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PRIMARY planner
2019
POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT why gratitude and grit? – building my Positive Engagement by stopping and looking up to appreciate the good things in my life and in other people.
LOOK UP!
The best thing about appreciating the good things in your life and being with other people in person is that they fill you with uplifting positive emotions. Show gratitude for your life and use grit to turn off your device and connect with others and yourself to see the wonderful possibilities on offer for you. Every night, write down your thoughts about something you that are grateful for. Things to journal about every day Rate myself on whether I do or look for these using Usually
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Describe a time I have done or observed each of these
AND CONNECT
Gratitude wall in my bedroom – putting sticky notes of things I’m grateful for on a wall in my bedroom every day. Usually
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Self-talk – using positive I can and I will self-talk statements which I make up to spur me on to try harder. Usually
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Choosing to choose – making my own choices to live the kind of life I want to live. Usually
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Taking risks – being prepared to tackle more difficult things, make mistakes and then learn by fixing them. Usually
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Three things I’m looking forward to – over breakfast thinking of the three things I’m looking forward to most every day. Usually Sometimes Not Yet Being kind – being on the lookout for opportunities to do kind things for others and saying thank you when people do kind things for me. Usually Sometimes Not Yet Looking at life through my top strengths – focusing my attention on thinking how I can use my strengths in what I say and do. Usually Sometimes Not Yet Being with nature – spending time every day in the outdoors appreciating the beauty of mother nature. Usually
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Proud achievements – thinking about and reliving the positive emotions of personal achievements that I’m really proud of. Usually Sometimes Not Yet Special me – spending time every day doing activities I love and where I lose my sense of time because I’m so involved in them. Usually Sometimes Not Yet Acknowledgement: Karen Rievich and Andrew Shatte
“You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.” Glinda, Wizard of Oz
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RELATIONSHIPS AND OPTIMISM WHO DO YOU ADMIRE? – boosting my Relationships and Optimism by interviewing someone I admire to learn about how they became the person they are, the mistakes they made and how they fixed and learnt from them.
To build your best possible self, it is important to learn lessons from others who have already travelled down life’s path that you are now on. Think of a person older than you who you really admire and ask if you can interview him or her. Person’s name:..................................................................................................................................................................... Starting the interview: I would like to interview you because I admire you and wish to learn how you became who you are today. I admire you because........................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ What is a time in your life when things didn’t go the way you wanted them to go and any mistakes you made? ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Did the experience ever make you feel like giving up? How did you push on, how did you feel and what strengths did you call on? ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ What did you learn from these experiences? ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ How did these things help you to become who you are today? ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ End of interview: I appreciate you sharing with me how you became who you are today, thank you. What did I learn about this person? ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ What did I learn about how to push on when things don’t go my way? ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ACTION: What are two things I will start doing in my life from now on? ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ “The first steps on the road to wisdom are wonderment and awe.” MW
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EXERCISE and vitality
books read this week TITLE
PAGES
EXERCISE AND LEISURE My Wellbeing Goal: to add to my Exercise and Vitality by exercising and enjoying leisure activities every day. There are no shortcuts for you to be physically healthy, so that you can build your best possible self. You need to actively exercise for an hour every day, which will improve your fitness, flexibility, create positive feelings to reduce tense feelings and help you to sleep more deeply. Describe how you exercise now. .......................................................................................... .......................................................................................... Exercise and leisure activities can include a brisk walk or run, aerobics, walking the dog, cycling, skateboarding, surfing, bushwalking, playing sport and washing the car. Surprise yourself by trying something new to exercise and have fun with family and friends. A good idea is to put your daily exercise and leisure activities on your home learning timetable.
MINDFUL COLOURING
> Website: Wellbeing Builder Reflection.
ACTIONS
What are two things I will start doing to do an hour’s exercise daily and enjoy leisure activities?
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VOCABULARY BUILDER
RESILIENCE BUILDER
NUMBER SKILLS
Keyboard Keys – you are not allowed to count! Concentrate hard on your keyboard to see patterns as to how many keys there are on the board; it’s about seeing how the keys build up.
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45 + ? = 7 x 12
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WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK AND WHY?
4500ml = ? L
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Do a table grid from the website
What are five character strengths that you admire in your friends. What do they do to show them in their everyday lives?
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WELLBEING TIP Enjoy every day by setting something to achieve.
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MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY
THINGS TO DO 1 Monday
APRIL 2019
WEEK:
2 tuesday
3 wednesday
4 thursday
5 friday
Character Strength
6 saturday 7 sunday
hope
ww w.v iac har act er.o
rg
Communication / Comments:
Teacher:
Parent / Guardian: “Let he who would move the world, first move himself.” Socrates
STRENGTHS' BOOSTER FAMILY STRENGTHS (see pages 8-9)
HOW DID YOU FEEL THIS WEEK? 43
SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENT
books read this week TITLE
PAGES
PARAGRAPHS: T.E.E.L. My Wellbeing Goal: to add to my Skills and Achievement by building T.E.E.L. paragraphs. The T.E.E.L. method enables you to build quality paragraphs and is simple and easy to use. It stands for Title, Explanation, Evidence, Link. Use the T.E.E.L. Thinking Tool on website. Describe how you build paragraphs now? .......................................................................................... .......................................................................................... Title – the first sentence explains what the paragraph is about. Not too detailed or long. Explanation – expand on the Title sentence to discuss your thoughts about it. Explain your reasons and arguments. Evidence – provide support for your reasons and arguments. Supporting evidence can be trends, statistics, quotes from and references to books. Link – two simple sentences relating back to the Title sentence. Not too detailed or long.
MINDFUL COLOURING
A quality paragraph includes all T.E.E.L points. > Website: Wellbeing Builder Reflection.
ACTIONS
What are two things I will start doing to build quality paragraphs using T.E.E.L?
1. 2. Truth Traffic Lights – reflect on an event that happened which you weren’t happy about. Open the thinking tool Truth Traffic Lights and use it to describe what’s true, what’s uncertain, what’s not true and your feelings.
RESILIENCE BUILDER
Receiving a positive text from family and friends when you are under pressure helps you to cope with the situation. With a friend come up with ten texts you could send to lift others’ spirits.
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK AND WHY? 1.
VOCABULARY BUILDER yacht rainforest volcano absence
darker greater fortunate target
voucher season kidney above
dentist flavour homework issue
PROBLEM Patterns Work out the patterns below: a) J, F, M, A, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ b) M, T, W, ___, ___, ___, ___ c) O, T, T, F, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ d) 1, 4, 9, 16, ___, ___, ___, ___
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WELLBEING TIP
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Have an Internet and TV free day every week.
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MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY
THINGS TO DO 29 Monday
JULY/AUGUST 2019
WEEK:
30 tuesday
31 wednesday
1 thursday
2 friday
Character Strength
3 saturday 4 sunday
creativity
ww w.v iac har act er.o
rg
Communication / Comments:
Teacher:
Parent / Guardian: “Wisdom is not knowing what to do now, but what to do next.” Saying
WELLBEING FITNESS CHALLENGE HIDDEN PEOPLE (see pages 10-11)
HOW DID YOU FEEL THIS WEEK? 81
positive education your roles in life are? – building my Meaning and Purpose by learning about each of my roles in life. You have a number of different roles in life as a family member, a student and a community member, which require you to use your strengths in a variety of ways. Completing the weekly Character Builder activity will strengthen each of your Life Roles by building your growth mindsets to be on the lookout to learn and try new things. These character builders are in the Primary Wellbeing Program weekly sections on the website www.learningcurve.com
TOTAL PACKAGE
ME
AT HOME
ME
AS A FAMILY MEMBER
3 nowing my family’s personal K values for life Knowing how to maintain focus on my family Knowing how to act properly at home Knowing how to better my family’s life.
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nowing how to learn and how to remember K Knowing how to think and how to change my thinking Knowing how to do what I need to do Knowing how to act properly at school. What are two things I will start doing?
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AT SCHOOL
ME AS A STUDENT
LIFE SKILLS
ME AS A PERSON
3 nowing how I feel and how I fit in the community K Knowing how to act properly in the community Knowing how to build relationships with others Knowing how to function and contribute positively in society.
What are two things I will start doing?
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What are two things I will start doing?
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The most important thing to remember in making your three life roles the best they can be is to be totally honest with the person you see in the mirror every morning. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.” Helen Keller
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positive education why focus on m.a.r.b.l.e.s.? – strengthening my Positive Engagement by focusing on my MARBLES. To develop healthy wellbeing habits in yourself, you need to build strong brain pathways by deliberately practising the behaviours for each of the letters in M.A.R.B.L.E.S. which stand for: M for Manners
A for Attitude
Do I reflect on the letters M.A.R.B.L.E.S. regularly?
R for Respect
BL for Body Language
Why will it benefit me to reflect on each of these letters regularly?
E for Effort
S for Smile
What are two things I will start doing?
M for Manners Treating others, the way you like to be treated with courtesy and respect. Usually
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A for Attitude Having can do, want to and growth mindsets.
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R for Respect Believing and showing that you and other people matter.
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BL for Body Language Being mindful to be assertive but not aggressive; confident but not arrogant; focused intently, but not consumed. Usually Sometimes
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E for Effort Focusing your energies to welcome and overcome challenges and setbacks using your strengths. Usually
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S for Smile Saying hello to the world every day with a happy smiling face to spread positive emotions. Usually
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Not Yet Acknowledgement: Amy Brown
“There is no shortcut to any place worth going.” Beverley Sill
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