Big Life Footsteps

Welcome to Big Life - Footsteps

We are excited to once again be working with A Big Life implementing their Footsteps Program across all year levels in our school. The Program has been developed and informed by evidence and in collaboration with students, teachers, and parents of our local Warrnambool & District Schools, to ensure that it meets the needs of young people in our local context.  The program also aims to lean into our schools’ current strengths and the great work that is already happening. The Footsteps Program is supported by Warrnambool Student Wellbeing Association, Fletcher Jones Foundation, La Trobe University, and the Department of Education.

The Footsteps Program provides classroom lessons and teacher professional development, to support students to build the skills and capacity to navigate life’s ups and downs and safeguard their mental health. Each fortnight students participate in a new Footsteps lesson and parents can access these resources through the Parent Website. https://sites.google.com/education.vic.gov.au/biglifefootstepsparentaccess/about-footsteps 

We encourage parents to extend and support this learning and conversation at home. 

TERM 1 - WEEK 7 & 8

Foundation Parents: we explore how zones feel in our body. 

When we explore how zones feel in our body, we are building our awareness around our body cues and how to identify different zones and emotions. A stepping stone to being able to manage and care for our emotions.

Year 1 to 6 Parents: we understand what fair means. 

When we explore the difference between equity and equality, we build students' capacity to use empathy and promote inclusion and wellbeing.