Weekly Wellbeing

Some fish called??????

Over the last couple of weeks, our Positive Education Leaders Eden and Tom have been visiting the Senior and Prep classes to collect name selections for the soon to be resident fish in the Wellbeing Space.

By the end of next week, Eden and Tom will have visited the Junior and Middle School classes and have collected more suggestions from the students.  The top 10 names will then be placed on a list outside the Wellbeing room, and students will be encouraged to walk by and vote for their favourite names.  The fish names will be published in an upcoming newsletter.  Maybe an opportunity for some fun and creative dinner-time conversations in the next couple of weeks!

Thank you

Thank you to Brodie S from SKF, who recently demonstrated curiosity, perseverance, problem solving and teamwork when assisting Cheyenne and I to construct a stationery caddy for the Wellbeing room.

After nearly completing it multiple times, only to have it fall apart, I asked whether we should take it back to the shop.  Brodie was open to the idea, but also determined to construct the caddy, and he did!  Thanks again Brodie for your contribution to the Wellbeing room.

Peaceful Kids

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend two full days of Peaceful Kids training.  Peaceful Kids is a life skill development program aimed at:  minimising symptoms of anxiety and stress, building emotional resilience, empowering children to self-manage their anxiety, teaching children to be mindful of what is happening in the present, equipping children with problem solving strategies,  and generally ensuring that young people feel supported .  

Throughout the course of the year, I will be working with classroom teachers regarding how they can adopt some whole classroom practices.  I will also be facilitating the Peaceful Kids Program (one hour per week for 8 weeks) for small groups of students.

Did You Know?

The Amygdala part of the brain is where our stress levels live?   When our Amygdala is in overdrive (ie. We are really stressed), our Pre Frontal Cortex (the thinking and logical part of the brain) shuts down.  That is why when we feel really overwhelmed, we can’t ‘think straight!’

Julie Reid  -  Student Wellbeing Officer