Prep Bulletin
A snapshot into Wellbeing
Learning intention: We are learning to identify what makes a good friend.
Learning experience overview:
This wellbeing learning experience relates to our Big Idea:
When I experience emotions, I feel and react in ways that affect myself and others around me.
This learning experience is especially meaningful as we begin school, build new friendships, and develop skills to manage our emotions.
We do:
As a class we read the story ‘My first friend’ (see below) and discussed the message in the story.
Prompts:
- Can you make a connection to this story?
- What are some ways we can make friends?
- What makes a good friend?
- Is it alright to feel lonely?
- What zone are you in if you feel lonely?
- What are some things you can do when you are feeling lonely?
- What can you do if your friend doesn’t want to play what you want to play?
You do: Comfort Creatures
Students imagined they were alone on a desert island. This might feel scary and lonely. Then they imagined that they had a special comfort creature to keep them company. What would it look like?
Students created their comfort creature using different materials. They gave their comfort creature a name.
We do:
Share and reflect - Students shared their comfort creature and explained what is special about it.
In this learning experience, students will work towards:
- Identifying feelings and emotions
- Linking feelings to the zone of regulation
- Discussing strategies for dealing with different feelings and emotions
- Identifying strategies to use when feeling lonely and not having anyone to play with
Examples of students work:
What you can do now to continue the learning at home from this experience:
- Encourage conversations at home about what makes a good friend, what did you do today to be a good friend etc
- Discuss whether a good friend is someone that plays with you all the time
- Read social stories about friendships
- Encourage your child to play with a variety of children
Warm regards,
Alyssa, Ruby and Julian
Prep Team
Alyssa.Thermos@education.vic.gov.au