Assistant Principal's Report

The Resilience Project – Mindfulness

As you would already be aware, this year we have commenced our partnership with The Resilience Project. Across the whole school we continue to learn about and practise the principles of GEM that are embedded throughout the program. In previous newsletters I have touched on the principles of Gratitude and Empathy. Today, we will explore ‘Mindfulness’.

Working on mindfulness gives us opportunities to develop our ability to pay attention to the present moment and our thoughts. Practising mindfulness daily can help us stay focused on set tasks and reduce stress and anxiety.

Whole Family Activity:

Mindful Walk

• As a family, go on a walk outside in nature. This might be around your local walking track, at your local park, or just around your streets.
• While walking, tune into your senses and observe what you can see, hear, and feel. Or you might choose to focus on one of the senses. Eg: Hear: what are all the noises you can hear on your walk?
• On your way home or when you return home, share what each person saw, heard, or felt.

Family Habit Builder:

Each night at dinner, ask everyone to take one mouthful of food more mindfully than the rest and think about the flavours they can taste and how it makes them feel. (They can also thank the chef!).

Classroom Activities;

Please find photos of some of the work of our Prep and Year 1 students as they practise mindfulness through colouring.

This data is taken from the Australian Resilient Youth Survey which our Year 3-6 students were a part of.