Mental Health in Primary Schools (MHiPS)

Mental Health and Wellbeing

This term, I will be starting some small group sessions with students across all levels of the school with a focus on developing social skills. These sessions will take place during regular wellbeing lessons so students will not miss out on any class curriculum.

Research shows that relationships are the heart of wellbeing & learning. When we get friendships right in schools, children flourish! URSTRONG is a program that provides teachers with a friendship skills curriculum - Friendology 101, that help kids establish and maintain healthy relationships, manage conflict with kindness, and increase their overall resilience.

I will be using this program to underpin weekly lessons that will empower our kids with the skills to manage their friendships while providing teachers and parents with a common language to support them. The program is based on the ‘4 friendship facts’ as follows which we will explore in the first session:

If your child is selected to participate this term, I will email you with more information in the coming weeks. In the meantime, for anyone interested the program offers a free family membership, simply follow this link: https://urstrong.com/parents/

My door is always open to discuss anything, otherwise please feel free to email or call. Have a wonderful week,

Mrs G

tennille.giannopoulos@education.vic.gov.au