Student Wellbeing
International Friendship Day Activities at St Joseph's
Through friendship, we can contribute to strong and supportive communities, where people live harmoniously in stability and safety. Last Friday, 2nd August, we celebrated Friendship Day to commemorate the bond between friends, and to highlight the power of friendship on a global scale. This movement places emphasis on our young leaders and future generations to encompass qualities withinthemselves that promote a respect for diversity. Below we see Year 5/6s developing a "Recipe for Friendship".
Supporting children’s social and emotional wellbeing through celebration of friendship is important during these unprecedented times. We at St Joseph's believe it is an ideal time to remind our students of the importance of inclusion and care.
Classes have participated in activities that celebrate friendship: games, stories and songs that demonstrate the importance of being a good friend. After the impact of the pandemic this provides another opportunity to support students’ social and emotional wellbeing through the celebration of friendship.
Prep to Year 2 students also took part in an interactive session from Kids Helpline to compliment these activities through a session on 'Friendship' with a qualified consultant (see in section below).
Kids Helpline@School Sessions begin!
Pictured above : Our 1/2s joining in with their interactive session on 'Friendship'.
Over the past two weeks all classes have enjoyed the qualified Kids Helpline @ School counsellors use video conferencing technology to run education sessions with our teachers and students about coping strategies, digital safety and citizenship, emotional literacy, help-seeking behaviours and resilience building. The program is available to all Australian primary schools and is funded by yourtown and Bupa Australia. to support and compliment the Social and Emotional Programs that we already provide at St Joseph's.
During Term 3, we take on the schoolwide approach in teaching the SEL Unit of 'Positive Coping'. Each of these areas will be greatly supported by these interactive sessions conducted by the qualified practitioners.
Prep - Year 2: 'Friendship'
Year 3/4 and 5/6 : 'Balancing Your Tech Time'
For more information about the content of these sessions, please visit: https://kidshelpline.com.au/schools/sessions
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Warm Regards,
Jenny Todd
(Student Wellbeing Leader)