WELLBEING JOURNEY – YEAR 5 CREATING MY BEST SELF as a young person
Using your strengths to do kind things to make others’ lives better is the best way to grow your own wellbeing to create your best self. A smile, eye contact and saying “hello” with your heart is a great way to start.
Healthy Wellbeing is feeling positive about your future, because you know that you are working towards creating your best self.
What do I want this year to be for me, and what goals do I have for myself?
What could be challenges for me in making these things come true? Who could help me?
Character Strengths Weeks
There are eight character strengths weeks throughout the year to enjoy exploring together. You, your class and family can draw, describe in words or role play how you could use one of the strengths to build your wellbeing and respectful relationships. The order of these weeks are: Curiosity, Leadership, Gratitude, Teamwork, Love of Learning, Kindness, Perseverance, Zest. The Gratitude Week sheet is on page 118.
Download the other activity sheets and award certificates from the Wellbeing Program/ Individual Resources/Strengths Weeks or Wellbeing Awards sections of www.learningcurve.com.au
“Never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying, and never stop learning.”
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Acknowledgement:
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GRATITUDE WEEK Think about the little things you already have in your life that you are grateful for, not things you want; what would happen they weren’t there? And think about the many kind acts others for you, without you asking; do you say thank you? Choosing to show gratitude builds everyone’s wellbeing. This week make Gratitude Walls both your classroom and home for your class and your family write down or draw things they are grateful and what they said say thank you. This Week’s Gratitudes: This week write down or draw little things that you are grateful and kind things others did for you that you are grateful for and then say thank you them. Also, who was grateful for your efforts this week? “It is not happiness that brings us gratitude. is gratitude that brings us happiness.”
Resilience to Build Character
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1. Your Confidence:
You feel that you have what it takes to handle most challenges you have.
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When is a time that you were proud of how you showed this?
Tip: write down your goals
3. Your Awareness:
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You feel that you know what is happening around you and to you.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet
When is a time that you were proud of how you showed this?
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2. Your Patience:
You feel that there is no rush and that you need to think things out first.
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When is a time that you were proud of how you showed this?
acting.
Tip: pause, slow down your breathing and think.
4. Your Sensible Thinking:
You feel that you can change how you think for different situations.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you were proud of how you showed this?
Tip: read through Habits of Mind.
Acknowledgement: Rievich & 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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Lesson: WHY: for you learn about the personal qualities that you
to develop in yourself to become resilient to handle challenges and setbacks that you have well. HOW: for each
seven qualities, share a time that you were proud of how you showed it, and rate how often that
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Practise using these qualities every day to create your best self.
5. Your Kindness:
You feel that you treat others the way that they like to be treated.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet
When is a time that you were proud of how you showed this?
6. Your Gift:
You feel that you have the self-control to stick at something through hard times.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet
When is a time that you were proud of how you showed this?
Tip: listen, don’t interrupt and be kind.
7. Your Trust:
You feel that you are trusted by others as a good person who they can rely on.
Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you were proud of how you showed this?
Tip: use your strengths.
When is a time that you were proud of how you handled a challenge using these qualities?
Tip: practise using these qualities.
Tip: Smile and follow through on what you say.
“You were given this
because you are strong enough to live it.” Ain Eineziz
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Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte
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WHY: by understanding that everyone has mirror neurons, which copy the attitudes, expressions and moods of those around them, you will be able to spread your happy and positive messages to more people.
HOW: most of what you communicate to others is not from what you say, but from how your face looks and the tone of your voice, called body language. With friends and family, have fun practising making eye contact, smiling and sending happy messages using friendly body language.
Acknowledgement: Greenfield & Iacoboni
DO: what type of body language shows that you are friendly?
When is a time that you felt yourself copying someone’s attitudes and moods?
Which Resilience to Build Character quality can help you with Friendly and Welcoming? (pages 8&9)
“Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it.” Albert Schweitzer
Wellbeing@School
Pressure from friends is often a reason why many young people ignore that most fast takeaway junk food is unhealthy for them eat. What would your friends say and do if you showed courage to say no to eating this food?
Flexible Thinking
THINKING BACKWARDS: what is something that you can’t wash and why can’t you?
Acknowledgement: ACARA 5-6 HPE
What
Acknowledgement: Tony Ryan
Who is someone at school that you look up to because they are kind and caring?
forward to learning and doing most this week?
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Book Title No.pages Minutes WEDNESDAY Book Title No.pages Minutes THURSDAY Book Title No.pages Minutes FRIDAY Book Title No.pages Minutes SAT/SUN Book Title No.pages Minutes Mindful ColouringThe Big Five Colour the sections to reflect how well you went. EXERCISE DAILY BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS SLEEP WELL BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS DRINK WATER BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS EAT HEALTHY BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS FEEL POSITIVE BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS
Acknowledgement: Kotler & Csikszentmihalyi
42 ENGAGEMENT + MINDFULNESS © Print & Marketing Services (Vic) Pty Ltd –MY WJ YEAR 5 Positive Vibes: What are you looking forward to learning and doing most this week? WHY: by learning how to pay attention to what you need to pay attention to when applying your skills, you will experience amazing enjoyable and uplifting feelings. HOW: look for and welcome challenges which stretch your skills and abilities and then use your strengths to fully focus yourself to overcome it. You may lose track of time by being fully engaged. You need to be really determined to ignore the many electronic distractions, especially phones and the constant notifications from social media.
DO: what is a challenge that will stretch your skills and need your full attention to overcome it? ................................................................................................................................................................................. When is a time that you felt fully involved in what you were doing and did you enjoy it? ................................................................................................................................................................................. Which Character Strength can help you with Being Focused? (pages 10&11) “It’s not what happens to you, but what happens in you.” W. Mitchell BEING FOCUSED Activity
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Acknowledgement: Wentzell
44 RELATIONSHIPS + EMPATHY The Big Five Colour the sections to reflect how well you went. EXERCISE DAILY BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS SLEEP WELL BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS DRINK WATER BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS EAT HEALTHY BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS FEEL POSITIVE BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS
Maze © Print & Marketing Services (Vic) Pty Ltd –MY WJ YEAR 5 Fabulous First 5 Minutes: Positive Vibes: What are you looking forward to learning and doing most this week? WHY: by understanding that your relationship with your teachers is the biggest influence on you being happy and successful at school, you will be grateful for them. HOW: earlier you learned about mirror neurons, which copy the attitudes, expressions and moods of those around them. In class show welcoming and enthusiastic body language to send the message to your teacher and classmates that you really want to learn with them. Students learn well and teachers teach well when they are happy being together.
& Caldwell DO: what positive body language can you use to build great relationships with your teacher? ................................................................................................................................................................................. What do you think are your teacher’s needs and feelings when in class? ................................................................................................................................................................................. Which Habit of Mind can help you with Grateful for Your Teacher? (pages 121 to 123) “Teachers open the door, but you must enter yourself.” Chinese Proverb GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TEACHER What is something that you are grateful for your teachers for?
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SAT/SUN Book Title No.pages Minutes Acknowledgement: Tony Ryan WHAT COULD BE THINKING: What is something that you could make with a knife and a fork? Flexible Thinking ................................................................................. Gratitude Week This week enjoy making a positive difference to other peoples’ lives, by creating activities using the character strength GRATITUDE, to grow relationships with your family, friends and school community. (Gratitude for Strengths Week worksheet and Gratitude Wellbeing Award are in Individual Resources of www.learningcurve.com.au)
Acknowledgement: Anderson & Ericsson
74 ACCOMPLISHMENT + OPTIMISM © Print & Marketing Services (Vic) Pty Ltd –MY WJ YEAR 5 WHY: by using your strengths and grit to follow the steps below, you will be able to create higher quality projects. HOW: Defining – describe what the topic is about in your own words. Organising – use idea maps and thinking tools to make connections. Analysing – any messages in the information you collected? Comparing – how does it compare to other things you know about the topic? Concluding – what are your final thoughts about the topic? Any predictions? Presenting – your research looks stylish and logical.
DO: Open the Five E’s of Learning and Learning Jigsaw Thinking Tools from the website. How could they help you? ................................................................................................................................................................................. What do you think would be two positive outcomes from using project steps? ................................................................................................................................................................................. Which Character Strength can help you with Project Steps? (pages 10&11) “I not only use all the brains that I have, but all I can borrow.” Woodrow Wilson PROJECT STEPS What went well that you were grateful for? Gratitude ................................................................................. Fabulous First 5 Minutes: Positive Vibes: What are you looking forward to learning and doing most this week? What did I enjoy? Acknowledgement: ACARA 5-6 HPE Thinking back to when you were much younger, what are two things that have changed in your relationships with other students? Wellbeing@School When is a time that you saw someone control their emotions well? 1. 2. ...........................................................................
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Book Title No.pages Minutes WEDNESDAY Book Title No.pages Minutes THURSDAY Book Title No.pages Minutes FRIDAY Book Title No.pages Minutes SAT/SUN Book Title No.pages Minutes The Big Five Colour the sections to reflect how well you went. EXERCISE DAILY BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS SLEEP WELL BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS DRINK WATER BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS EAT HEALTHY BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS FEEL POSITIVE BARELY LITTLE BIT ENOUGH MOSTLY HEAPS Mindful Colouring
Respectful Relationships
This Lesson: WHY: is for you to learn about how to build and enjoy respectful relationships. HOW: you are hard wired to be at your best when enjoying healthy relationship with other people, which means that you feel: Connected – sharing and communicating equally, cooperatively and openly with others. Protected – feeling emotionally and physically safe, and Respected – feeling others value all of you as a person who matters. Practise doing the respectful relationships activities to help you to do this.
What do you act like and feel like when you are in a respectful relationship?
Act like Feel like
What is a warning sign that you and your friends could be in an unsafe relationship?
What are two character strengths that you need to use to build and enjoy healthy relationships?
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What is something that you notice when someone has power over someone else in a relationship?
Describe a special time you enjoyed with your family and friends where you felt really happy.
What are two positive coping strategies that you could use if you felt unsafe or was being bullied?
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Acknowledgement: 5-6 RRRR, Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
“Forget all the reasons why it won’t work and believe the one reason why it will.” Abdelnour
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Optional Enrichment Lesson 5
Self-Talk in Action
This Lesson: WHY: for you to bring positive self-talk alive by planning what you would say for the situations which follow. HOW: self-talk is saying positive I can and I will statements over and over to yourself. You can use it to calm yourself down or make yourself more determined. For example: I can learn this new work, and I will understand it by asking more questions in class.
Practise creating self-talk for different and rehearsing it. For two situations of your choice, make up self-talk that you could use.
POSSIBLE SITUATIONS I CAN AND I WILL SELF-TALK
I am not sticking to my Big Five well, eating too much junk food and not exercising enough.
There is something that I really want to have a go at trying but are scared that I might not be able to do it.
My friends keep asking me to join in doing risky things where we could all get hurt.
There is a group of students who I would like to join up with at lunchtimes, but are unsure how to do it.
I am spending way too much time on my phone and social media and want to reduce it.
Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, I’m possible.” Audrey Hepburn
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Acknowledgement: Ryan & Deci
Optional Enrichment Lesson 6
120 © Print & Marketing Services (Vic) Pty Ltd –MY WJ YEAR 5 “I attribute my success to this; I never gave or took an excuse.” Florence Nightingale This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn about the other words to describe the emotions that you are feeling. HOW: circle at least five emotions you feel often. Think about what makes you feel each emotion and the body language that you would use to show it. Your Feelings and Emotions For two of the emotions you circled, describe what body language you would use to show for each one, and what could cause you to feel it. Optional Enrichment Lesson 9
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Habits of Mind
This Lesson: WHY: for you to explore Habits of Mind to learn how to think in different ways for different situations. HOW: Habits of Mind are 16 more intelligent ways to think. For example, if you were learning with a group of classmates, you can think interdependently. Check out www.habitsofmind.org for ideas.
HABITS OF MIND
Practise thinking about your thinking for the best Habit of Mind to use for situations that you are in. You may wish to write and save them in the interactive Exploring Habits of Mind thinking tool from the website to build your own thinking collection.
Rate yourself on how often you think with each Habit using: Usually Sometimes Not yet
PERSISTING
Overcoming obstacles and sticking to a task until it is completed. When something doesn’t work, trying other ways to solve the problem. When is a time that you have persisted to succeed?
How often: Usually Sometimes Not yet
MANAGING IMPULSIVITY
Considering and understanding ideas before your make a judgement. Planning ways to solve a problem before you start. When is a time that you have shown control to not be impulsive?
How often: Usually Sometimes Not yet
LISTENING WITH UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY
Understanding and accepting others’ needs and feelings and reading what messages their body language is sending to you. When is a time that you have listened this way?
How often: Usually Sometimes Not yet
THINKING FLEXIBLY
Changing the way you think for different situations and when you receive new information. Converting negative thoughts to positive thinking. When is a time that you have thought this way?
How often: Usually Sometimes Not yet
THINKING ABOUT THINKING
Understanding what patterns and processes that you use in how you think. Being aware of how you are thinking. When is a time that you have thought about how you were thinking?
How often: Usually Sometimes Not yet
You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.” Dr Seuss
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