2023 My Wellbeing Journey - Year 7

MY WELLBEING JOURNEY – YEAR 7 BECOMING MY BEST SELF

as a Young Person and as a Student

To work towards achieving this, requires you to feel that you have choices in what you do, feel that you have the strengths and skills you need, and feel that you belong at school and feel connected to your family and friends.

Healthy Wellbeing is feeling positive about your future, because you know that you are working towards becoming your best self

NAME CLASS

AS A YOUNG PERSON

To become my best self as a young person I will...

A challenge that I will need to overcome is

AS A STUDENT

To become my best self as a student I will...

A challenge that I will need to overcome is

A choice that I will need to make to overcome it is

Who can help me to do this?

CHARACTER STRENGTHS WEEKS

A choice that I will need to make to overcome it is

Who can help me to do this?

Acknowledgement: Sonja Lyubomirsky & Tal Ben Shahar

GRATITUDE

There are eight Character Strengths Weeks spread throughout this journal. They provide you and your class with opportunities to practise using your strengths to build your wellbeing. They are also fun to do at home with your family. There are Wellbeing Award Certificates for each of these weeks. The order of these weeks are: Curiosity, Leadership, Gratitude, Teamwork, Love of Learning, Kindness, Perseverance, Zest. Gratitude Week sheet is on page 119.

From the website www.learningcurve.com.au download the Strengths Weeks sheets from Individual Resources/Character Strengths Weeks and the Wellbeing Awards Certificates from Individual Resources/Wellbeing Awards.

“Never stop dreaming, never stop believing, never give up, never stop trying, and never stop learning.” Roy T. Bennett

CHAMPIONS

This Lesson: WHY: for you to identify four trusted adults, your Trusted Champions, who you can ask for help about anything because you know that they will always be there for you. HOW: to respond well to challenges, concerns and when you feel unsafe, don’t hesitate to seek help from your Trusted Champions. Practise saying to yourself the words that you would use to ask for help. Draw a picture of or stick a photo in of each of your champions.

CHAMPION ONE

What is something that you need to ask for help about right now?

FOUR

PICTURE OF YOU OR DRAW YOURSELF

Respond well to challenges by asking your Champions for help straight away.

THREE

Say to yourself I can feel good again and I will ask for help

You champions will never give up on you, so ask.

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Fredrickson

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” Victor Hugo

YEAR 7 EXPECTATIONS

This Lesson: WHY: for you to be excited starting Year 7 and to ensure that you enjoy yourself by meeting a number of expectations. HOW: use your strengths to be determined to follow these simple and practical strategies that work. As Michael Jordan once said, “You must expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

EXPECTATION

Rate yourself using Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you did this?

Practise - be honest with and trust the who person you see in the mirror so that you can be relied upon to do what you say you will do.

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

Self-Belief - valuing and being honest with yourself and believing that you have what it takes

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

Effort - realising that putting in private efforts comes before public achievement

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

Fun - enjoying the journey by making new friends and having fun with them

Usually Sometimes Not Yet Feedback - asking for feedback from your teachers on what you need to do to improve.

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

Fail Well - believing that mistakes guide what you need to learn to improve yourself

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

Acknowledgement: Ericsson & Tal Ben Shahar

“I create the weather in my life. No one can make me feel anything. My thoughts enable me to choose to or not to choose to.” MW

HABITS

This Lesson: WHY: for you to explore Habits of Mind to learn how to change how you think for different situations. HOW: Habits of Mind are 16 more intelligent ways to think. For example, when talking with a friend who was upset, you can think using Listening with Understanding and Empathy. Check out www.habitsofmind.org for ideas.

Practise thinking about your thinking to choose 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 how often you think with each Habit using 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?

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?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

THINKING FLEXIBLY

Changing the way you think for different situations and when you receive new information. Changing negative thoughts to positive thinking. When is a time that you have thought this way?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

MANAGING IMPULSIVITY

Considering and understanding ideas before you 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?

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?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

Acknowledgement: Costa & Kellick

past is behind, learn from it, the future is ahead, prepare for it, the present is here, live it.” Thomas S Monson

HABITS OF MIND

STRIVING FOR ACCURACY

Taking pride in lifting the quality of what you do through practice. Not accepting near enough is good enough. When is a time that you practised hard to make your best better?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

THINKING AND COMMUNICATING WITH CLARITY AND PRECISION

Explaining, comparing and sharing using accurate and clear language and correct names and labels, both written and verbal. When is a time that you have communicated clearly?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

QUESTIONING AND POSING PROBLEMS

Asking the right questions to fill in the gaps of what you don’t know. Recognising the reasons behind why questions are asked. When is a time that you asked the right questions in class?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

GATHERING DATA THROUGH ALL SENSES

Taking in messages from all of your senses to learn. Considering colours, sounds, patterns, tastes, textures and rhythms. When is a time that you learned through all of your senses?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

APPLYING PAST KNOWLEDGE TO NEW SITUATIONS

Applying your experience and knowledge to new problems. Adapting what you have learned to make connections to a new situation. When is a time that you applied prior knowledge?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

CREATING, IMAGINING, INNOVATING

Looking at problems and situations from different angles. Taking risks with and stretching your thinking to imagine “what could be?” When is a time that you stretched your thinking creatively?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet

“To

still not do

still

Costa & Kellick

Positive Self-Talk

WHY:

the power of your

unhelpful negative

be able maintain a healthy state of wellbeing.

HOW: self-talk are I can and I

statements that you create and say over and over to yourself in your head. For example, “I can put in more effort to learn new approaches and I will master this subject.” Look at the index to see examples that you could use and make up some of your own.

Acknowledgement: Ryan & Deci

for something that you are finding hard to do, create self-talk that can help you to do it.

What self-talk

you

were upset?

Which

(pages 8&9)

TIME GROWTH MINDSET: I WILL

FORGIVE YOURSELF: what is something that you did or said that you were upset with yourself for doing? What do you have to do to forgive yourself and make it right for yourself?

TAKE LEARNING RISKS: leaving your comfort zone to explore more challenging tasks, being prepared to make mistakes and learning and practising new approaches to fix them. When is a time that you were proud of how you did this?

Zin & Baer

Dweck, Reivich & Shatte

beaten by a challenge but persisted to overcome it?

KEYSTONE

POWER

WEEKLY HEALTH FOCUS

Colour

Exercise daily

BARELY

Sleep well

BARELY

Drink water

BARELY

Eat healthy

BARELY

Feel positive

COLOURING

Grit

WHY: by understanding that grit is when you add passion and using your strengths to long-term self-control, you will have the motivation to keep going when you think you can’t.

HOW: write down a goal that you passionately want to achieve and why you are so determined to do so. Then, write down challenges that you will have to overcome, and the strengths and strategies that you will use to do this. Accept your full range of human emotions when doing this.

DO: when is a time that you used grit to achieve a goal you were passionate about?

Acknowledgement: Duckworth & Smith

What is a long term goal that you would like to achieve and what do you need to do?

Which Character Strength can help you with Grit? (pages 116&117)

“When

BUILDER

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF: when is a time that you believed that you had the skills and determination you needed to achieve something that you set out to do?

CHARACTER CHALLENGE

GRATITUDE LETTER: writing a letter from your heart thanking someone who really helped you to overcome something challenging and then give it to them. Who is someone that you can write a gratitude letter to and why?

Which Character

Acknowledgement:

did you use?

Minutes:

what

Purpose:

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson

something that you need to stop putting off doing?

Sleep Factor

Acknowledgement: Rath & Breus

MY

MY GOAL

WEEK

and

WHY: by feeling

feel that

HOW: personal and academic growth

C

A

R

connection

people in

Communication: be open

Achieve: aim for win-win

matter

when

teachers and a

belong.

feel a sense of belonging

life. To enable this use the CARE PRINCIPLE when with others:

honest

Respect: believe and show that others matter

E – Expect: give of yourself to grow.

DO: what are two things that

Acknowledgement: Diener, Biswas-Diener & Dutton

by and connected to other people?

What other

Which

PERSEVERANCE WEEK

This week enjoy making a positive difference to other peoples’ lives, by creating activities using the strength PERSEVERANCE, to grow relationships with your family, friends and school community. Perseverance Week worksheet and Perseverance Wellbeing Award are in Individual Resources on www.learningcurve.com.au

(pages 10

12)

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE

INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE: when learning, you enjoy working in teams, sharing ideas, coaching, teaching and helping others. When is a time that you were proud of how you used this intelligence?

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson

when

Acknowledgement: Howard Gardner

had fun and laughed with your family and friends?

KEYSTONE HABIT

POWER OF FORGIVENESS: is an appreciation of beauty and excellence habit which requires you to use courage to forgive someone who has upset you, because it takes strength to untie the emotional knots that grudges cause. When is a time that you were proud of how you used this keystone habit to forgive someone who had upset you?

Acknowledgement:

WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL

WEEKLY HEALTH FOCUS

Colour the sections to reflect how well you went.

Exercise daily

BARELY LITTLE

Sleep well

BARELY LITTLE

Drink water

BARELY LITTLE

Eat healthy

BARELY LITTLE

Feel positive

BARELY

ricky gervais

MOSTLY

MOSTLY HEAPS

MOSTLY HEAPS

MOSTLY

MOSTLY

S L G H T P G Y W U U S L T S W E S R T

T E R E E M R S Y S S E N S E M U E E N L I R A O A A O E Y D A E E L O O A S

P O M B N T V M N W O I D M N L T R L D N A I O A O I L W P T S E E D B I E I N H I T T U H U T A O T H R G E E O N T I S U C R A F C M U E R B S A T I N E Y M A L I O D N I H G D Y K H G C N S G I P G N U N T N I R A N E A I N E G P K E R G R I F E Y A T A L I A P E N S Y E E C V M I H T T X Q S X L P X V N X L S W S Y O J T E C S O I A Q E O B O S I U N N C O M P E T E N C E R C N C C L F I P I N E U R O N S P U I M C L G I G H S U N W E V I T R E S S A N R O E E P J L R O K I N D N E S S R E R E N R R S O A P T L O S I T R O C S W R C J O P K M O O O N O I S S A P M O C E C D P S X O G S R L G N I N A E M H P R N F E I L E B E E E T H I C A L H O P E S T R E N G T H S

GRATITUDE

This Lesson: WHY: for you to use the nominated character strengths during these weeks to make a positive difference to your and others’ wellbeing. HOW: download the Gratitude sheet from the Character Strengths section of the website, and put one up in your home room and one on the fridge at home. Then when someone notices another person or themselves being grateful, they celebrate it by writing it down on the sheet. Read page 1 to learn more about Character Strengths weeks.

GRATITUDE WEEK

Think about the little things you already have in your life that you are grateful for, not the things you want; what would happen if they weren’t there? And think about the many kind acts others do for you, without you asking; do you say thank you? Choosing to show gratitude builds everyone’s wellbeing.

This week make Gratitude Walls both in your classroom and at home for your class and your family to write down or draw things they are grateful for and what they said to say thank you.

This Week’s Gratitudes: This week write down or draw little things that you are grateful for and kind things others did for you that you are grateful for and then say thank you to them. Also, who was grateful for your efforts this week?

“It is not happiness that brings us gratitude. It is gratitude that brings us happiness.” Anon

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” William Arthur Ward