Peer Support Program - 2023

Week 2

This week in Peer Support, children will have an opportunity to discuss their personal qualities and strengths. The children will identify their qualities and acknowledge how they contribute to their achievements. Through activities, children recognise they used their strengths to achieve success and can be encouraged to approach future activities optimistically. 

Ask your child to describe their own qualities and strengths so you can recognise and acknowledge these. 

Week 3

This week in Peer Support, children will discuss skills and how to communicate their feelings and needs to others. The children will discuss skills they use when participating in a variety of activities. When children understand they already have many of the skills needed to succeed, they can feel more confident when trying something new. The children are asked to identify events which trigger different feelings.

Encourage your child to remember the skills they have used in one activity when trying something new. Also encourage you child to communicate their feelings and needs. 

Week 4

This week in Peer Support, children will revise what they have learned about resilience and discuss the people who show them support. Through a story, the children identify where the character has used personal qualities, strengths and skills to help her overcome challenges. They identify times when she needed support to continue. The children discuss a range of challenges and determine the best person to approach for support. The children consolidate the protective factors for resilience by revising their own strengths and skills and identifying five people they can go to for support. 

Remind your child of their qualities and skills and encourage them to ask for help in challenging situations.