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Wellbeing

Wellbeing

We are surging ahead in our second term of 2019 and there are so many wonderful programs and activities happening across the school. We have launched the Wheel of Favours this week which is a new playground activity for all of the students. This wonderful structure was donated by the Lyons Club and repainted by our fabulous art teacher Ms Geilings! All of the 24 grades in the school last year designed an activity that students can perform in the playground which helps to build one of the 24 character strengths. The 24 Character Strengths are; Creativity, Curiosity, Judgement, Love of Learning, Perspective, Bravery, Perseverance, honesty, Zest, Love, Kindness, Social Intelligence, Teamwork, Fairness, Leadership, Forgiveness, Humility, Prudence, Self-regulation, Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence, Gratitude, Hope, Humour and Spirituality. Students can spin the Wheel of Favours when they are out at playtimes and then complete the action they land on. It will be wonderful to see students use this activity and grow character while having fun!

 

 

Be an Upstander

For the next two weeks we will be supporting students to participate in the #ihaveyourback Poster Competition. This Bullystoppers initiative is open to students from all grades and involves the student creating a poster with the theme #ihaveyourback. The winning poster will be printed and given to all schools in the State. While it can be hard to see someone being bullied, it’s even harder to be the person being bullied. We can all do something help. We can all be upstanders. 

 

There are lots of ways you can be an upstander. You can distract the bully or ask the person being bullied if they want to sit with you. You can ask them if they are ok and if there’s anything you can do to help; like talking to a teacher or another adult at school that you trust. You can decide not to laugh or smile when you see someone being bullied. If you feel safe, tell the person doing the bullying that their behaviour isn’t okay. 

Prizes​​

  • Your poster will be printed and displayed in schools across the state.
  • You’ll win a $200 voucher from your choice of JB Hi-Fi, Rebel Sport or Eckersley’s Art and Craft.
  • Your school will win a $2,500 voucher from Eckersley’s Art and Craft.

 

Your p​oster: 

  • needs to promote upstander behaviour and the theme #ihaveyourback
  • needs to be A3 sized
  • needs a 1cm white border at the top and sides of the poster and a 3cm white border at the bottom  
  • can not contain any images larger than A6 (105mm x 148mm).

 

Posters must be handed in to the office by Thursday 23rd May.