MY WELLBEING JOURNEY – YEAR 3
MY NAME
EXPLORING MY BEST SELF
To explore what you can do to grow into a happy and caring young person, have fun with your friends, classmates, parents and teachers doing the lessons and activities in this Wellbeing Journey. Class brainstorms are good ways to have fun sharing your thoughts to learn together.
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Strengths Weeks
Draw a picture of classmates who you know, and add more as you get to know them.
There are four strengths weeks throughout the year and they are placed on the bottom of the right hand page for that week. You and your classmates can draw or describe how you could use one of the strengths below to build your wellbeing and healthy friendships. The order of these weeks are: Being Curious, Being Grateful, Being in a Team and Being Kind.
Download these activity sheets and award certificates from the Wellbeing Program/Individual Resources/Strengths Weeks or Wellbeing Awards sections of www.learningcurve.com.au
Acknowledgement: Sonja Lyubirmorsky & Tal Ben Shahar
My Strengths
This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn that your strengths are your own personal best ways to do what you need to do everyday. HOW: everyone has their own mix of them, which makes all of us special in our ways. Draw a circle around the six strengths which you think are your strongest ones.
Creativity
Having new ideas and thoughts
Bravery
Doing what you know is right
Love
Caring for others and myself
Teamwork
Working well with others
Forgiveness
Accepting others’ mistakes
Gratitude
Being thankful for good things
Curiosity
Being interested in learning more
Persistence
Keeping trying and not giving up
Love of Learning
Enjoying listening to learn
Honesty
Always telling the truth
Kindness
To do kind things for others
Fairness
Doing the right thing
Self-control
Being in charge of your feelings
Tolerance
Accepting others’ differences
Leadership
Bringing out the best in others
Prudence
Taking sensible and safe actions
Hope
Looking at your life positively
Acknowledgement: Martin Seligman, Chris Peterson & VIA Institute
Humour
Enjoying fun and laughing
“Just as we don’t realise we are breathing, we often don’t realise we are using our character strengths.” Martin Seligman
My Strengths Backpack
This Lesson: WHY: for you to write the six strengths that you chose in your Strengths Backpack. HOW: colour in each section of your backpack. Then you will be able to put on your backpack every morning to carry your strengths around to help you to make good choices.
Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson
“ You will shine as a person when you make the effort to use your strengths.” MW
Interested Listening
WHY: by understanding that interested listening is one of the best ways to build other people’s and your wellbeing, you will be able to show that you value what they are saying.
HOW: when listening to someone, look at their eyes, smile and be friendly, which will make them feel special and that you think that they matter to you.
Acknowledgement: Gable, Gonzaga & Strachman
DO: when is a time that you were proud of how you showed interested listening with someone?
Who is someone you know that listens in an interested way? How do they?
“Listening shows that you care.” MW
Mindfulness Puzzle.
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Enjoy finding ten differences between the pictures and find the correct shadow.
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Did You Know That?
Spiders have blue blood, eat insects, and lay eggs. Draw a spider.
The Big Three Colour in how well you went this week. DID EXERCISE GOT SLEEP
Writing and Drawing
WHY: by understanding that your brain has two sides, left and right, you will learn best when you use your whole brain.
HOW: your left brain listens to your teachers’ words, so write them down using your own words. Your right brain looks for patterns, so do drawings of what you are learning to connect it to what you already know.
Acknowledgement: Wade & De Bono
DO: when is a time that you used your whole brain when learning in class?
How does drawing about what your teacher says help you learn?
“Use your whole brain to learn well.” MW
Fab First Five:
What exercise do you do to be healthy?
Answer on page 133 Mindfulness Maze. Enjoy finding the right path!
How Did You Feel This Week?
Relaxing Breathing
Hand Breathing: sit quietly and look at one of your hands. For each finger and your thumb, breathe in for 4 going up, hold for 4 at the tip, then breathe out for 4 going down. Repeat twice.
How did you feel while doing Hand Breathing? .......................................................................
How many days did you try Hand Breathing this week?
Acknowledgement: Gozen
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The Big Three
Colour in how well you went this week.
DID EXERCISE GOT SLEEP
Being Grateful
What went well for you this week?
Sleeping Well
WHY: by having at least a 10 hour deep sleep every night, your mind and body will get the rest they need to grow well.
HOW: get ready for bed the same way every night. No device screen time 60 minutes before bedtime, having a bath or shower, drinking a cup of warm milk and reading will help you fall asleep.
Acknowledgement: Rath & Breus
DO: what is something that you do to help you to fall asleep?
How do feel after having a 10 hour deep sleep?
“Sleep is number one to be happy.” MW
Mindfulness Puzzle. Enjoy joining the dots and colouring in.
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Frogs drink water through their skin. Draw a frog.
The Big Three Colour in how well you went this week. DID EXERCISE GOT SLEEP DRANK WATER
Kindness in Action
This Lesson: WHY: for you to understand that the kinder you are to other people and also to yourself, healthier will be your wellbeing. HOW: every week make a big effort to do some of these kind things for family friends and classmates. Draw a circle around those that you do often to be kind.
Make a card thanking someone for all they do for me.
Smile at and say “hello” to people I meet.
Read a funny book with my family.
Say “Hi!” to someone I don’t normally talk to.
Give someone a compliment.
Make “Be Happy” notes and pass them out.
Hold the door open for others.
Play with someone I don’t usually play with.
Make my bed every morning.
Put my toys away every night.
Be a good sport when playing games.
Say “hello” to the person with the stop sign at the crossing.
Pick up rubbish at school and at home.
Be kind to my body by drinking water.
Make a bookmark for a friend.
Draw a picture of my family and give it to them.
Think of three good things that happened every day.
Tell someone, “Great job!”
Help younger students around the school.
Say “hello” with a happy face to my neighbours.
Help my teacher make the chairs and tables look neat.
Give someone a hug when they really need it.
Help with a job at home without being asked.
Acknowledgement: 3-4 RRRR, Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
“You live by what you give.”
Clean up my bedroom by putting my toys away.
Me Feeling Safe
This Lesson: WHY: for you to understand where there are places that you feel safe, people who you feel safe with, and how to keep safe around water and crossing roads. HOW: think about the following safety questions and describe or draw your answers.
Where are places that I feel safe?
What do I do to be safe at the beach or in a pool?
Acknowledgement: ACARA 3-4 HPE
Who are people that I feel safe with?
What do I do to cross the road safely?
“Foot prints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.” Proverb