Mental Health and Wellbeing:

 Supporting Inclusion and Respectful Curiosity at School 

Term 4

It is not a casual clothes day. Students are expected to come to school in full school uniform, except for WOW socks. 

Our Year 5 leaders are busily preparing their lesson for Wednesday. They are looking forward to dazzling their peers with mindfulness strategies. 

Here are some that you can try at home: 

Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships program (RRRR)

Foundation: Students will learn what is meant by the term 'gender based violence.' They will be talking about what it means to be treated unfairly or disrespectfully. Students will be guided to develop strategies to stay calm when talking about situations that may make them feel wobbly in the stomach. In future lessons, they will be learning about the private parts of their body. 

Things you can do at home: Practise calming strategies together, such as taking three slow breaths, noticing the things around you or pausing to relax your body.

Year 1 and 2: Students are looking at what is means to ask for consent, and what it means to refuse consent. Consent is when someone says 'yes' because they want to, not because they are scared, to think that they should. When two people consent, it means they both agree. They will practise strategies to use when they need to seek, give or refuse consent.

Things you can do at home: Discuss the definition of consent, when someone says 'yes' because they want to, not because they are scared, to think that they should. When two people consent, it means they both agree. Think about times when consent may be given, such as sharing a toy or borrowing a pencil. Also, times where consent may not be given. 

Year 3 and 4: Students will explore consent in action, including ways to practise asking for consent, as well as practising ways to refuse or withdraw consent. They will focus on identifying personal space and body boundaries and building the confidence to let others know when these spaces have been crossed.

Things you can do at home: Talk through the scenario. 

Year 5:  Students continue with the introductory lessons. Please see previous newsletter for further information.

 Year 6: Students will identify the behaviours and actions they value in repsectful friendships. They will describe the kinds of gender-based violence they may have witnessed, experienced or used against other people and around the school. 

Something you can do at home: How can we use the one hundred positive verbs in the home in our family?

CESL Acknowledges Day for Daniel

On Friday the 30th of October is Day for Daniel. It is a National Day of Action to promote child safety, protection, and harm prevention. 

Below are some conversation starters you might like to use with your child/ children to promote safety.

If there are any topics in the Mental Health and Wellbeing space that you would like additional information about, please reach out.

Fiona Robinson

frobinson@sjeuroa.catholic.edu.au

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