Positive Futures News
What is the EDSC Positive Futures program?
Positive Education brings together the science of positive psychology with best-practice teaching.
The school’s journey with Positive Education began in 2012 with Positive Education focuses and values implemented across each year level and over time has evolved into the whole school approach launched in 2020.
Our Positive Futures program has some very clear goals:
- We want to improve student quality of life and their engagement with others, including with their teachers.
- We seek to develop students in a more holistic way, with a stronger focus on wellbeing.
There are six tenets of Positive Psychology that are embedded into our model:
Positive Health – Positive Self
Developing knowledge, understanding and skills to promote health and well – being.
Positive Relationships
Nurturing positive relationships based on respect.
Accomplishment
Generating hope and optimism through the accomplishment of personal and community goals
Positive Emotion
Building and experiencing positive emotion.
Meaning
Believing in serving something greater than ourselves.
Positive Engagement
Developing critical thinkers by promoting challenge, curiosity and creativity.
More resources and information can be found here:
https://www.eastdonsc.vic.edu.au/wellbeing-engagement-positive-futures
What is the focus for this term?
This Term students will be participating in sessions of physical activity, stress management as well as devising and implementing a community action project.
Due to our period of lockdown and exams our students have not been able to participate in the program for a number of weeks. This has had an impact on their community action project. We hope that all groups can continue to work on this project and successfully implement these next term.
Positive Futures Book of the Week
The fifth book in Susan Verde and Peter Reynolds’ bestselling mindfulness series.
One seed to start a garden, one note to start a melody, one brick to start breaking down walls: Every movement and moment of change starts with just one.
From the New York Times bestselling team behind I Am Yoga, I Am Peace, I Am Human
, and I Am Love comes a powerful call to action, encouraging readers to raise their voices, extend a hand, and take that one first step to start something beautiful and move toward a better world. Includes a guided meditation and self-reflection activity.
About the Illustrator
Peter H. Reynolds is the renowned illustrator behind the bestselling Judy Moody, Stink, and I Am series, as well as many other award-winning picture books, including
The Dot and Ish. He lives in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Rebecca James
Student Engagement and Connection Learning Specialist