Learning Curve Middle Years Planner

2024 LEARNING CURVE MIDDLE PLANNER www.learningcurve.com.au

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BECOMING MY BEST SELF

AS A YOUNG PERSON AND AS A STUDENT Working towards achieving this requires you to feel that you have choices in what you do, that you have the skills you need, that you are connected to and belong at school, and cared about and valued by your family and friends.

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AS A YOUNG PERSON

AS A STUDENT

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

This year to become my best self as a student, I will...

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

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

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Who can help me to do this?

Who can help me to do this?

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Acknowledgement: Sonja Lyubomirsky & Tal Ben Shahar

CHARACTER STRENGTHS WEEKS

There are six Strengths Weeks spread throughout this planner. They provide you and your class with opportunities to practise using your strengths to build a resilient state of wellbeing. They are also fun to do at home with your family.

The order of these weeks are: Gratitude, Kindness, Bravery, Honesty, Creativity, and Teamwork.

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K GRATITUDE WEE you are grateful for, have in your life that things you already there? Think Think about the little happen if they weren’t Do you want. What would without you asking. not the things you acts others do for you, everyone’s wellbeing. about the many kind to show gratitude builds say “thank you”? Choosing classroom and at home Walls both in your This week, make Gratitudefamily to write down or draw things they your “thank you”. for your class and what they said to say are grateful for and

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

Go to www.learningcurve.com.au and download the Strengths Weeks sheets from Individual Resources/Character Strengths Weeks, and the Wellbeing Awards Certificates from Individual Resources/Wellbeing Awards.

“What is necessary to change a person is to change their awareness of themselves.” Abraham Maslow 1

PERMAH+ : DESCRIBING YOUR WELLBEING This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn about the six PERMAH+ elements which describe your wellbeing, and to reflect each term on how you are developing each of them. HOW: think about how effectively you are doing the little positive actions which contribute to each element, using A – usually, B – at times, C – not yet. Then, set a target rating to strive for.

Last Year

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Term Target 4 Rating

Positive Emotion + gratitude – creating positive emotions in yourself, contesting negative unhelpful thoughts with self-talk, and being grateful for the people and things you have in your life.

When is a time that you enjoyed feeling positive emotions that you were grateful for? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Tried to create positive emotions in yourself?

Looked forward to something every day?

Shared good things which you were grateful for?

Was happy that you have choices in your life?

Controlled your emotions and impulses consistently?

What is something that you are looking forward to next term that will fill you with positive feelings? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Engagement + mindfulness – connecting with yourself to be curious to learn more,

noticing something different about every day, and involving yourself fully in what you love doing.

What is an activity that you fully engaged yourself in that was enjoyable and stretched your skills? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Listened actively, acted sensibly, and learned enthusiastically?

Immediately engaged with a task for 10 minutes to beat procrastination?

Paused and was curious to notice different things?

Enjoyed real people in real time every day?

What is something that you love doing where you sometimes lose track of time? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Aristotle 6

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Focused on being present to ignore distractions in class?

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PERMAH+ : DESCRIBING YOUR WELLBEING The six PERMAH+ elements are equally important, and no one on its own describes your state of wellbeing. They combine to work together as a family.

Last Year

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Term Target 4 Rating

Relationships + empathy – creating and maintaining respectful relationships, showing that other people matter to you, and having empathy for their needs and feelings, as well as your own.

What is something that you are really grateful for about your family and friends?

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Listened actively and asked others to tell you more?

Celebrated and valued others’ good efforts and successes?

Looked for other peer groups to join, as well as your current ones?

Considered other people’s needs and feelings?

Looked for opportunities to do kind things for others?

Who are other people and groups that you would like to connect with and belong to? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Meaning + purpose – having a reason for getting out of bed, and starting every day with a sense of purpose to make a positive difference to the lives of others, as well as yourself.

What is something that feels you with a sense of purpose to become your best self? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Felt a sense of meaning by giving of yourself to be kind?

Listened to your mind to do what was right for you to do?

Did good to feel good and felt good to do good?

Wanted to make a positive difference each day?

Looked for good stuff before bad stuff?

What is something that you think the world needs more of in the 21st century? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” Bob Marley 7

g n i e b l wel PERMAH+ : DESCRIBING YOUR WELLBEING Last Year

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Accomplishment + optimism – having optimism and hope for your future, writing down goals as your pathways to becoming your best self, and deliberately practising to accomplish them.

What is a goal that fills you with hope that you have what it takes to achieve it through your own efforts?

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Had a positive attitude about mistakes guiding you?

Reviewed your notes for five minutes every night?

Thought clearly using Thinking Tools and Habits of Mind?

Completed learning tasks with effort and on time?

Prepared to practise to grow your brain’s abilities?

What is something that you are optimistic about achieving next week? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Health + strengths – looking after your Big Five to be healthy, and using your strengths to be optimistic that you are working towards becoming your best self.

What strengths do you regularly use to keep you focused on doing your Big Five well? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Ate more fresh foods and less junk processed foods?

Looked on the bright side to laugh and have fun?

Exercised your mind using non-electronic activities like reading?

Turned off your phone and enjoyed nature?

What is a health goal that you really want to achieve next term? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson

“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.” Maya Angelou 8

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Exercised in the outdoors daily and drank water?

EXCITING SELF-EXPECTATIONS This Lesson: WHY: for you to be excited about the school year ahead, and to ensure that you enjoy yourself by meeting a number of self-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.”

Self-Expectation Rate yourself using: Usually

Sometimes

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When is a time that you were proud of how you did this?

Practice – building your brain pathways by deliberately practising what you learn.

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

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Effort – realising that putting in private efforts comes before public achievement.

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

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Feedback – asking for feedback from your teachers on what you need to do to improve.

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

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Acknowledgement: Anders 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 9

DEVELOPING RESILIENCE SKILLS This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn about, practise, and develop the resilience skills that enable you to respond well to challenges, failures, and setbacks. HOW: focus on using your strengths to deliberately practise thinking about and using these skills every day at home, at school, and in your community. Complete the lesson and rate Usually Sometimes Not Yet how often that you use each skill by marking one of

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Self-Awareness: realising when you are losing concentration, pausing, and then deliberately refocusing on what you are doing.

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When have you been proud of how you showed this, and where else could you use it?

When have you been proud of how you showed this, and where else could you use it?

Tip: set three goals every term to focus your efforts on.

Tip: notice what is happening around you and to you.

Patience: controlling your emotions and impulses to learn what you need to know to make sensible and logical decisions.

Adaptable Thinking: using self-talk to contest unhelpful negative feelings, and changing your thinking for different situations.

Usually

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When have you been proud of how you showed this, and where else could you use it?

When have you been proud of how you showed this, and where else could you use it?

Tip: breathe slowly and don’t rush your thinking.

Tip: be aware of when your thinking is affected by your feelings.

Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte

“History is the record of an encounter between character and circumstances.” Donald Creighton 10

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Self-Confidence: believing that you have what it takes to achieve your goals, and using your strengths to work towards them.

DEVELOPING RESILIENCE SKILLS No one is born with the skills of resilience. You develop them through practising each of them for the many different situations that you find yourself in every day. Like any skills, over time they will grow with deliberate and regular practice.

Kindness: giving of yourself to be kind to others and yourself to send out ripples of kindness that never end.

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Trustworthiness: being the person that

people trust to do what you say you will do, and following through to do it.

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When have you been proud of how you showed this, and where else could you use it?

When have you been proud of how you showed this, and where else could you use it?

Tip: be kind to add meaning to your and others’ lives.

Tip: listen to what you mind tells you is right for you to do.

Grit: persevering to keep doing the hard step by

When have you been proud of how you showed resilience to overcome challenges and setbacks to achieve what you set out to do?

step things until you achieve that goal that you are passionate about.

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Sometimes

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When have you been proud of how you showed this, and where else could you use it?

What is a challenge that you want to overcome right now?

Tip: use your strengths to hang in there to achieve your goals.

Tip: be true to yourself by standing tall to try.

Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte

“Resilience is not what happens to you. It’s how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you.” Jeffrey Gitomer 11

POSITIVE EMOTION + GRATITUDE

PRIORITIES / DUE DATES 22 Monday

SHARING INTENTIONS

WHY: by understanding that everyone has mirror neurons, which copy others’ moods, intentions, and body language, so you will more likely to share happy moods, intentions and facial expressions.

HOW: about 90% of your communication with others is done via messages sent and received by body language and voice tones. When you meet others, you know very quickly whether they are interested in getting to know you or not. Practise smiling, listening, and being welcoming to show others that your intention is to be friendly.

23 Tuesday

Acknowledgement: Greenfield & Iacoboni

DO: when you meet someone, what are two body language or voice tone signals that you use to show that you are friendly?

24 Wednesday

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What are two types of body language that you need to avoid using if you want to show that you have friendly intentions?

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MINDFULNESS TIME

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WEDNESDAY ..................................................................

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Acknowledgement: Kabat Zin & Baer

WHAT DID I CELEBRATE? ......................................................................................

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CHARACTER STRENGTH BRAINSTORM

How can we show Love of Learning this week? (page 118)

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POSITIVE EMOTIONS: From Feelings and Emotions (page 125), choose a positive emotion for each day this week that you would like to feel. Think about what you can do to feel it and the body language you would show for each.

JANUARY 2024

THINGS TO DO / WEEK: Monday

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Friday

Communication / Comments:

Teacher:

Parent / Guardian:

BIG 5

CHECK IN

Feel Positive?

Exercise Daily?

Eat Healthy?

Drink Water?

Sleep Deeply?

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ACCOMPLISHMENT + OPTIMISM

PRIORITIES / DUE DATES 19 Monday

PROCESS GOALS

WHY: by understanding that just thinking about achieving goals is not enough to motivate you. You will be more likely to achieve them if you make the effort to write them down.

HOW: in this term’s Goal Setting section, write one goal to improve your learning and thinking skills, one to build respectful relationships, and one of your choice. Think about possible challenges, what will you need to learn to overcome them, and who can help you to learn these things. Achieving goals is a process.

20 Tuesday

Acknowledgement: Sheldon & Adams Miller

DO: what is something that you have learned while working towards achieving your goals?

21 Wednesday

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What is an obstacle that you have overcome to achieve a goal and who helped you?

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MINDFULNESS PUZZLE

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CHARACTER STRENGTH BRAINSTORM How can we show Self-Regulation this week? (page 118) 22

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Find 11 differences.

FEBRUARY 2024

THINGS TO DO / WEEK: Monday

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Friday

Communication / Comments:

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Parent / Guardian:

BIG 5

CHECK IN

Feel Positive?

Exercise Daily?

Eat Healthy?

Drink Water?

Sleep Deeply?

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RELATIONSHIPS + EMPATHY

PRIORITIES / DUE DATES 18 Monday

RESPONDING WITH INTEREST

WHY: by understanding that responding with interest is the only way of listening which builds relationships, you will be more likely to tune in keenly to others’ words.

HOW: make eye contact, smile, use welcoming body language, and respond with interest and enthusiasm when listening to others share their stories. They will feel valued that you think they matter, and serotonin will be released to fill both of you with positive emotions. Don’t interrupt or listen to your own thoughts; focus on their words.

19 Tuesday

Acknowledgement: Gable, Gonzaga & Strachman

DO: what do others do when listening to you that makes you feel that they value you?

20 Wednesday

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When someone interrupts you while you are sharing something with them, how do you feel?

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CHARACTER STRENGTH BRAINSTORM How can we show Fairness this week? (page 118) 30

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MINDFULNESS COLOURING IN

MARCH 2024

THINGS TO DO / WEEK: Monday

Tuesday

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Friday

Communication / Comments:

Teacher:

Parent / Guardian:

BIG 5

CHECK IN

Feel Positive?

Exercise Daily?

Eat Healthy?

Drink Water?

Sleep Deeply?

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TERM ONE GOALS AND SUBJECT REFLECTIONS This Lesson: WHY: for you to reflect on how far you moved towards achieving each of your three goals and progress in each of your subjects. HOW: in the left hand column, reflect on what you learned for each of your goals that you are grateful for, and how far you reached towards achieving each of them. In the right hand column, reflect on how well you went in each of your main subjects.

REFLECTIONS ON MY TERM ONE LEARNING GOALS

REFLECTIONS ON MY SUBJECTS

GOAL ONE: What positive things did I learn for this

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My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5 Something to improve?

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Mark where you felt you reached towards achieving this goal: 1 2 3 4 5

GOAL TWO: What positive things did I learn for this ‘building my respectful relationships’ goal?

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My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5 Something to improve? ................................................................................

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My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5 Something to improve?

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Mark where you felt you reached towards achieving this goal: 1 2 3 4 5

GOAL THREE:

What positive things did I learn for this ‘what I want to achieve’ goal? .......................................................................................................

My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5 Something to improve? ................................................................................

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My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5 Something to improve?

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Mark where you felt you reached towards achieving this goal: 1 2 3 4 5

My effort and outcome rating: 1 2 3 4 5 Something to improve? ................................................................................

“Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of someone else.” Judy Garland 38

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‘learning and thinking skills’ goal?

YOUR TERM TWO GOALS This Lesson: WHY: for you to write down three goals that you are determined to achieve in term two. HOW: write down a goal for building your learning and thinking skills in class, a goal for building your respectful relationships, and a goal about what you want to achieve for yourself.

Writing down goals is a tried and proven way to provide you with reasons to apply yourself well at school. Your goals are both your pathways forward and your anchors when things don’t go your way.

Aim to set process step-by-step goals that will stretch your abilities. Circle a number where you think you are starting from, and where you think you can reach at the end of term for each of your goals.

MY GOALS - MY PATHWAYS AND MY ANCHORS

GOAL ONE: About Building My Learning and Thinking Skills in class I will ........................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................

Starting Target: Circle where I think I am now on achieving this goal: 1

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GOAL TWO: About Building My Respectful Relationships I will ........................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................

Starting Target: Circle where I think I am now on achieving this goal: 1

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What could be a challenge and who can help me? ........................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................

At the end of term circle where I think I can reach on this goal: 1

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Starting Target: Circle where I think I am now on achieving this goal: 1

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Acknowledgement: Sheldon & Adams Miller

“Dream it, Plan it, and Do it.” Deepak Rajpal 39

PRIORITIES / DUE DATES

HEALTH + STRENGTHS

1 Monday

RECHARGING SLEEP

WHY: by accepting that there is no substitute for a nine to ten hour deep uninterrupted sleep to be healthy, you will be more likely to practise bedtime routines to fall asleep quickly.

HOW: to recharge your mind and body, choose to turn off devices an hour before bed, because the screen light disrupts the sleep hormone melatonin, making falling asleep difficult. Calming bedtime routines that work include deep breathing, colouring in, a shower, warm milk, and journaling what went well during the day.

2 Tuesday

Acknowledgement: Rath & Breus

DO: what are two bedtime routines that you do or can try to help you to fall asleep more easily?

3 Wednesday

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CLASS WELLBEING CHALLENGE

Practise Adventure Eat this week to try a variety of foods. (page 121)

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JULY 2024

THINGS TO DO / WEEK: Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Communication / Comments:

Teacher:

Parent / Guardian:

BIG 5

CHECK IN

Feel Positive?

Exercise Daily?

Eat Healthy?

Drink Water?

Sleep Deeply?

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RELATIONSHIPS + EMPATHY

PRIORITIES / DUE DATES 22 Monday

SHARING FEEDBACK

WHY: by understanding that sharing feedback is an effective way to expand your and others’ ideas, you will be on the lookout for opportunities to do so.

HOW: the hardest part of receiving feedback is to listen fully to what is being said, and not interrupt or process your own thoughts. Ask “Tell me more” to give the person feelings of being valued by you. When giving feedback, make it positive, not negative, and explain your thoughts clearly and fairly about their ideas.

23 Tuesday

Acknowledgement: Ericsson & Anderson

DO: when is a time that you have received feedback from someone that caused you to change your ideas?

24 Wednesday

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How would you feel if someone interrupted you while you were sharing feedback about their ideas?

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This week, enjoy making a positive difference to other peoples’ lives by creating activities using the strength HONESTY, to grow relationships with your family, friends, and school community.

(Honesty Week worksheet and Honesty Wellbeing Award are in Individual Resources on www.learningcurve.com.au)

27 Saturday 28 Sunday

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson

HOW WAS I CREATIVE?

CHARACTER STRENGTH BRAINSTORM

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How can we show Honesty this week? (page 118)

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HONESTY WEEK

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JULY 2024

THINGS TO DO / WEEK: Monday

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Friday

Communication / Comments:

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BIG 5

CHECK IN

Feel Positive?

Exercise Daily?

Eat Healthy?

Drink Water?

Sleep Deeply?

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PRIORITIES / DUE DATES

MEANING + PURPOSE

21 Monday

ACCEPTANCE AND DIVERSITY

WHY: by learning more about the diversity in your community, you will develop an acceptance of differences.

HOW: explore different shapes, sizes, skills, backgrounds, cultures, abilities, and disabilities to gain an appreciation of the richness of your community. Expect and respect that every single person on the planet is special and one of a kind, and is good at something. Embracing and accepting diversity will enable you to move further towards becoming the person who you want to become.

22 Tuesday

Acknowledgement: Covey & Fredrickson

DO: what is something about your community that you have discovered this year which you appreciated?

23 Wednesday

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When is a time that you shared something about yourself with friends and they were interested in learning more about it?

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CLASS WELLBEING CHALLENGE

Practise Courage Journal this week to notice ourselves being brave. (page 123)

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OCTOBER 2024

THINGS TO DO / WEEK: Monday

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Friday

Communication / Comments:

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Parent / Guardian:

BIG 5

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Feel Positive?

Exercise Daily?

Eat Healthy?

Drink Water?

Sleep Deeply?

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CLASS WELLBEING CHALLENGES This Lesson: WHY: for you to have fun as a class doing these enjoyable challenges together to grow your wellbeing over the week. HOW: read the weekly challenges to understand what you need to do every day to follow through on them. Then, use your strengths to tackle these to fill yourself with confidence.

THINKING OF OTHERS

TELL ME MORE

FEEL-GOOD MENU

SELF-IMAGE

OTHERS MATTER

AIMLESS WRITING

Delicious Feelings ~ make a list of your five favourite feel-good activities that fill you with positive feelings, and choose to do one every day to love the life you live.

What is your feel-good menu?

Acts of Kindness ~ every day, look for at least three opportunities to be kind to make others’ lives better, and say “thank you” when others do kind things for you.

What is something kind you did or received?

Interested Listening ~ when you are listening to someone sharing a story, when they begin to run out of words, ask them to “Tell me more about it” at least three times. When is a time that you have done this, and what happened?

Positive Messages ~ create a list of five self-affirming “I am, I can, I will” messages about how you want to be, and spend 30 seconds saying each one every morning. What are your positive messages to yourself?

Opening Floodgates ~ every morning, write down anything and everything that comes into your head for five minutes, to clear your mind for the day ahead. What is a funny thing that you wrote down?

Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte

“I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” Pablo Casals 120

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Positive Vibes ~ every day, send a friend or a family member who is struggling a text saying that you are thinking about them and asking how they are feeling.

What is a kind text that you can send?

CLASS WELLBEING CHALLENGES Neuroscience has shown that with every new challenging experience, your brain changes and that you can grow your brain’s abilities in all areas of your life.

GRATITUDE LETTER

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LOOKING FORWARD

STEPPING IT UP

MUSIC MAGIC

ADVENTURE EAT

Being Thankful ~ write 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?

Positively Focused ~ every morning, think about what you are looking forward to most for the day ahead, write it down, and enjoy it when it happens. What is something that you look forward to often and why?

Creating Concerts ~ three times every day, spending 5 minutes listening to your favourite music as if you were there at a concert to give you an energy boost. What are your favourite songs that you would listen to?

Gratitude Pics ~ every day, take a photo on your phone of something that you are grateful for, and then create a gratitude album of photos this week. What photos were really special for you?

Moving Myself ~ be more active to build up to meet the daily 10,000 step challenge, and journal the number of steps you take each day. What are your favourite ways of being more active to increase your steps?

Variety Tasting ~ leave your comfort zone and do your body a favour by having a junk food free week and trying new tastes, fruits and vegetables. You might be surprised! What are foods that you would enjoy trying?

Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte

“The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” Anne Frank 121

HABITS OF MIND IN ACTION This Lesson: WHY: for you to put into practice using the Habits of Mind. HOW: when something happens where you need to make a decision, pause and think: what is the best way for you to approach this, and what Habit of Mind is the best way to think for it.

Persisting Overcoming obstacles, sticking to a task until it is completed, and trying new ways when something doesn’t work.

Listening with Understanding and Empathy Understanding and accepting others’ feelings, and reading their body language messages.

Managing Impulsivity Considering and understanding ideas before speaking, acting, or judging.

Thinking Flexibly Changing the way you think when you receive new information, and contesting negative mind chatter.

Thinking about Thinking Knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do, and being aware of how you are thinking.

Striving for Accuracy Taking pride in lifting the quality of what you do through practice, and not accepting near enough as good enough.

Questioning and Posing Problems Asking questions to fill in your knowledge gaps, and recognising the reasons why questions are asked.

Communicating with Clarity and Precision Explaining, comparing, and giving evidence with accurate and clear language.

Gathering Data Through All Senses Understanding a situation through all of your senses, and thinking about different colours, sounds, tastes, and textures.

Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations Applying and adapting your experience to new situations and problems.

Creating, Imagining, Innovating Looking at situations from different angles, and stretching your mind to imagine “what could be?”

Thinking Interdependently Sharing learning energy with others in groups to combine your thinking power to achieve much more.

Responding with Wonderment & Awe Showing that you are excited, curious, and passionate when exploring new things.

Taking Responsible Risks Leaving your comfort zone to welcome challenges and explore the unknown, and being prepared to make mistakes.

Remaining Open to Continuous Learning Searching for better ways to learn, and seeing challenges as opportunities to grow further.

Finding Humour Laughing and having fun learning with others to release feel-good brain chemicals to broaden and build your focus.

Acknowledgement: Costa & Kellick

“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” Warren Buffett 132

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The 16 Habits are more intelligent ways to look at and think about situations that you find yourself in. Look at the real life scenarios below, and choose which Habits could be the best ways to think for each of them.

HABITS OF MIND IN ACTION Like your Character Strengths, knowing about and talking about Habits of Mind is not using them. This is an opportunity to make Habits of Mind work for you to become a more effective and intelligent thinker.

REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS

HABIT/S OF MIND

You and your family visited a sensational National Park, and were amazed by the beauty of nature.

You went to your cousin’s wedding - the first that you had ever been to - and was unsure of how you should think or feel.

You want to improve your backhand at tennis, but are unsure of how to do this.

You are determined to complete an assignment, and need other ways to collect the information that you need.

Your debating team is trying to come up with a strategy to beat the other team in the final.

Your younger brother is wanting to learn how to play chess and you are teaching him how to play.

One of your friends is really good at lifting everyone’s spirits because he is so positive about life. You want to be light and bright too.

A new student asked you to help her because she was getting bullied by a group of students.

You want to go bungee jumping with your friends, but you are scared of hurting yourself.

You are unsure of a topic in Maths and need to ask your teacher for help to fill in the gaps.

You and your group are planning to take one of your friends to a special place for their birthday.

Your new skateboard needs better wheels but you are unsure how to do this. You changed wheels on your old skateboard a couple of years ago.

You are getting nasty messages putting you down online, and are unsure about what you should do about it.

Acknowledgement: Costa & Kellick

“You are just a bundle of habits.” William James 133

MATHS LAW, FORMULAE AND SYMBOLS VERTICALLY OPPOSITE ANGLES

ALGEBRA

a = c, b = d, e = g, h = f

Letters which represent numbers are called pronumerals. e.g. 4a = a + a + a + a = 4 x a e.g. ab = a x b e.g. 3mn = 3 x m x n

ALTERNATE ANGLES c = e, d = f

CORRESPONDING ANGLES

DISTRIBUTIVE LAW

b = f, c = g, a = e, d = h

Expanding brackets a (b + c) = ab + ac

COINTERIOR ANGLES

POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES

These angles only apply to parallel lines.

STANDARD FORM is given by (a number between 1 & 10) x (Power of 10) Ex. 456.7 = 4.567 x 102

+x+=+ – x– =+ +x–=– The same pattern exists for ÷ also.

PERCENTAGES %

Fractions Decimals

Percentages are all out of 100.

STATISTICS

Measures of Central Tendency Mean, x, is the average.

Mode is the most common value.

Median is the middle value when the data is put in order.

Frequency is how often a value occurs.

Standard Deviation is the spread around the Mean.

Range is the difference from the largest to the smallest value.

Boxplots and Interquartile Ranges show the spread of data around the Median.

OTHER POLYGONS

– Pentagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 sides – Hexagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 sides – Heptagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 sides – Octagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 sides – Nonagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 sides – Decagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 sides The number of degrees in a polygon is given by (2n–4) x 90° where n is the number of sides

THE CIRCLE

– The Perimeter of a circle is called the circumference. C = π d or C = 2 π r – The Area, A, of a circle is A = π r2 – There are 360 degrees in a circle and 180 degrees in a semi-circle.

r

FACTORS

Are numbers that multiply together to give a certain number e.g.

24 = 24 x 1 = 12 x 2 = 8 x 3 = 6 x 4 Factors are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24

MULTIPLES

Numbers produced when a certain number is multiplied by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 e.g. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 are multiples of 3.

PRIME NUMBERS

Numbers that only have themselves and one as factors. e.g. The factors of 23 are only 1 and 23, that is, 23 = 23 x 1 The first 20 Prime Numbers are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71.

x 100 Percentages ÷ 100

STATISTICAL GRAPHS

The main two types of graphs used to show statistical results are: Pie Chart Bar Graphs Sector Graph Column or Histograms Number of Students

Other 10% Sunflowers 20%

20 Wool 30%

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TYPES OF TRIANGLES

3 sides and angles add up to 180° Scalene 3 sides different 3 angles different

Equilateral 3 sides equal 3 angles equal

Isosceles 2 sides equal 2 angles equal

Right-angled has a 90° angle

TYPES OF QUADRILATERALS 4 sides and angles add up to 360° Irregular 4 sides different 4 angles different Kite 2 pairs of sides equal 1 pair of angles equal

Parallelogram Opposite sides equal and parallel 2 pairs of angles equal

Rectangle 4 right angles 2 pairs of sides equal

Square 4 right angles 4 sides equal

Rhombus 4 sides equal 2 pairs of sides equal

Trapezium 1 pair of sides parallel

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c + f = 180˚ d + e = 180˚

ROMAN NUMERALS This system of numbers was used many years ago by the people of Rome, the Romans. Today, Roman Numerals are most commonly used on clocks, watches, and to show the year motion pictures were made.

I 1

II 2

III 3

IV 4

V 5

VI 6

VII 7

VIII 8

IX 9

X 10

XI 11

XII 12

XIII 13

XIV 14

XV 15

XVI 16

XVII 17

XVIII 18

XIX 19

XX 20

XXX 30

XL 40

L 50

LX 60

LXX 70

LXXX 80

XC 90

C 100

CC 200

CCC 300

CD 400

D 500

DC 600

DCC 700

DCCC 800

CM 900

MD 1500

MDC 1600

MDCC 1700

MCM 1900

MM 2000

MDCCC 1800

M 1000

A bar over the top of the numeral multiplies the number by 1000, V = 5000,

XVII = 17,000

LXXX = 80,000

The Romans were very logical in the way their numerals worked. They always converted numbers from left to right one digit at a time, from largest to smallest.

Example 1:

1 M

2 CC

9 XC

6 VI

= MCCXCVI

Example 2:

8 DCCC

4 XL

9 IX

=DCCCXLIX

UNDERSTANDING FRACTIONS, DECIMALS AND PERCENTAGES Throughout your lives, you will need to have a good understanding of fractions, decimals, and percentages in many real life situations, including bank interest rates, building plans, shopping, store discounts, and so on.

Following are pie charts that show the size of different fractions and how they fit in with each other.

1 2 0.5 50%

1 3 0.333 33.333%

1 4 0.25 25%

1 5 0.2 20%

1 6 0.1667 16.67%

1 7 0.1429 14.29%

1 8 0.125 12.5%

1 9 0.111 11.1%

1 10 0.1 10%

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