.
The college approaches health and wellbeing through a growth mindset and fitness lens, bringing a focus to the agency of each individual and their capacity to continue developing, practicing and contributing to their own and others wellbeing. This strengths based focus is a celebration of every individual’s capacity to flourish.
Fit4Life is an organising framework that demonstrates this focus on wellbeing as a key to success and supports a consistent approach across the community, developing shared language and understanding of key concepts, effective and sustainable implementation of individual programs, and the embedding of wellbeing as a priority into the culture of the community.
