Learning Curve Primary Teacher Planner – Week to an opening by learning_curve

2024 LEARNING CURVE PRIMARY TEACHER PLANNER NAME......................................................................................POSITION ............................... MOBILE................................................. TOP CHARACTER STRENGTHS....................................................................................................................................................... EMERGENCY CONTACT AND MOBILE......................................................................................................................................

INSPIRING MY BEST SELF AS A PERSON WHO MATTERS

What do you want 2024 to be for you: Personally? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Professionally? ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. What is a choice that you need to make? .....................................................................................................................................................................

Our Learning Curve is based on the PERMAH model of wellbeing. We describe a healthy state of wellbeing as: feeling optimistic and hopeful for today and for your future, because you know that you are working towards becoming your best self. The evidence based lessons and activities in the Learning Curve Curriculum are layered and align with ACARA’s F to 10 HPE Curriculum and both the Resilience, Rights & Respectful Relationships and Building Resilience: Social and Emotional Learning research for F, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 & 11-2 from the Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne. Teacher Lesson Guides have been created to support you in confidently teaching every lesson/activity in all planners and journals; individual guides are on our website under the Wellbeing Program tab. To assist the adults in students’ lives to develop a heathy state of wellbeing in themselves, we have created the Wellbeing@School Journal for staff, and the Wellbeing@Work Journal for parents. Our Learning Curve team travels far and wide conducting staff wellbeing days and providing professional development for teachers, parents and leadership teams on how to best implement and embed our program.

Author, Educator and Speaker

Research clearly indicates, that when both students and staff are experiencing a healthy state of wellbeing, significant personal and academic growth occurs within the school community. Please don’t hesitate to contact me should you have any queries whatsoever, All the best, Mick Walsh, The Learning Curve Author

Character Strength 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 is: Gratitude, Kindness, Bravery, Honesty, Creativity, and Teamwork.

CHARACTER STRENGTH WEEK

KINDNESS WEEK There is a Japanese saying which says that one kind word can warm three winters. Being kind to others and to yourself are great ways to live a full and happy life and make a positive difference in the world. Kind acts don’t have to be big. A smile or saying hello are more than enough to be kind to others. This week make Kindness Walls both in your classroom and at home for your class and your family to write down or draw acts of kindness they received or did for others or themselves, that they are grateful for. This Week’s Kindness Gratitudes: write down or draw acts of kindness they did for others or themselves, and ones they are grateful they received.

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. “I am not what has happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” Carl Jung 1

2024 PRIMARY TEACHER PLANNER INDEX Every PERMAH lesson and resilient wellbeing activity in this index adds another layer of resilience and wellbeing to enable both you and your students to move towards becoming your best functioning selves. 2024 Primary Teacher Planner Introduction .........................1

Semester Curriculum Themes ..........................................38-43

2024 Primary Teacher Planner Index .......................................2

Notes .......................................................................................... 44, 93

About This Planner .........................................................................3

Character Strengths Weeks .....................................................95

Using This Planner ...................................................................... 4-5

Trusted Champions .....................................................................99

2024 / 2025 / 2026 Calendars ................................................... 6 2024 Australian School Terms and Public Holidays ..........7 2024 Year Planner .......................................................................8-9 PERMAH+ Reflection: About Your Wellbeing............. 10-12 Exciting Self-Expectations ......................................................... 13 Character Strengths ..................................................................... 14

Positive Self-Talk ......................................................................... 109 Feelings and Emotions................................................................121 Respectful Relationships ...........................................................131 Healthy Self-Talk in Action.......................................................141 Body Language .............................................................................153

Strengths Wheel ............................................................................ 15

Asking for Help.............................................................................163

Resilience Qaulities .................................................................16-17

Describing Yourself .................................................................... 173

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education ......... 18-19

Strengths Word Search .............................................................185

Class Wellbeing Challenges................................................20-23

A Class Share .................................................................................195

Habits of Mind ........................................................................24-25

M.A.R.B.L.E.S. ................................................................................205

Multiple Intelligences ...........................................................26-27 Growth Mindset Skills ......................................................... 28-29 Term One Learning Goals .........................................................30 Term One Learning Goals and Subject Reflections........ 31 Understanding Your Mindset .................................................. 32

REAR PAGES Networking ....................................................................................215 Professional Development Log .............................................216 Taxation Log ..................................................................................217

Musts and Options .......................................................................33

Private Vehicle Travel .........................................................218-219

Sample Timetable ........................................................................ 34

2025 Forward Planner .......................................................220-221

Blank Timetable ............................................................................ 35

Personal Health: Resuscitation/Asthma First Aid ... 222-223

Innovative Teacher Strategies ...........................................36-37

Notes ...............................................................................................224

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ABOUT THIS PLANNER Content from Student Planner

This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn about this planner and how to use it to build your wellbeing and best self. HOW: each week you will learn new skills and approaches from doing the lessons and activities, which will develop by you practising them at school, at home and in your community. What is a resilient state of wellbeing? Feeling positive and hopeful about today and your future, because you know that you are working towards building your best self.

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2. Getting started: there are six lessons to first do: 1. pages 4-5 – Using this Planner; 2. pages 10-12 – PERMAH+Reflection: About Your Wellbeing; 3. pages 16-17 – Resilience Qualities; 4. pages 14-15 – Character Strengths & Wheel; 5. page 32 – Understanding Your Mindset; 6. pages 30-31 – Your Term One Goals and Subject Reflections.

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Daily thoughts, words & actions 40%

Feeling positive emotions broadens your attention and builds your engagement to enjoy what you are doing more. About 40% of your wellbeing depends on your own thoughts, words and actions. Choose to be positive to use them well.

Genetics 50%

4. Each week there is a PERMAH+ lesson, one of eight rotated wellbeing activities, a character strength’s focus and the daily and weekly Big Five Check In (see below). See our website www.learningcurve.com.au for interactive activities. WEEK 1

Mindfulness Time

Wellbeing @ School

PRIMARY RESILIENT WELLBEING TOOLBOX Practising keystone habits to cultivate a resilient state of wellbeing in students

Animals – If you could be any animal, what would you choose to be and what qualities do you like in the animal? ANIMAL

Optimism & Hope

Wellbeing Focus

Empathy & Relationships

What am I looking forward to most this week?

When I wake up, I will choose a positive emotion to feel often throughout the day.

What is something kind I done for someone this week or someone has done for me?

CHARACTER STRENGTHS

As senior students, what are two kind things that you and your friends can do to help a new student to your school feel a sense of belonging and being accepted?

CREATIVITY In your own words, how would you describe creativity?

How does the dictionary describe creativity?

What qualities and strengths do you like about it? Describe a time or times in your life that you believe you have shown this Character Strength.

Growth Mindset

I will do good to feel good, and feel good to do good.

Flexible Thinking

Sense of Purpose

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?

What is an attitude that helps teams work well?

“Life is either a daring text adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller

Acknowledgement: Kabat Zinn & Baer

Self-Control

Mindful Me

Gratitude Journal

I am in charge of me, not my feelings.

I will believe in myself as a person who matters.

What made me happy this week?

PRIMARY PLANNER WEEK 13

Acknowledgement: ACARA 5&6 HPE

PRIMARY PLANNER WEEK 43

AS A STUDENT AS SCHOOL ... Describe a time I used this Character Strength well.

What are two things I will start doing to build this Character Strength?

AS A FAMILY MEMBER AT HOME ... Describe a time I used this Character Strength well.

What are two things I will start doing to build this Character Strength?

AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY ... Describe a time I used this Character Strength well.

What are two things I will start doing to build this Character Strength?

Acknowledgement VIA Institute, www.viacharacter.org

Each weekly PERMAH+ lesson is broken up into: WHY: – the learning intention for what you are about to explore and discover to build your best self. HOW: – ways in which you can practise what you learn to make them habits. DO: – questions to answer to think in positive ways about what you learnt.

6. To support the weekly PERMAH+ lessons, there are optional lessons at the rear of this planner. 7.

The Big Five are things that you need to be aware of and to do to stay healthy. There are daily opportunities to monitor each of these by writing down how you went out of five – */5.

At the end of each week summarise how well you went by colouring in each one.

The Big Five

For each of your Big Five, colour in how you did this week.

Feel Positive

Exercise Daily

Sleep Well

Eat Healthy

Drink Water

Acknowledgement: P – Lyubomirsky, King & Diener, E – Hunter & Csikszentmihalyi, R – Norrish, Robinson & Williams, M – Cotton, Bronk & Damon, A – Hendren & Sheldon, H – Norrish, Robinson & Williams

“Like sand through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.” McDonald Kerry 3

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2024 AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL TERMS & PUBLIC HOLIDAYS SCHOOL TERMS

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: – www.education.act.gov.au Tuesday 30 January (New students) Wednesday 31 January (Continuing Students) to Friday 12 April Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September Monday 14 October to Tuesday 17 December

NATIONAL New Year’s Day ...............................................January ...... Monday ......1 Australia Day ...................................................January ......... Friday ....26 Good Friday ....................................................... March ......... Friday ....29 Easter Saturday ................................................. March ..... Saturday ....30 Easter Sunday ................................................... March ....... Sunday ....31 Easter Monday......................................................April ...... Monday ......1 Anzac Day ............................................................April .....Thursday ...25 Christmas Day ............................................. December . Wednesday ....25 Boxing Day (except S.A.) .............................. December .....Thursday ....26

NEW SOUTH WALES: – www.education.nsw.edu.au Tuesday 30 January to Friday 12 April Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September Monday 14 October to Friday 20 December VICTORIA: – www. education.vic.gov.au Tuesday 30 January to Thursday 28 March Monday 15 April to Friday 28 June Monday 15 July to Friday 20 September Monday 7 October to Friday 20 December QUEENSLAND: – www.education.qld.gov.au Monday 22 January to Thursday 28 March Monday 15 April to Friday 21 June Monday 8 July to Friday 13 September Monday 30 September to Friday 13 December SOUTH AUSTRALIA: – www.education.sa.gov.au Monday 29 January to Friday 12 April Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July Monday 22 July to Friday 27 September Monday 14 October to Friday 13 December WESTERN AUSTRALIA: – www.det.wa.edu.au Wednesday 31 January to Thursday 28 March Monday 15 April to Friday 28 June Monday 15 July to Friday 20 September Monday 7 October to Thursday 12 December NORTHERN TERRITORY: – www.det.nt.gov.au Tuesday 30 January to Friday 5 April Monday 15 April to Friday 21 June Tuesday 16 July to Friday 20 September Monday 7 October to Friday 13 December

TASMANIA: – www.decyp.tas.gov.au Wednesday 7 February to Thursday 11 April Monday 29 April to Friday 5 July Tuesday 23 July to Friday 27 September Monday 14 October to Thursday 19 December

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Canberra Day .................................................... March ...... Monday ....11 Reconciliation Day ................................................ May ...... Monday ....27 Sovereign’s Birthday ........................................... June ...... Monday ....10 Labour Day......................................................October ...... Monday ......7 NEW SOUTH WALES King’s Birthday..................................................... June ...... Monday ....10 Bank Holiday # ................................................. August ...... Monday ......5 Labour Day .....................................................October ...... Monday ......7 VICTORIA Labour Day........................................................ March ...... Monday ....11 King’s Birthday..................................................... June ...... Monday ....10 AFL Grand Final (Friday before) Subject to AFL Schedule .....................TBC Melbourne Cup Day ......................................November ...... Tuesday ......5 QUEENSLAND Labour Day........................................................... May ...... Monday ......6 Royal Queensland Show (Brisbane area only) ..... August . Wednesday ....14 King’s Birthday.................................................October ...... Monday ......7 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Adelaide Cup Day† ........................................... March ...... Monday ....11 King’s Birthday..................................................... June ...... Monday ....10 Labour Day......................................................October ...... Monday ......7 Proclamation Day ........................................ December .....Thursday ....26 WESTERN AUSTRALIA Labour Day........................................................ March ...... Monday ......4 Western Australia Day .......................................... June ...... Monday ......3 King’s Birthday............................................ September ...... Monday ....23 NORTHERN TERRITORY May Day............................................................... May ...... Monday ......6 June Public Holiday.............................................. June ...... Monday ....10 Alice Springs Show Day * .......................................July ......... Friday ......5 Tennant Creek Show Day * .....................................July ......... Friday ....12 Katherine Show Day * ............................................July ......... Friday ....19 Darwin Show Day * ................................................July ......... Friday ....26 Picnic Day ........................................................ August ...... Monday ......5 Borroloola Show Day * ...................................... August ......... Friday ....16 TASMANIA Royal Hobart Regatta (South Tasmania) *..........February ...... Monday ....12 Launceston Cup (North Tasmania) * .................February . Wednesday ....28 Eight Hours Day ................................................. March ...... Monday ....11 Easter Tuesday ....................................................April ...... Tuesday ......2 King’s Birthday..................................................... June ...... Monday ....10 Royal Launceston Show (North Tasmania) * .......October .....Thursday ....10 Royal Hobart Show (South Tasmania) * ..............October .....Thursday ....24 Recreation Day (North Tasmania) * .................November ...... Monday ......4

*Regional observance only. #Not a state wide holiday. †To be proclaimed. Dates are correct at time of printing. All holidays are subject to government regulation. “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.” Socrates 7

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RESILIENCE QUALITIES Content from Student Planner

This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn about the personal qualities that you need to develop in yourself to become resilient to respond well to challenges and setbacks that you have. HOW: for each of the following seven qualities, share a time that you were proud of how you showed it, and rate how often that you use it by ticking one of these Usually Sometimes Not Yet

Your Confidence

Your Patience

You feel that you have what it takes to respond well to most challenges that you have.

You feel that there is no rush and that you need to think things out about the challenge first.

Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you were proud of how you were confident in handling a challenge?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you were proud of how you were patient in handling a challenge?

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Tip: write down your goals each term.

Tip: pause, slow down your breathing and think.

Your Awareness

Your Adaptable Thinking

You feel that you know what is happening with the challenge and how it affects you.

You feel that you can change how you think for a different challenging situation.

Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you were proud of how you were aware of how the challenge was affecting you?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you were proud of how you changed how you were thinking to handle a challenge?

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Tip: look around and count to ten before speaking or acting.

Tip: read through and use Habits of Mind.

Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte

“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.” William Jennings Bryan 16

RESILIENCE QUALITIES Content from Student Planner

Practise using these qualities every day to make them habits to help you to build your wellbeing and best self.

Your Kindness

Your Grit

You feel that you are kind in understanding how others like to be treated for a challenging situation.

You feel that you have the passion and determination to stick at a challenge through hard times.

Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you were proud of how you were kind in understanding the challenges faced by others?

Usually Sometimes Not Yet When is a time that you were proud of how you were passionately determined to handle a challenge?

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Tip: listen, don’t interrupt and be kind.

Tip: use your strengths to the max.

Your Trustworthiness

When is a time that you were proud of how you responded well to a challenge using these qualities?

You 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 were trusted by others to handle a challenging situation?

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What is a challenge that you need to face up to now?

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Tip: Smile and follow through on what you say.

Tip: practise using these qualities every day.

Acknowledgement: Rievich & Shatte

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” Mae Jemison 17

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES Content from Student Planner

This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn how to use each of the Multiple Intelligences in how you learn. HOW: make an effort to leave your comfort zone to use all of these intelligences in how you learn and how you present what you have learned. Multiple Intelligences are a set of eight intelligences which you have your own special mix of, just like your character strengths. Learning to use all eight will help you to learn and think in better ways to produce better learning outcomes and feel happy in yourself.

VERBAL/LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE

VISUAL/SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE

Circle the words that you feel confident about and enjoy doing.

MATHEMATICAL/LOGICAL INTELLIGENCE

MUSICAL/RHYTHMIC INTELLIGENCE

Circle the words that you feel confident about and enjoy doing.

INTELLIGENCE

WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL TRY FOR EACH INTELLIGENCE

Verbal/Linguistic Visual/Spatial Mathematical/ Logical Musical/Rhythmic “If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.” Dolly Parton. 26

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES Content from Student Planner

PHYSICAL/KINAESTHETIC INTELLIGENCE

INTRAPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

Circle the words that you feel confident about and enjoy doing.

INTERPERSONAL INTELLIGENCE

NATURALISTIC INTELLIGENCE

Circle the words that you feel confident about and enjoy doing.

INTELLIGENCE

WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL TRY FOR EACH INTELLIGENCE

Physical/ Kinaesthetic Intrapersonal Intelligence Interpersonal Intelligence

Naturalistic Intelligence Acknowledgement: Howard Gardner

My strongest intelligence is: ...................................................................................................................................................................................... “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” James Matthew Barrie 27

GROWTH MINDSET SKILLS Content from Student Planner

This Lesson: WHY: for your students to learn about growth mindset skills which will help them to build their best selves. HOW: the best way to develop any skill in themselves is by making the effort to practise using it often. Celebrate when they use one of these skills by writing about what they did. Reflect on how you use each of these skills using Usually, Sometimes, Not Yet, and share a time that you were proud of how you used them.

Growth Mindset Skills

When is a time that you were proud of how you used it?

Asking Questions – to learn about what you are unsure of.

 Usually

 Sometimes

 Not yet

Using Strengths – to learn your strengths and deliberately use them.

 Usually

 Sometimes

 Not yet

Solving Problems – to work step by step through problems.

 Usually

 Sometimes

 Not yet

Tackling Projects – to see life as a series of projects for you to grow.

 Usually

 Sometimes

 Not yet

Being Excited – to find something good in everything that you do.

 Usually

 Sometimes

 Not yet

Failing Well – to accept mistakes and learn new things to fix them.

 Usually

 Sometimes

 Not yet

“I am not what has happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” Saying 28

GROWTH MINDSET SKILLS Content from Student Planner

Being prepared to use these skills shows a growth mindset that you believe you can develop your brain’s abilities by trying new approaches.

Growth Mindset Skills

When is a time that you were proud of how you used it?

Thinking Sideways – to change how you think to learn better.

 Usually

 Sometimes

 Not yet

Being Alone – to to be happy playing and learning on your own.

 Usually

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Being Kind – to show kindness for others’ and your feelings.

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Accepting Difference – to celebrate the wonder of differences.

 Usually

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 Not yet

Enjoying change – to live life as an exciting adventure.

 Usually

 Sometimes

 Not yet

Acknowledgement: Leo Babauta “The first steps on the road to wisdom are wonderment and awe.” MW 29

TERM ONE LEARNING GOALS Content from Student Planner

This Lesson: WHY: for your students to set three goals this term, one for improving their learning and thinking skills in class, one for building their healthy friendships, and one for what they want to achieve for themselves. HOW: for each of their goals, think about and write down what they need to learn and who can help them. For any goal you set, you rarely start at zero or finish at the top of the scale. Mark where you think you are on the ladder at the start of the term, and where you think you can climb to over the term.

Term Learning Goals – my pathways to building my best self

Goal One: About improving my learning and thinking skills in class: I will Starting Target: Circle where I think I am now on achieving this goal

What do I need to learn and who can help me?

At end of Term circle where I think I can reach on this goal

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Goal Two: About building healthy friendships: I will Starting Target: Circle where I think I am now on achieving this goal

What do I need to learn and who can help me?

At end of Term circle where I think I can reach on this goal

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Goal Three: About what I want to achieve for myself: I will Starting Target: Circle where I think I am now on achieving this goal

What do I need to learn and who can help me?

At end of Term circle where I think I can reach on this goal

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Sign Off! Me:

Date:

My Parent/Guardian:

Date:

My Home Room/Form Teacher:

Date:

Acknowledgement: Sheldon & Adams Miller “It is not the strongest who do well in life, but those who know what to do when they don’t know what to do.” MW 30

TERM ONE LEARNING GOALS AND SUBJECT REFLECTIONS This Lesson: WHY: for your students to reflect on what they learned for each of their goals as they worked towards achieving them, and on their progress in each of their main subjects. HOW: In the left hand column, reflect on how far they reached towards achieving each of their three goals and what they learnt. In the right hand column, reflect on how well they went in each of their main subjects.

Reflections on my Term One learning goals

Reflections on my Subjects

1. What good things did I learn for this "learning and thinking skills

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goal" that I’m grateful for?

My effort:

My learning outcomes:

Subject 2: Mark where you felt you reached towards achieving this goal:

My effort:

2. What good things did I learn for this "building healthy

My learning outcomes:

My effort:

My learning outcomes:

My effort:

My learning outcomes:

My effort:

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friendships goal" that I’m grateful for?

Subject 3:

Mark where you felt you reached towards achieving this goal:

3. What good things did I learn for this "what I wanted to achieve for myself goal" that I’m grateful for?

Subject 4:

Subject 5:

Mark where you felt you reached towards achieving this goal:

Sign Off! Me:

Date:

My Parent/Guardian:

Date:

My Home Room/Form Teacher:

Date:

Acknowledgement: Sheldon & Adams Miller “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” Ralph Waldo Emerson 31

SEMESTER ONE – CURRICULUM THEMES CLASS:

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“A leader is someone who knows the way, goes the way, shows the way.” John Maxwell 38

SEMESTER TWO – CURRICULUM THEMES CLASS:

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“There is more to life than increasing speed.” Gandhi 39

29 JANUARY 2024

Engagement + Mindfulness: GROWING BRAIN PATHWAYS Fabulous First Five Minutes – ask students when is a time that they have been proud about something they have achieved? WHY: for students to learn that by practising tasks that are a little harder, they can grow their brains’ abilities. HOW: read Growing Brain Pathways with your class. Explain that practising the learning tasks that they can do comfortably, might make them become more reliable, but won’t grow their brains’ abilities. Share that when they try harder work, they will make more mistakes, which they can fix by learning better approaches. Add that by practising these, they will be able to grow their brains’ abilities. Also add, that practising creates patterns which cause their brain pathways to strengthen so that the messages travel faster along them; this is how habits are created. DO: read and discuss the following questions and ask students to journal their thoughts in their planners about: what is something that you want to improve and how will you practise it? When have you created a habit by practising harder learning tasks to stretch yourself? Which Character Strength can help you with Acknowledgement: Pascual-Leone & Dweck Growing Brain Pathways? (page 14)

PRIMARY PLANNER

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Engagement + mindfulness

Books Read This Week

Growing Brain Pathways WHY: by practising things that you want to improve, your brain will build new and strengthen existing brain pathways to make it happen.

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HOW: practise tasks that are a little harder than your normal ones, so that your brain’s abilities are stretched and will grow. This is how habits are created. There is a saying which says, practice makes perfect, but because your brain is forever changing, perhaps it should say, practice makes progress. But also, practising poor behaviours creates bad habits Acknowledgement: Pascual-Leone & Dweck

DO: what is something that you want to improve and how will you practise it? ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... When have you created a habit by practising harder learning tasks to stretch yourself? ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................

Responding Resiliently There are challenges that may put self-doubts in your mind about whether you have what it takes to overcome it. When is a time that you were proud of how you were positive about your ability to respond resiliently to such a challenge?

Mindfulness Colouring In

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What was I curious about? .................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................

Class Wellbeing Challenge

Practise Positive Body Language to be a good role model for each other and younger students. (page 120)

The Big Five

For each of your Big Five, colour in how you did this week.

Feel Positive

Exercise Daily

Sleep Well

Eat Healthy

Drink Water

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5 FEBRUARY 2024

Relationships + Empathy: RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS Fabulous First Five Minutes – ask students what is a strength that they look for in people when making friends? WHY: for students to learn that when they value others and others value them, feel good brain chemicals will make them feel great to build respectful relationships. HOW: read Respectful Relationships with your class. Explain that when they enjoy the company of other people and everyone shows that they feel valued, are friendly and happy, the feel good brain chemical, serotonin, will be released into their bloodstreams, causing warm feelings. Share that other people know when they are interested in building respectful relationships with them. Add that for their relationships to be respectful, both themselves and the other person need to feel connected, protected and respected. DO: read and discuss the following questions and ask students to journal their thoughts in their planners about: when is a time that you showed that you cared for others’ needs and feelings? When is a time that you felt valued by others? Feel good? Which Resilience Quality can help you with Respectful Relationships? Acknowledgement: Diener & Biswas-Diener (pages 16-17)

PRIMARY PLANNER

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Relationships + empathy

Books Read This Week

Respectful Relationships WHY: by understanding that nearly everything you achieve in life will come from working well with others, you will be more determined to build healthy and respectful relationships.

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HOW: when you feel that others think you matter and they feel the same way about you, the feel good brain chemical, serotonin, is released into your bloodstream, making you feel great. Enjoy happy times and fun times with friends and family in person so that you all feel connected, protected and respected. Acknowledgement: Diener & Biswas-Diener

DO: when is a time that you showed that you cared for others’ needs and feelings? ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... When is a time that you felt valued by others? Feel good? ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................

Mindfulness Colouring In

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

What was a good choice I made? .................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson

Character Strengths in Action

Class Brainstorm: how can we show Gratitude this week? (page 118)

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

The Big Five

For each of your Big Five, colour in how you did this week.

Feel Positive

Exercise Daily

Sleep Well

Eat Healthy

Drink Water

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26 FEBRUARY 2024 Health + strengths: HEALTHY BIG FIVE Fabulous First Five Minutes – ask students who is someone that they upset who they should say sorry to? WHY: for students to develop their self-awareness of the things that they need to monitor to be healthy and happy. HOW: read Healthy Big Five with your class. Explain that all of the Big Five are equally important, and should they neglect one, it will affect the others. Share that by doing the Healthy Big Five well every day they will be able to develop their wellbeing to build their best self. Do the Big Five Check In by colouring in how well they did for each one. Rating how well they did each of the Big Five daily is a great strategy to develop both their self-awareness and self-regulation. DO: read and discuss the following questions and ask students to journal their thoughts in their planners about: when is a time that you were proud of how well you did all of the Healthy Big Five? Which of the Healthy Big Five do you enjoy doing well every day? Which Character Strength can you use with Healthy Big Five? (page 14) Acknowledgement: Hassed & Rath

PRIMARY PLANNER

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Health + strengths

Books Read This Week

Healthy Big Five WHY: by doing the Healthy Big Five well every day, you will directly be able to develop your wellbeing to build your best self.

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HOW: your Healthy Big Five are thinking positively, eating healthy, sleeping well, drinking water and exercising daily. These work together as a family, and if you are struggling with one, the others will suffer too. Every day jot down how you did for each one and on Friday colour in the Big Five Check In. Acknowledgement: : Hassed & Rath

DO: when is a time that you were proud of how well you did all of the Healthy Big Five? ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... Which of the Healthy Big Five do you enjoy doing well every day? ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................

Wellbeing@School Who are two people in the media or in the community, that influence the thoughts and beliefs of people in your age group? Are they good or bad influences?

Mindfulness Colouring In

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What did I ask for help with? .................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................

Acknowledgement: ACARA 5-6 HPE

Class Wellbeing Challenge

Practise Appreciation and Love to be grateful for the treasures in your life. (page 120)

The Big Five

For each of your Big Five, colour in how you did this week.

Feel Positive

Exercise Daily

Sleep Well

Eat Healthy

Drink Water

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Positive Emotion + gratitude: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF Fabulous First Five Minutes – ask students when is a time this week that they have shown that they are grateful? WHY: for students to be happy that they are their own special one of a kind and to be grateful for their own strengths. HOW: read Believe in Yourself with your class. Explain that the most important relationship that they have is the one that they have with themselves, and as such, they need to believe in the person who they see in the mirror. Share that every single person on the planet is good at something and has their own strengths and talents, and that they are no different; be thankful for themselves. Add that understanding and believing in themselves gives them the energy to welcome challenges and fix their mistakes. DO: read and discuss the following questions and ask students to journal their thoughts in their planners about: when is a time that you believed in yourself to stretch your thinking to fix your mistakes? What is a skill and a strength that you have that you are grateful for? Which Resilience Quality can help you with Acknowledgement: Bandura & Rotter Believe in Yourself? (pages 16-17)

PRIMARY PLANNER

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Positive Emotion + gratitude

Books Read This Week

Believe in Yourself WHY: by accepting that you are one of a kind and that you don’t need to try to be like others, you will feel proud to build your best self.

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HOW: believe in your abilities and strengths to enable you to welcome challenges which stretch you. When you make mistakes, as everyone does, trust that by learning new and more intelligent things, you will grow your brain’s abilities to fix them. Only doing easy tasks won’t grow your brain’s abilities. Acknowledgement: Bandura & Rotter

DO: when is a time that you believed in yourself to stretch your thinking to fix your mistakes? ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... What is a skill and a strength you have that you are grateful for? Skill: ..................................................................................................... Strength: ............................................................................................

Mindfulness Puzzle FIND 12 DIFFERENCES.

Answer on page 160

What is something new I tried? .................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................

Character Strengths in Action

Class Brainstorm: how can we show Forgiveness this week? (page 118)

Mindfulness Colouring In

The Big Five

For each of your Big Five, colour in how you did this week.

Feel Positive

Exercise Daily

Sleep Well

Eat Healthy

Drink Water

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APRIL 2024 TERM:

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PRIORITIES / MEETINGS

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Wellbeing Challenge: Inspiring Your Best Self What are you looking forward to most this week? Consider: how well do you show gratitude every night by writing down three things that you were grateful for, and sharing them as a family?

Your children need your presence not your presents; play with them

PREPARATION AND FOLLOW-UP:

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“He who keeps a child in his heart never grows old.” Saying

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HOW DID YOU FEEL THIS WEEK?

WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?

During the term record positive anecdotal comments on every student as you observe them

PREPARATION AND FOLLOW-UP:

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“Our aspirations are our possibilities.” Samuel Johnson

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REFLECTION TIME

APRIL 2024

Regular and deep reflection on our professional practice and encouraging honest feedback from critical friends are essential to the ongoing development of learning and teaching in our classes. Be constructive; this is a development exercise, not a judgemental one. Be creative and innovative. CLASS

DID THE CLASS ACHIEVE WHAT YOU WISHED? WHY OR WHY NOT?

THINGS TO ACHIEVE/FOLLOW-UP NEXT MONTH

IDEAS BANK / ANY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED?

Mindful Colouring In: connect with yourself and the moment to enjoy feelings of flow and positive emotions.

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May – is named after the Roman goddess of spring and growth, Maia. Her father, Atlas, was said to carry the world on his shoulders with his mighty strength. Her son, Hermes, was also famous. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt 130

WELLBEING BUILDER

MAY 2024 Content from Student Planner

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?

What are two respectful relationships that you have with other people where you feel a sense of belonging?

Act like ..........................................

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Feel like ..........................................

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What are two warning signs that you and your friends could feel when in an unsafe relationship?

What are two positive coping strategies that you could use if you felt unsafe or was being bullied?

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What are two things that you would notice if someone has power over someone else in a relationship?

Problems need to be sorted out that is good for everyone involved – no winners or losers. What is a friendship problem you had which was worked out fairly for a win-win and how did you achieve this?

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Acknowledgement: 5-6 RRRR Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne “You can be whatever type of person you choose to be. Your habits, your behaviours, your responses, are all your choice.” P.K. Shaw 131

SEPTEMBER 2024 TERM:

WEEK:

PRIORITIES / MEETINGS

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DONE

Wellbeing Challenge: Inspiring Your Best Self What are you looking forward to most this week? Consider: What is something that you love passionately engaging with, and what do you notice while this is happening?

The ideal daily servings are five vegetable and three fruit; does wonders for overall health

PREPARATION AND FOLLOW-UP:

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“If he works for you, you work for him.” Japanese Proverb

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THIS WEEK

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HOW DID YOU FEEL THIS WEEK?

WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?

Throwing a tennis ball around with your children and students is fun exercise

PREPARATION AND FOLLOW-UP:

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“Nothing is to be feared in life. It is only to be understood.” Marie Curie

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REFLECTION TIME

SEPTEMBER 2024

DID THE CLASS ACHIEVE WHAT YOU WISHED? WHY OR WHY NOT?

THINGS TO ACHIEVE/FOLLOW-UP NEXT MONTH

IDEAS BANK / ANY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED?

Mindful Colouring In: connect with yourself and the moment to enjoy feelings of flow and positive emotions.

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October – is named after the Latin word “octo” meaning eight. The rearranging of the months on the Julian calendar saw it become the tenth month. “Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” Chinese Proverb. 184

WELLBEING BUILDER

OCTOBER 2024 Content from Student Planner

STRENGTHS WORD SEARCH

This Lesson: WHY: for you to practise using the language of strengths so that it becomes natural for you. HOW: look for the most unusual letter in each word in the search first. When you have found it, look for the other letters around it.

BRAVERY CREATIVITY CURIOSITY EXCELLENCE FAIRNESS FORGIVENESS GRATITUDE HOPE

HUMILITY HUMOUR JUDGEMENT KINDNESS LEADERSHIP LOVE LOVE OF LEARNING PERSEVERANCE

PERSPECTIVE PRUDENCE SELF CONTROL SENSE OF MEANING TEAMWORK ZEST

Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” Mother Teresa 185

REFLECTION TIME

DECEMBER AND 2025

Regular reflection of professional practice and encouraging honest feedback from critical friends are both essential and beneficial to the ongoing development of learning and teaching. At the end of each month, reflect on your teaching practice and record your thoughts below. This is a developmental exercise, not a judgemental one; be constructive. Did you achieve what you set out to do? Why or Why not?

Things that went well and why:

Things to improve on and how. Any professional development required?

Things to achieve in the future:

Things to follow up:

Ideas bank:

“If you have accomplished all you have that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough.” Edward Everrett Hale 214

NETWORKING

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“A sense of curiosity is nature’s original school of education.” Smiley Blanton 215

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