WELLBEING REPORT

In our Year 7 & 8 Wellbeing classes we focus on four pillars; Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness and Emotional Literacy. As a family, there are different activities you can do at home to reinforce these values with your children. Here is an activity focussed on Gratitude and something that you can carry out as a whole around the tea table.

Gratitude:

Working on gratitude helps us to be thankful and appreciate what we have in our lives, rather than focusing on what we don’t have or what we want. When we practise being grateful, we start to scan the world to look for positives – this only takes 21 days! Practising gratitude every day increases our levels of energy, and helps us to feel happier and more focused, determined and optimistic. It even helps us have better sleep, lowers levels of anxiety and depression and we are less likely to get sick. So many benefits – let’s all try to be grateful for the things and people in our lives every day!

Whole Family Activity:

Gratitude Scavenger Hunt

• As a family create a scavenger hunt list of things that make you happy or you are grateful for, you can make your own list or use the examples below:
• Something that makes you happy
• Something you love to smell
• Something you enjoy looking at
• Something that is your favourite colour
• Something you like in nature
• Something that is useful for you
• Each member of the family uses the list and has to find as many things as they can.
• You can hunt for things inside or outside, or both. You can hunt for real things, or you can also do this using magazines or pictures from the internet.
• After a set amount of time hunting, come back together, have a look at what each person collected and let them explain why they are grateful for each item.

Family Habit Builder:

Every night at dinner, have each person talk about their favourite thing about that day.

SchoolTV

At the beginning of the year, I introduced our school community to SchoolTV, this is a wonderful resource with a large variety of topics discussed and links to resources that can support you when needed. 

Cyberbullying is an issue that we often deal with here at school and a topic that parents need to be aware of. SchoolTV has some great articles, videos and advice on Cyberbullying, please find the link below or by visiting the school website.

https://smmc.vic.schooltv.me/channel-newsletter/315

Sexual Consent Sessions for Years 11 and 12

This week the Year 11 and 12 students attended a session on Sexual Consent which was facilitated by Allie Collyer from Mallee Family Care. Allie is a legal representative from MFC and has a wealth of knowledge on current laws about sexual consent. The students were provided with information about what is expected of them in relationships, what laws apply to them and where to go for help if needed.