MY NAME
MY WELLBEING JOURNEY – YEAR 6
BUILDING MY BEST SELF to become a young person who matters
Being with other people is the best way to enjoy positive emotions and to build your and their wellbeing. Eye contact, a smile, a “hello”, a kind word and actively listening creates healthy and respectful relationships.
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A healthy state of wellbeing is feeling positive and hopeful about today and for your future, because you know that you are working towards creating your best self.
What do I want for myself at school and at home this year?
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What is a determined choice that I will need to make for this to happen?
I choose to:
use I can and I will self-talk to overcome challenges look forward to doing something positive every day do good to feel good and feel good to do good be grateful for good things that happen in my life
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 Lyubomirsky & Tal Ben Shahar
“We know what we are but know not what we may be.” Shakespeare
Wellbeing Term Reflection
For many students, how happy they feel varies for different situations and being with different people. The best way to build your wellbeing is to smile and be kind to others, because their positive responses will make your day.
AACCOMPLISHMENT + optimism –
set goals to aim for which stretched your abilities to learn more difficult things to improve.
When is a time that you felt proud of yourself for achieving something that you set out to do?
Asked questions when you were unsure of what you were learning?
Tried using Habits of Mind to develop your thinking abilities?
Used Thinking Tools to think more creatively and intelligently?
Completed your school work on time and tried to stretch your bests?
Was prepared to try more difficult approaches to fix your mistakes?
What is something that you are looking forward to working hard to achieve for yourself? .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
HHEALTH + strengths –
used your strengths to have a healthy body, a healthy mind and a healthy outlook on life.
When is a time that you used your top strengths to help you do the daily and weekly Big
Each day exercised outdoors with your family or friends?
Drank water, ate more fresh and less processed junk foods?
Each day laughed, had fun and looked on the bright side of life?
Read books, played word games and non-electronic activities?
Enjoyed turning off your phone to avoid social media?
What is something that you are looking forward to doing every day to become healthier?
Acknowledgement: Seligman & Peterson
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” J K Rowling
Trusted Champions
This Lesson: WHY: for you to ask four adults who you trust, to be your champions when you need help or advice. HOW: choose adults to be your Trusted Champions who you know believe in you and who will never give up on you. When you have problems that are too big for you to handle on your own, when you feel unsafe or when you are uncertain of things and want someone to listen to you, they will always be there for you. Draw a picture of or stick a photo in of each of your champions.
CHAMPION ONE
Ask your champions how they became the people they are today.
CHAMPION FOUR
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PICTURE OF ME
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CHAMPION THREE
Self-talk is a great way to practise saying what you will say to ask your champions to listen.
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“From little things, big things grow.” Paul Kelly
Asking for help is a true sign of strength. Are there things you should share?
CHAMPION TWO
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Nothing will shock your champions, because they care for you. They will always listen.
Acknowledgement: Seligman & Fredrickson
HEALTH + STRENGTHS
SEROTONIN AND OXYTOCIN
WHY: by learning about two powerful feel-good brain chemicals, serotonin and oxytocin, you will know what makes you feel good.
HOW: when you feel that you are valued by others, serotonin is released into your system. When you feel loved and cared for, oxytocin is released. These are quite long-lasting and give you natural highs. These two chemicals reward all of us for living and working cooperatively together. Social media only provides short-term feel-good effects.
Acknowledgement: Lodish, Diener & Biswas-Diener DO: when is a time that you felt valued and cared about by others and felt the natural highs of serotonin and oxytocin?
What can you do and what strengths can you use to value and care for others more?
Which resilience skill can help you with Serotonin and Oxytocin? (pages 10&11)
“If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing.” Zimbabwean saying
Mindfulness Puzzle.
Enjoy the challenge of the Eco Mat by doing the activities and then colouring them in.
Parent/Carer Signature: MONDAY
The Big Five Health Check In
Colour the sections to reflect how well you went.
ACCOMPLISHMENT + OPTIMISM
GRIT AND GROWTH MINDSET
WHY: by understanding how Grit and Growth Mindset work together, you will be able to use them to help you to achieve your goals and build your best self.
HOW: Grit is a process of persisting and persisting to achieve something you are passionate about. Growth Mindset is believing that you can grow your brain’s abilities through learning new things. Gritty people are prepared to double their failure rate to increase their chances to earn what they so passionately want to accomplish.
Acknowledgement: Duckworth & Dweck
DO: what is a mistake you made that helped you to achieve something special?
What is a gritty action that you can take to achieve a goal that you are passionate about?
Which character strength can help you with Grit and Growth Mindset? (pages 8&9)
“Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey.” Roy T. Bennett
Mindfulness Puzzle.
Enjoy the challenge of joining the dots and colouring in.
Parent/Carer Signature:
Mindfulness Colouring In
HEALTH + STRENGTHS
APPRECIATIVE BREATHING
WHY: by understanding the self-calming and mindful benefits of thoughtful deep breathing, you will be more likely to use the appreciative breathing method.
HOW: 1. Deep breath focusing on a family member you appreciate. 2. Deep breath focusing on a teacher you appreciate. 3. Deep breath focusing on a friend you appreciate. 4. Deep breath focusing on what you appreciate about being you. Use five seconds for inhale, hold and exhale. Repeat appreciative breaths five times to really self-calm yourself.
Acknowledgement: Hofmann & Walsh
DO: who are the people that you chose to concentrate on while doing appreciative breathing?
What is a positive feeling that you think you will have after doing appreciative breathing?
Which resilience skill can help you with Appreciative Breathing? (pages 10&11)
“You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.” Irish proverb
Mindfulness Puzzle.
Enjoy the challenge of copying the picture by colouring in the squares in the grid to match.
Parent/Carer Signature: MONDAY
The Big Five Health Check In
Colour the sections to reflect how well you went.
Positive Self-Talk
This Lesson: WHY: for you to learn how to use I can and I will positive self-talk to encourage you to overcome challenges and settle yourself down when upset. HOW: think about situations that could really challenge you, make up I can and I will statements for Effort, Initiative, Courage and Self-Control. Then practise saying them to yourself to be prepared to use them when you need to.
Effort – I can and I will:
• try hard in class
• listen well to learn well
• do my homework
• ask for help
• learn from my mistakes
Make up your own I can and I will statement for effort.
Initiative – I can and I will:
• try new approaches
• use a Home Learning Timetable
• be kind every day
• look for what is good
• use friendly body language
Make up your own I can and I will statement for initiative.
Courage – I can and I will:
• say “sorry”
• say “no” to my friends
• talk to lonely students
• believe in myself
• not hold grudges
Make up your own I can and I will statement for courage.
Self-Control – I can and I will:
• think before I speak
• control my feelings
• don’t interrupt, just listen
• say “hello” and smile
• not spread rumours
Make up your own I can and I will statement for self-control.
Acknowledgement: ACARA 5-6 HPE
“Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, I’m possible.” Audrey Hepburn
Understanding Your Mindset
This Lesson: WHY: for you to understand what your mindset is, and how you can move it positively towards growth. HOW: believe that you can grow your brain’s abilities through learning and trying new approaches that stretch your skills and adapting how you think for different situations.
WHICH STEP HAVE YOU REACHED TODAY?...
YES, I DID IT!
I WILL DO IT
I CAN DO IT
I’LL TRY TO DO IT
HOW DO I DO IT?
I WANT TO DO IT
I CAN’T DO IT
I WON’T DO IT
There are two extremes of mindset, fixed and growth, and this varies for different tasks and challenges.
Where is your mindset most of the time? FIXED
Effort doesn’t matter – nothing can change
GROWTH
Effort matters – it grows your abilities Fear to try and not prepared to risk failing Courage to try and prepared to fail well Mistakes show what you can’t do – avoid them Mistakes show what you need to learn – welcome them Set comfort goals – performance easy to achieve Set process goals – challenging set-by-step to achieve
When is a time that you surprised yourself by doing something that you didn’t think you could do?
When is a time that you learned something new to fix a mistake and improved what you could do?
What is something at school that you have a fixed mindset about, and what is something you could do to change that?
What is something at school that you have a growth mindset about, and how will you practise it?
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Two examples of comfort goals which show a fixed mindset are:
I will only play with my friends at school who I know well, not other students.
I will not ask questions in class, because if I do, it will make me look like I don’t understand it.
Now, change both of these goals to a process goals:
I will
I will
Two examples of process goals which show a growth mindset are:
I will meet some new people when I join the school soccer team tryouts.
I will read harder books to improve my spelling and the quality of words that I will learn.
What are two other process goals which show growth mindsets:
I will I will
Acknowledgement: Dweck, Ericsson, Anderson, Costa & Kellick
“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.” William Jennings Bryan