Leadership Report

Michelle Carland - Engagement,Wellbeing and Inclusion Leader 

Empathy

Working on empathy helps us to identify, understand and feel what another person is feeling. When we show empathy or we do something kind for someone else our brain releases oxytocin. This leads to increasing our self-esteem/confidence, energy levels, positivity and overall happiness.

Whole Family Activity:

Neighbourhood Kindness Challenge

As a family, choose an act of kindness from the list below that you would like to do for a neighbour or family friend. Each family member can select one to commit to, or you can choose to do one together.

• Cook them something delicious like a cake, hotbread, or cookies.

• Write a note to put in their letter box thanking them for being a great neighbour or friend.

• Design them a Thank You card.

• Pick or buy some flowers to deliver to them.

• Choose a little plant from your garden to give them.

• Make them a gift from things around your house.

• Offer to do a job for them, like wash their car or water their garden.

• Offer to take their pets for a walk.

• Invite them over for afternoon tea.

• Invite them on a walk.

• Recommend one of your favourite books to borrow and read.

• Ask them if they need anything from the shops next time you buy groceries.

• Say hello next time you see them, and ask them how their day is going.

• Feel free to do more than one and spread the kindness even further!

• Report back to each other in one week and share how your acts of kindness were received, and how doing them made you feel.

Family Habit Builder:

Every night at dinner, have each person thank another family member for something

they’ve done or said today, or give another family member a compliment.

For access to The Resilience Project Parent Carer Hub, click on the following link:

https://theresilienceproject.com.au/2023-parent-carer-hub-inspire-hugh/ 

Kind regards,Michelle Carland

Engagement, Wellbeing and Inclusion Leading Teacher

Numeracy Update from Learning Specialist

We have had a great start to Term 3 in Numeracy! I have been incredibly impressed with many, many students as they have continued to push on, challenge themselves, and grow in their mathematical understanding.

I do want to mention our continued use of the Love Maths resources for Foundation to Grade 6. This is a fantastic tool that students can use to grow their mathematical skills as they use different mathematical concepts in a range of fun and engaging games linked to the Victorian Curriculum.

https://www.lovemaths.me/games

As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, regarding numeracy here at Merri-bek Primary School.

Joe Hess

Numeracy Learning Specialist