Student Wellbeing

Kimochis - Social Emotional Learning Program

We are very excited to be implementing the Kimochis program into our learning here at Saint Helena’s. Kimochi means “feelings” in Japanese, and the Curriculum is based on research that tells us that a strong social-emotional learning foundation is essential to academic and life success.

The lessons in the Kimochis Curriculum teach real-life skills, such as communication, self-management, decision-making, problem-solving, resilience, and responsibility. These are the skills that help us all become successful in life and in school. 

Students will meet different characters which will help them to communicate their feelings effectively, build confidence, self-esteem and strong relationships. 

How you can implement Kimochis at home

Have a Kimochi’s feelings chart on display at home, which can be found here.

Invite each family member to point to a feeling and… 

• Say the feeling word 
• Make the feeling face 
• Make the feeling sound 
• Have your child tell you what might make a kid (his or her age) have this feeling

Choose a feeling you and your child would like to have more of for that day. Eg; I would like to have more brave today and I will try something new.