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The Resilience Project is committed to teaching positive mental health strategies to prevent mental ill-health and build young people’s capacity to deal with adversity. As many of you are aware, teachers and students from Years 4 to 10 at Trinity College will engage in weekly lessons and activities focused on the key principles of Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness (GEM) and Emotional Literacy to build resilience. Check out their website below for more information:
Also check out TRP@HOME; a place filled with inspiration and activities for the whole family, to help improve your wellbeing and build resilience:
Gratitude
Working on gratitude helps us to be thankful and appreciate what we have in our lives, rather than focusing on what we don’t have or what we want. When we practise being grateful, we start to scan the world to look for positives. Practising gratitude every day increases our levels of energy, helps us to feel happier and more focused, determined and optimistic. It even helps us have a better sleep, lowers levels of anxiety and depression, and we are less likely to get sick. So many benefits – let’s all try to be grateful for the things and people in our lives every day! Here are a couple of suggestions that can help you practise gratitude.
Family Habit Builder
Every night at dinner, have each person talk about their favourite thing about that day.
Whole Family Activity: Gratitude Scavenger Hunt
As a family, create a scavenger hunt list of things that make you happy or you are grateful for. You can make your own list or use the examples below:
- Something that makes you happy
- Something you love to smell
- Something you enjoy looking at
- Something that is your favourite colour
- Something you like in nature
- Something that is useful for you
Each member of the family uses the list and has to find as many things as they can. You can hunt for things inside or outside, or both. You can hunt for real things, or you can also do this using magazines or pictures from the internet.
After a set amount of time hunting, come back together, have a look at what each person collected and let them explain why they are grateful for each item.
Auxiliary Apron Fundraiser
The TC Auxiliary is thrilled to once again offer the ‘TC Legend’ aprons for sale! These chic denim aprons are one-size-fits-all, and can be used at College events.
Proceeds from the sale of the aprons will be used to support Auxiliary activities, which contribute to the wellbeing of TC students and families.
Aprons will be available for collection from TC in the coming weeks!
Eurekamp Oz
Eurekamp Oz! offers a series of day camps held during school holidays. Eurekamp Oz! is a collaboration of the University of Western Australia and PEiPL Ltd., is proudly supported by the City of Subiaco, and is a Children’s University Learning Destination. The activities are adapted from the original Canadian Eurekamp program co-founded in 2009 by our director, Professor Rob Wilson.
Registrations are only $150 for each camp (early-bird discount until June 4!), with Eurekamp Oz! Scholarships available for families who could not otherwise afford them.
Week 1 (2-day camps) 3 and 4 July 2023
Art Attack! 6–7-year-olds
Game On! 8–9-year-olds
Food for thought! 10–11-year-olds
Week 2 (2-day camps) 10 and 11 July 2023
Play On! 6–7-year-olds
Invisible World! 8–9-year-olds
Role-playing Game On! 10–11-year-olds
Register below and give your child/ren some fun fueled creative and critical thinking opportunities during their school holidays. We look forward to seeing you at Eurekamp Oz!