ENJOYING MY BEST SELF to share my positive feelings and attitudes
With your family, friends, classmates and teacher, enjoy doing the lessons and activities on your journey to grow everyone’s wellbeing. When you all work together special things can be achieved.
Draw your family, friends and yourself enjoying your favourite place in the outdoors. What are their names?
Character
Strengths Weeks
There are six Character Strengths Weeks spread throughout this journey. 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. From the website www.learningcurve.com.au download the Strengths Weeks sheets from Individual Resources/Character Strengths Weeks and the Wellbeing Awards Certificates from Individual Resources/Wellbeing Awards.
Acknowledgement: Sonja Lyubirmorsky & Tal Ben Shahar
“Your mind is the greatest power you have. Use it well.” Aneta Cruz
What Does Being Resilient Mean?
This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn about the skills that you need to be resilient at school and at home. When you hear your family and teachers talking about you being resilient, they mean that you are able to respond well to problems or setbacks by bouncing back from them. HOW: there are seven skills that you have to practise using in how you think and what you say and do to become resilient. Describe or draw what you do or could do for each of these skills.
When is a time that I responded well to and bounced back from a problem or setback?
Skill 1. Feeling positive about the future – when have I done this well?
Skill 2. Controlling my own feelings – when have I done this well?
Skill 3. No acting or speaking without thinking – when have I done this well?
Acknowledgement: Reivich & Shatte
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” Dr. Seuss
What Does Being Resilient Mean?
When you start to grow these skills in yourself, you will enjoy tackling harder challenges and see mistakes and fixing them as important things to accept and do to enjoy your best self.
Skill 4. Changing how I think for different situations – when have I done this well? .....................................................................................................................................................
Skill 5. Caring about others’ needs and feelings – when have I done this well? .....................................................................................................................................................
Skill 6. Believing in myself as a person who matters – when have I done this well? .....................................................................................................................................................
Skill 7. Wanting to connect and be with other people – when have I done this well? .....................................................................................................................................................
Acknowledgement: Reivich & Shatte
“Failure is the only opportunity to begin again.” Henry Ford
What is Happening?
WHY: by starting every day looking forward to something and then noticing when it is happening, you will be more aware of other good things around you.
HOW: when you wake up, think of something that you want to happen, such as, saying “hello” to a friend, and enjoy when it happens. Be curious to notice different things every day.
Acknowledgement: Kabat Zinn & Baer
DO: what is something that you are looking forward to today?
What is something different that you noticed today?
“Try to notice something different about every day.” MW
How Did You Feel This Week?
Healthy Relationships
Your feelings are called emotions, and they change when you are with different people and in different places. What is an emotion that you like feeling, and one that you don’t like and what can cause them?
Mindfulness Time
Animals – if you could be any animal, what would you be and why did you choose this animal?
Acknowledgement: 3-4 RRRR, Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
Acknowledgement: Kabat Zinn & Baer
Fab First Five: What is something that is special to you that you think about often?
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The Big Three
Colour in how well you went this week.
DID EXERCISE GOT SLEEP
Mindfulness Maze. Find your way through the maze!
Something Special
WHY: by having something to aim for which makes a difference, called a purpose, you will feel good about yourself.
HOW: think of things which help other people and yourself to live happier lives, and choose one of them as your purpose to aim for. Different people have different purposes. The main thing is to have one to try hard for.
Acknowledgement:Emmons, Frankl & Nakanishi
DO: what is something that you want to do to make a positive difference for others?
Why is this purpose special for you?
“Think, what is a little thing that you can do to make a difference.” MW
Mindfulness Puzzle.
Enjoy the challenge of finding ten differences and the correct shadow.
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People and You Matter
WHY: by being kind and showing that other people and you matter, you will enjoy healthy relationships.
HOW: ask “RUOK”, feel strong to say “sorry” and forgive others when things have gone wrong between you. Use your strengths to do what you know is right for you to do, and do good to feel good and feel good to do good.
Acknowledgement: Dutton & Lyubomirsky
DO: Who is someone that you should say “sorry” to and someone who you should forgive?
When has someone said “sorry” to you and someone has forgiven you?
Said “sorry”
Forgiven you
“Show that you care for the feelings of other people.” MW
Mindfulness
Puzzle. Enjoy the challenge of finding the words in the Word Search
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THESE WORDS between enjoy feel forgive good healthy kind matter people right ruok say sorry strong wrong
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It takes about 50 licks to finish just one scoop of ice cream. Draw an ice cream.
DID EXERCISE GOT SLEEP DRANK WATER
Kindness Week
This Lesson: WHY: for you, your class and your family to use the strength Kindness to create fun activities to build relationships. (put this sheet on the fridge at home). HOW: during the week, when you are kind or notice someone else being kind, write it on the Kindness sheet.
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.
Acknowledgement: 3-4 RRRR, Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
“What matters is not knowing, but loving to learn to know.” MW
Multiplication Times Tables
This Lesson: WHY: for you to practise your multiplication tables regularly so that they become habits that you can repeat naturally. HOW: have fun with your friends and classmates testing each other on the tables.
ONES
1 x 1 = 1
2 x 1 = 2
3 x 1 = 3
4 x 1 = 4
5 x 1 = 5
6 x 1 = 6
7 x 1 = 7
8 x 1 = 8
9 x 1 = 9
10 x 1 = 10
11 x 1 = 11
12 x 1 = 12
FIVES
1 x 5 = 5
2 x 5 = 10
3 x 5 = 15
4 x 5 = 20
5 x 5 = 25
6 x 5 = 30
7 x 5 = 35
8 x 5 = 40
9 x 5 = 45
10 x 5 = 50
11 x 5 = 55
12 x 5 = 60
NINES
1 x 9 = 9
2 x 9 = 18
3 x 9 = 27
4 x 9 = 36
5 x 9 = 45
6 x 9 = 54
7 x 9 = 63
8 x 9 = 72
9 x 9 = 81
10 x 9 = 90
11 x 9 = 99
12 x 9 = 108
Acknowledgement: ACARA 3-4 Maths
TWOS
1 x 2 = 2
x 2 = 4
x 2 = 6
x 2 = 8
x 2 = 10
x 2 = 12
x 2 = 14
x 2 = 16
x 2 = 18
x 2 = 20
x 2 = 22
x 2 = 24
SIXES
1 x 6 = 6 2 x 6 = 12 3 x 6 = 18 4 x 6 = 24 5 x 6 = 30 6 x 6 = 36 7 x 6 = 42 8 x 6 = 48 9 x 6 = 54 10 x 6 = 60 11 x 6 = 66 12 x 6 = 72
TENS
1 x 10 = 10 2 x 10 = 20 3 x 10 = 30 4 x 10 = 40
x 10 = 50
x 10 = 60
x 10 = 70
x 10 = 80 9 x 10 = 90
x 10 = 100 11 x 10 = 110 12 x 10 = 120
THREES
1 x 3 = 3 2 x 3 = 6 3 x 3 = 9 4 x 3 = 12
5 x 3 = 15
6 x 3 = 18
7 x 3 = 21
8 x 3 = 24 9 x 3 = 27 10 x 3 = 30 11 x 3 = 33 12 x 3 = 36
SEVENS
1 x 7 = 7
2 x 7 = 14 3 x 7 = 21
4 x 7 = 28
5 x 7 = 35
6 x 7 = 42
7 x 7 = 49
8 x 7 = 56
9 x 7 = 63 10 x 7 = 70 11 x 7 = 77 12 x 7 = 84
ELEVENS
1 x 11 = 11
2 x 11 = 22
3 x 11 = 33 4 x 11 = 44 5 x 11 = 55 6 x 11 = 66
x 11 = 77 8 x 11 = 88 9 x 11 = 99 10 x 11 = 110 11 x 11 = 121 12 x 11 = 132
FOURS
x 4 = 4 2 x 4 = 8 3 x 4 =
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, I’m possible.” Audrey Hepburn
