1. What makes an Exceptional Whole School Student Wellbeing Program?
Adrienne Baucke (Parkmore Primary School)
and
Saraid Doherty (Yarra Primary School)
Out of the ordinary.
Come away with ideas
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2. Finalists
some of our achievements to date
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3. Check-in Where would you like to be if you were not here
Positive Primer - makes you feel happy, lifts your mood.
What other check in questions could you use? favourite season, gratitude question, something kind that happened to you, if you could have a different name what would it be, if you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
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4. Character Strengths Our Strength Profile
Began with Character Strengths.
Top down approach so we began with the teachers
Surveyed our strengths then plotted our top 5 results.
Embedded in all subjects now.
Activity recently used. Identify the strengths of our team. (table group)
Identify 2 top strengths you bring to the table group
Look at the strengths that your table has.
Discuss the diversity.
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5. Character Strengths
Brainstorm as a table group activities you could do that use character strengths. e.g. identifying the strengths in a character from a book or movie...
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6. Character Strength Activities
Student of the Week
Strength Spotting
Strength Profile
Signature Strengths vs Shadow Strengths
Strength ‘Shout outs’
Strength Shields
Use your strength a different way
Use strengths when goal setting
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7. Mindfulness
saraid to do AKA concentration -The cultivation of moment-by-moment awareness of our surrounding environment is a practice that helps us better cope with the difficult thoughts and feelings that cause us stress and anxiety in everyday life.
With regular practice of mindfulness exercises, rather than being led on auto-pilot by emotions influenced by negative past experiences and fears of future occurrences, we harness the ability to root the mind in the present moment and deal with life’s challenges in a clear-minded, calm, assertive way.
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8. Mindfulness
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9. Mindfulness Activities
Mindfulness colouring
Smiling Minds
Relaxation
Yoga
Cloud Gazing
Walking
Spend time with nature
Smile
Breathe
Brain breaks
Egg timers
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10. Growth Mindset Maths Mindsets Survey
Anyone can learn Mathematics to the highest levels.
I was born with a 'Maths Brain'. That's why i'm good at Mathematics.
There is often more than one way to correctly solve a problem in Mathematics.
I am okay with making mistakes in Mathematics. Mistakes are important.
I find myself in the learning pit often in Mathematics lessons.
I believe creativity is part of Mathematics. Maths should be fun.
I enjoy completing open ended tasks with more than one correct answer.
Working in teams is an important part of Mathematics.
Having an awareness that we all have fixed mindsets but can shift to a growth mindsets
More energising to have a growth mindset in some things than others.
accepting when you are in the dip and a fixed mindset is taking over.
considering the self talk that helps get you out of the dip/fixed mindset.
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11. Growth Mindset What activities promote a growth mindset?
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12. Growth Mindset Activities
What I say to get me out of the dip?
Who can help me get out of the dip?
The strengths that can get me out of the dip
Make a growth mindset poster.
‘I can’ poster
Identify people who have demonstrated a growth mindset
When my growth mindset helped me.
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13. Summary Top down approach Begin with small steps Growth mindset
Celebrate your successes
Be courageous
Integrate and Embed – don’t add on
Takes time
Believe
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14. Questions
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15. Parkmore Primary School. Yarra Primary Jolimont Road
Parkmore Primary School Yarra Primary Jolimont Road Davison Street Forest Hill Richmond
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