Wellbeing News

Dear Parents,

Character Strength Focus: Perseverance

This past fortnight saw us explore the Character Strength of perseverance. Students have been working to discuss the importance of persevering through adversity and challenging tasks to achieve personal and academic success. 

Through the character strength of perseverance, we can learn to appreciate all the growth and achievements in our lives. This also develops our ability to remain positive and mindful of our own physical and mental well-being. 

Be You Fact Sheet - Resilience

Be You aims to transform Australia’s approach to supporting children’s and young people’s mental health in early learning services and schools. Our vision is for all learning communities to be positive, inclusive and responsive - a place where every child, young person, educator and family is empowered to achieve their best possible mental health and wellbeing.

Below is a factsheet that explores the importance of resilience in young people as a protective factor that allows for children to improve their overall mental health and well-being. 

Resilience and mental health.pdf- Be You Factsheet. 

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.”

― Elizabeth Edwards

R U Okay? Day

R U OK? Day 2023 is coming up on Thursday, the 14th of September so to help you acknowledge this important day for the wellbeing of Australians and within our school community. It’s our National Day of Action when we remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, ‘Are you OK?’ and start a meaningful conversation whenever they spot the signs that someone, they care about might be struggling with life.

We must continually remind our children that it is important to discuss key issues, concerns and problems. We can promote this by raising awareness and practising effective communication in our everyday lives. R U Okay Day emphasises the four-step process below. 

As adults, we often find times when we are busy and checking multiple boxes from work responsibilities, family responsibilities, and other important tasks that take up a lot of our daily lives. We often neglect taking time to simply sit down and chat with others and take time to communicate the positive things.

Below is a link to the sip with me initiative from R U OK

https://www.ruok.org.au/sip-with-me 

This initiative is about strengthening our relationships and bridging the gap between caring about someone and letting them know that you’re there for them when they need it.

Getting involved is easy - just lock in a date with someone you care about, pop the kettle on, share a cuppa face-to-face or screen-to-screen and get the conversation flowing.

The conversation doesn’t have to be the heavy stuff, sometimes just talking about work, sport or the kids is enough to ease the stress of life. But if they need to let off some steam you can use R U OK?'s 4 conversation steps to show them they’re supported and help them find strategies to better manage the load.

Remember, in the time it takes to have a cuppa, you could start a conversation that could change a life. 

God Bless,

Nick Criniti

Coordinator