ONLINE STUDENT WELLBEING PROGRAM
Weekly online student wellbeing resources for the whole school year!
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The Learning Curve Student Wellbeing Program is based on PERM learning outcomes. It provides strategies to build more resilient studen the resources to help them. Complimentary access to the password Resources include: » Lesson Components » Interactive Thinking Tools » Interactive Character Strength Activities » Habits of Mind Focuses » Parent Newsletter Articles » Interactive Mindfulness Activities » Resilience Builders » Wellbeing Fitness Challenges » Wellbeing Reflection Activities
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Wellbeing Fitness Challenge
STUDENT Neuroscience has shown that with every new experience you have, your brain changes and that you can grow your brain’s abilities in all areas of your life. Just as you boost your physical fitness by regularly working out, the wellbeing fitness challenges stretch your abilities to grow your wellbeing.
brain stretch
Character Strength
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honesty In your own words, how would you describe honesty?
How does the dictionary describe honesty?
Describe a time or times in your life that you believe you have shown this Character Strength.
Improving Thinking – improving the way I am thinking by intentionally using Habits of Mind and a variety of thinking tools in my learning to grow my brain’s abilities. In the boxes below describe a time you have shown this Character Strength and think of two things you will start doing in your roles as a student, family and community member. Also, which of your signature strengths will benefit from this Character Strength? Describe a time/s I used this Character Strength well As a student at School
As a family member at Home
As a member of the Community
Acknowledgement VIA Institute, www.viacharacter.org
What are two things I will start doing to build this Character Strength
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MAH teaching models that assist students in achieving more positive nts whilst developing their character strengths and providing you with d protected resources is provided with the purchase of the planners. SECONDARY PARENT NEWSLETTER ARTICLE PERMAH+ Topic:
Middle – POSITIVE COMMUNICATING Senior – MIRRORING NEURONS
Wellbeing Element:
Positive Emotion + gratitude
Wellbeing Learning Intention:
for students to learn how to read and understand the intention of body language messages.
Character Strength:
Honesty
Parent Wellbeing:
What is something that you are passionate about doing? If you haven’t, then find something to give you a reason to get out of bed every morning and strive hard to achieve it. To accomplish it you will need to stick at it show grit. To learn about how gritty you are, do Angela Duckworth’s free Grit Scale Score at http://bit.ly/gritscale. How gritty are you? Acknowledgement: Angela Duckworth
The greatest single influence to living a meaningful and fulfilling life is high quality personal relationships. Nearly everything that we will achieve in life will be through people, with people and by people, so we need to develop our students’ interpersonal skills to communicate including: • using and reading friendly and welcoming body language messages to show positive intentions. • recognising inference, bias and emphasis in conversations • developing relationships through making eye contact when having face to face conversations • learning to listen with their eyes, their ears and their hearts to show that the value other people. • valuing and considering other peoples’ opinions and ideas because they matter • not being on autopilot and being present and mindful in each and every moment Our students are digital natives, who in many situations, prefer communicating with their devices rather than having face to face personal conversations with others. And because of this lack of in person interaction, many students are not learning how to read or send appropriate body language messages. They are also missing out on the magnificent feelings which come from serotonin and oxytocin, the brain chemicals released during in person communication. We all possess mirror neurons, which copy the expressions, moods and intentions of those around us, but not so from electronic communication. As such, we need to create opportunities for them to experience the beauty of in person connection to share positive intentions. Acknowledgement: Greenfield & Iacoboni
“The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen.” Ray Moody
RESILIENCE BUILDER
week 22
You are to lead a group of students who are to organise a talent quest for the whole school. When assembling your group, what mix of top five strengths do you think are essential to have within the group to be successful in achieving your goal. Describe your reasons. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Thinking Tool
answer, reflect, share
This Thinking Strategy is designed to organise your thinking approaches in order to systematically examine and analyse a topic, event or process. It can be used individually, in small groups or as a class.
In the Answer section answer any questions posed on a topic, event or process. This will often involve group discussion, so it is important to listen with your eyes, your ears and your heart to add depth to your understanding.
In the Reflect section note down any issues, implications or thoughts you or your group may have about it. There are always different points of view and ideas to examine before arriving at a thoroughly considered answer.
In the Share and Explore section all individuals or groups share their answers and reflections with the class. This enables all members of the class to tap into the collective intellect of the class. This may well lead to extending discussion on the topic, event or process further to create new understandings and perhaps predictions.
Albert Einstein
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”
Resilience Builder – Middle Secondary
HABITS OF MIND
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Answer any questions posed.
share anD eXPlOre
Share your answers and reflections.
THINKING FLEXIBLY » changing my views when I receive new information » shifting from “my way is the only way” to “perhaps another way is better”.
reflect
Note down any issues, implications or thoughts.
Describe a time I have been flexible in my thinking and why. Who has impressed me with his/her flexible thinking and why?
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