Student Well-being
Community Spotlight: Year 3/4 Community
2pm Check Ins
As we moved back into Remote & Flexible Learning, we took our wellbeing focus in a direction that matched the needs of our students. We are experiencing another lockdown. The one thing that we noticed from 2020 was that our kids love engaging with each other and that those social interactions are so important to help keep them motivated during what can be a hard time.
As teachers, we know that it is so important to be checking in with our students. By including a number of class 'check-ins’ across the week we have seen students using this time to engage with their peers and share common questions and concerns that surround their online learning program. It has also been an opportunity to have all sorts of fun!
For our 2pm check-ins some of the activities have included:
- Class Joke Off
- Bring your pet to school
- Would you rather!
- Two truths and a lie
It has been wonderful to see students engage with each other in this way and with their teachers! We look forward to being able to get back into our classrooms but for now, we have surely found innovative and fun ways to stay in touch and consistently build relationships with each other during learning from home.
“I enjoyed seeing my friends and teachers. I miss them a lot and it makes me feel happy, even when I’m not seeing them in person” - Angeline Pham
“I have enjoyed the fun games that we played with the whole class and we get to communicate with our friends sometimes” - Ethan Thai
“It makes me feel around people which is like me being at school” - Giang Khong
“It’s great that we still get to see our friends” - Wil Avery
Well-being at home!
There is no doubt that at the moment, looking after our own well-being is super important.
Below are some easy little activities that you might choose to do at home as a little check-in to see how your little ones are going with a focus on understanding our emotions and recognising our strengths.
Year Prep
Goal: Understanding our emotions.
Activity: With your child, name
the different emotions that characters in your favourite TV show or story book are feeling. How many can you name?
Ask: How can we work out what emotions other people are feeling?
Goal: Recognise our strengths by talking about things we are good at.
Activity: With your child, take turns at drawing a portrait of each other. Around the portrait write all the things you think each other is good at.
Year 1/2
Goal: Understand our emotions.
Activity: Play emotional charades with members of your family. Each person acts out an emotion and family members guess the emotion/feeling.
Goal: Describe how we use our strengths to be a good family member.
Activity: With your child, discuss what each of your character strengths are. Draw a picture of yourselves using one of these strengths at home.
Year 3/4
Goal: Name positive and negative emotions.
Activity: Name three positive and three negative emotions you experienced today. Ask your child to name three positive and three negative emotions they experienced.
Ask: How did it look, sound and feel?
Goal: Identify how you can use personal strengths in daily life.
Activity: Kindness is a personal strength. Being kind means you do things for others without expecting anything in return. Encourage your child to do something helpful for a family member. Ask them to share their acts of kindness with your family.
Year 5/6
Goal: Understand our emotions.
Activity: Go around the dinner table and have each person share three emotions that they felt that day and why.
Goal: Demonstrate character strengths.
Activity: With your child, plan to do something kind for a neighbour, friend or family member.
HINT: You might like to:
- Call a family member you don’t live with such as an uncle, aunt or grandparents to say hello.
- Write a letter or send an email to a friend and post it to them.
Most importantly, remember to be kind to yourself during this time and take care.
Lauren Borg
Student Well-being Leader