Year 1 Bulletin
At Armadale Primary School we value:
Relationships
All members of our school community foster positive relationships and connectedness. We actively enable all of our community to create a strong sense of belonging and identify with a deep learning ecology.
Respect
All members of our community act with integrity, kindness and compassion and our practices enable respect of self and others, respect for our property and learning places. We respect diversity and difference enabling us to build an inclusive learning environment.
Responsibility
All members of our community take ownership for their learning, are accountable for their actions; emotions and interactions with each other and work collaboratively to achieve our exemplary learning community.
Resilience
All members of our community are enabled to demonstrate resilience both during and after challenging situations, disappointments, and emotional experiences through our practices. Resilience is a protective factor to mental health and wellbeing and promotes an optimistic emotional state that is ready to learn.
Reflection
All members of our community practice reflecting as it is a crucial part of the learning process, being able to think things through – being reflective. This allows our community to learn more about how they learn, enables them to become assessment capable learners and enhances a strong sense of self-efficacy and self-esteem.
We teach the Armadale values and incorporate the Victorian Curriculum Personal and Social Capabilities to help children identify the skills required to build and maintain relationships.
Learning Intention: To identify personal strengths and describe how these strengths are useful in school or family life.
Learning Intention: To describe ways of making and keeping friends.
Students explored the qualities they have which make them a good friend. They discussed what qualities they look for in their friends. Students explored how actions and words can help or hurt others, and the effects of modifying their behaviour.
Having good friends in our lives is important, they can help you feel happy and safe.
Children were asked ‘What qualities do you look for in a friend? Here are some of their responses:
‘I like my friends to be helpful, kind, play with me and make me laugh.’ - Ines
‘A nice heart, being friendly and kind.’ - Leo
‘A kind heart, someone who listens and makes me laugh and smile.’ - Lucie
Children were asked ‘What does friendship mean to you? Here are some of their responses:
‘Being honest and respectful and not popping other people’s bubble.’ - Maya
‘A friendship means being nice and kind.’ - Olivia
‘Making others laugh and making others happy, including others in games.’ - Lincoln
‘To be kind and respectful to others.’Phoebe‘Being able to make people happy when they’re sad.’ - Zoe H
‘Being helpful and playing together nicely.’ - James
‘Being kind and asking “Are you ok?” Being helpful and sharing your toys.’ - Charlie
‘Friendship is everything! It can make you feel happy and safe.’ - Lachie
Sharing the Learning
Your child has brought home a friendship flower. On each petal they have written the qualities that they have which make them a good friend. On the leaves, they have written the qualities they would like to develop more.
What you can do at home to support your child:
'How can you help to teach your child about friendships…
- Explain what good friends do.
- Good friends……… How does this make you feel?
- Read books about friendship.
- Role-play and discuss how to be a good friend.
- Set good examples and model the qualities of a good friend.
- Spend time with friends.
Angela and Roula
Year 1 Team