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Macquarie Fields Public School × Life Skills GO
Six Months In Turning Wellbeing Data into Action While Growing Emotional Maturity
What does the first six months of embedding real-time wellbeing data actually look like in a large NSW public school? Watch the full session and hear the honest version, from the leaders doing it.
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Five things you will take back to your school
Kristy, Kylie and Ainsley share how Macquarie Fields Public School, a Life Skills GO partner since early 2026, is already turning wellbeing data into everyday action across a large staff and student cohort.
How Macquarie Fields Public School uses real-time wellbeing data to inform early intervention and targeted support.
Practical strategies for embedding emotional literacy and consistent check-ins across a large staff and student cohort.
How integration with School Bytes strengthens behaviour tracking, streamlines processes and improves visibility of student wellbeing trends.
Ways to build teacher confidence and consistency when using digital tools to support proactive, preventative wellbeing practices.
How Life Skills GO complements Macquarie Fields’ existing PBL and Berry Street practices, supporting whole-school wellbeing and engagement.
Respond early, not after a concern has escalated
In school communities, staff are managing competing priorities across students, classrooms and year groups. Real-time, evidence-informed insight into student wellbeing helps leaders and teachers act while there is still time to make a difference.
A real school, not a theory
This is a large NSW public school six months into implementation, sharing what worked, what took time, and what they would do differently.
Data you can act on
See how daily check-in data, triangulated with School Bytes behaviour and attendance information, surfaces need earlier across the whole school.
Sustainable, not another initiative
A model that sits alongside PBL and Berry Street practice rather than competing with it, so every student is known, valued and cared for.
About our experts
Three school leaders living this work every day, in conversation with Life Skills GO.
Kristy Byrne has more than 20 years of teaching experience across Kindergarten to Year 6 and has served as Deputy Principal at Macquarie Fields Public School for the past six years, co-leading a range of whole-school student wellbeing initiatives. She has also worked as a Positive Behaviour for Learning Coach, supporting other schools to successfully implement PBL, and previously held roles as an Instructional Leader and Assistant Principal, where she developed a strong passion for instructional leadership, school improvement and building the capacity of others.
Kylie Jarman has been teaching for many years, most of her career at Macquarie Fields Public School, and has taught across every year level. She spent more than a decade as Assistant Principal supervising a stage, before moving into the role of Assistant Principal Learning Support four years ago, focusing on supporting students with additional learning needs and behaviour challenges.
Ainsley Paige is Assistant Principal of Kindergarten at Macquarie Fields Public School, with eight years of teaching experience. She became a teacher to inspire a lifelong love of learning and to support students with additional needs to reach their full potential, and is passionate about behaviour support and student wellbeing, dedicated to creating inclusive classrooms where every child feels safe, valued and connected.
Marcus Barr is an Educational Partnerships Manager at Life Skills GO, working alongside schools across Australia to build whole-school wellbeing practices that last. Over the past two years, Marcus has partnered with school leaders, wellbeing teams and support staff, both on-site and remotely, guiding schools through National Check-In Week and Life Skills GO to strengthen early identification and drive genuine school improvement. His focus is making sure every child is seen, heard and supported, catching concerns before they become something much larger and ensuring no student falls through the cracks. Marcus brings a practical, hands-on approach to partnership, helping schools turn student voice and wellbeing data into everyday action.
Macquarie Fields Public School
A large public school in south west Sydney, and a Life Skills GO partner since early 2026. Macquarie Fields Public School runs Positive Behaviour for Learning and Berry Street practices alongside Life Skills GO, with School Bytes as its student information system.
This session is a real-world case study of a large public school building a sustainable wellbeing model in just six months, supporting every student to be known, valued and cared for.
Built for the people carrying wellbeing in schools
Come with questions. There is live Q&A at the end, and the panel is happy to talk about the messy parts as well as the wins.
- Principals, deputy principals and assistant principals
- Wellbeing coordinators and student support teams
- Classroom teachers embedding check-ins and SEL
- Schools already using School Bytes or Sentral
- Anyone weighing up a whole-school wellbeing platform
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