Student Wellbeing

As we head back into a period of Remote and Flexible learning, we understand that this will a challenging time for many children who will miss the connections and interactions of physically attending school each day.

 it might be useful to do this reflection exercise with your children and for you to share your responses with them. 

Ask them this question-“What is good about being home and learning remotely?’’ Even though I am at school every day I did have the opportunity to work from home on two Tuesdays in Term 2 and have based my answers on this experience.

 My answers include (in no particular order)-

• I am not sick and my family are not sick
• I get to work at my own pace
• I still get to connect with my school friends/ colleagues through online meetings
• I’m learning something new every day about using my computer
• No time wasted travelling to and from school
• Going for my morning walk at 7.30 am instead of 6.15 am when it is dark
• Eating when I felt like it - perhaps a little too much!

What I try to do 2-3 times per week with my children , who are now all adults aged between 20 – 25 is ask these two questions at the dinner table-

• What was the best part of your day?
• What was something that wasn’t so great?

They need time to reflect on their day and think about the questions before they respond- your children will to.  This activity supports listening to each other and being respectful. See how you go and hopefully two answers you will never hear include:

• What was the best part of your day?  Answer-It hasn’t happened yet, it will be when I go to sleep!
• What was something that wasn’t so great? Answer- Waking up and having the worst day ever. My response to this was – there’s always tomorrow and it will be a better day!

Changing your mindset leads to a change in behaviour.

Take care and stay safe everyone. 

Michelle Bové

Assistant Principal