2019 YEARS 3-4 MY WELLBEING JOURNAL
EXPLORING MY BEST POSSIBLE SELF To grow into a happy and caring young person, have fun joining in with your friends, parents and teacher doing the activities in this journal. Doing little things add up to big things.
My Name................................................................................ My Class................................................................................. My Teacher.............................................................................
I will draw a picture of me doing something I am really proud of.
I will write a story about something I am really proud of.
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Strengths for relationships Weeks Using the strength to do good to feel good to build your and others wellbeing. Term 1: Gratitude Week – the week beginning on page 22 Term 2: Teamwork Week – the week beginning on page 52 Term 3: Kindness Week – the week beginning on page 74 Term 4: Leadership Week – the week beginning on page 94
Every day adds up to you shining! Be on time Be at school That’s the wellbeing rule!
Acknowledgement: Sonja Lyubomirsky & Tal Ben Shahar
“TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More.” MW
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STRENGTHS AND EMOTIONS YOUR FEELINGS My Wellbeing Goal: to boost my Strengths and Emotions by understanding my feelings. All of your feelings are natural parts of your life. To feel happy, look for what is good about what you, your family and your friends are doing. It is good to learn to understand what you act like, look like and sound like for different feelings. Happy feelings make you warm inside.
ACTIONS
What is one thing I could start doing to learn about my feelings?
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY Five Senses Think of two of your greatest achievements and describe what you experienced for each of your five senses. Greatest Achievement 1 • Greatest Achievement 2 SEE HEAR SMELL TOUCH TASTE
EMOTIONS Describe an experience which could cause a person to feel the emotion joy.
TWO FOR ME What are two things I have achieved in my life?
STRENGTHS AND VIRTUES Describe two things you could see people doing to show self-regulation. Who is someone you know who shows self-regulation?
COLOUR IN! RESILIENCE BUILDER Your emotions are the feelings you have about people, places and the things that happen to you, such as being happy, sad, joyful, worried. With a friend think about the emotions you have and write down as many as you can.
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READERS ARE LEADERS Day
How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
MONDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
TUESDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
WEDNESDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
THURSDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
FRIDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages
Time (mins.)
Parent / Carer Sign Off:
HOW DID YOU FEEL THIS WEEK?
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?
Pick a face which best describes how you believe your wellbeing was this week.
Think about the good things that happened, no matter how small they were, that you were grateful for this week.
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POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT BRAIN PATHWAYS My Wellbeing Goal: to build my Positive Engagement by learning about brain pathways. Your brain loves seeing patterns in what you do. In your brain there are millions of cells called neurons, which join together to form pathways which carry messages for your brain. The more you do something, the faster the messages travel and practising builds strong brain pathways. This is how your habits are created.
ACTIONS
What is one thing I could start doing to build fast and strong brain pathways?
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY Life’s Backpack Think of all the people, places, pets and things that are important to you and why. Then pack your imaginary life backpack and carry it around with you everywhere you go.
EMOTIONS Describe an experience which could cause a person to feel the emotion confident.
TWO FOR ME What are two good things that are going well?
STRENGTHS AND VIRTUES Describe two things you could see people doing to show creativity. Who is someone you know who shows creativity?
COLOUR IN! RESILIENCE BUILDER With a friend choose three emotions each and take turns at using the body language you would show for each emotion and try to guess which emotion your friend is showing.
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READERS ARE LEADERS Day
How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
MONDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
TUESDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
WEDNESDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
THURSDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
FRIDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages
Time (mins.)
Parent / Carer Sign Off:
HOW DID YOU FEEL THIS WEEK?
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?
Pick a face which best describes how you believe your wellbeing was this week.
Think about the good things that happened, no matter how small they were, that you were grateful for this week.
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relationships and optimism FAMILY AND FRIENDS My Wellbeing Goal: to add to my Relationships and Optimism by enjoying my family and friends. Every night, enjoy your family by sharing the good things that happened you are grateful for. They will always listen to you when you have problems and help you fix them. Play with your friends and share fun times together. Your family and friends are great to exercise with and you will have happy feelings.
ACTIONS
What is one thing I will start doing to enjoy my family and friends?
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY Going Home Close your eyes and pretend you are travelling home from school. Focus on every turn, every time you must stop and start for the whole way home.
EMOTIONS Describe an experience which could cause a person to feel the emotion upset.
TWO FOR ME What are two things I am not afraid of anymore?
STRENGTHS AND VIRTUES Describe two things you could see people doing to show love. Who is someone you know who shows love?
COLOUR IN! RESILIENCE BUILDER Look at Feelings and Emotions on page 8 and write down six positive emotions (for example, happy, excited), the body language you would show, things that would make you feel like each of them and how long your feelings would last.
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READERS ARE LEADERS Day
How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
MONDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
TUESDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
WEDNESDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
THURSDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
FRIDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages
Time (mins.)
Parent / Carer Sign Off:
HOW DID YOU FEEL THIS WEEK?
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?
Pick a face which best describes how you believe your wellbeing was this week.
Think about the good things that happened, no matter how small they were, that you were grateful for this week.
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skills and achievement BECOMING ORGANISED My Wellbeing Goal: to boost my Skills and Achievement by learning to get myself organised. To become organised in what you have to do, think in baby steps to finish them one at a time. Ask your family to help you with the order you should do each step. Do this for school, jobs at home and for your daily exercise every day. You will feel proud of yourself.
ACTIONS
What is one thing I could start doing to become organised?
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY Favourite Song In your mind mentally sing your favourite song while at the same time writing out all of the words and describe what they mean to you and how they make you feel.
EMOTIONS Describe an experience which could cause a person to feel the emotion valued.
TWO FOR ME What are two things that are special for me?
STRENGTHS AND VIRTUES Describe two things you could see people doing to show prudence. Who is someone you know who shows prudence?
COLOUR IN! RESILIENCE BUILDER From Feelings and Emotions on page 8, write down six negative emotions (for example, sad, bored), the body language you would show, things that would make you feel like each of them and how long your feelings would last.
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READERS ARE LEADERS Day
How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
MONDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
TUESDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
WEDNESDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
THURSDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages Day
Time (mins.) How did you feel while reading it?
Title of Book
FRIDAY Communication / Tasks: No. of pages
Time (mins.)
Parent / Carer Sign Off:
HOW DID YOU FEEL THIS WEEK?
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?
Pick a face which best describes how you believe your wellbeing was this week.
Think about the good things that happened, no matter how small they were, that you were grateful for this week.
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