Kids Helpline
Friendship & Empathy
On Monday, students in Years 3-6 met with Brooke from Kids Helpline.
Topics for the session included:
- Empathy
- Know how to be a good friend
- Understand the difference between healthy/unhealthy friendships
- Practice conflict resolution strategies
The session taught us about Kids Helpline and how to access help and support if needed.
As a group, we discussed what a healthy friendship looks like, feels like and sounds like. Some of the suggestions were:
- Spending time together but also time apart
- Fun, giggling and laughing
- You don't want to leave them
- Safe and secure
- Talking but not always having to agree
We also talked about ways we can all be empathetic to everyone here at school. Ideas included:
- Care about each other's feelings
- Ask how people are
- Watch the emotions of others
- Help people if they are upset
- Listen to what people have to say
- Trust in others and be trustworthy
- Stand up for others