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GRADES 3-5 MY WELLBEING JOURNAL<br />
EXPLORING MY BEST<br />
POSSIBLE SELF<br />
To grow into a happy and caring young person, work<br />
together with your friends, parents, and teacher<br />
by doing the activities in this journal.<br />
Doing little things add up to big things.<br />
My Name ...........................................................................<br />
My Class ............................................................................<br />
My Teacher ........................................................................<br />
I will draw a picture of me doing something I am really<br />
proud of.<br />
I will write about something I am really<br />
proud of.<br />
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1<br />
Strengths for relationships<br />
The following 4 strengths help you feel good and build<br />
the wellbeing of both yourself and others.<br />
Term 1: Gratitude Week – the week beginning on page 22<br />
Term 2: Teamwork Week – the week beginning on page 52<br />
Term 3: Kindness Week – the week beginning on page 74<br />
Term 4: Leadership Week – the week beginning on page 94<br />
Every day adds<br />
up to you shining!<br />
Be on time<br />
Be at school<br />
That’s the wellbeing rule!<br />
“TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More.” MW
index<br />
On every page of this journal, there are simple activities that have been shown to work to build your wellbeing little by<br />
little, so that you can explore your best possible self. There are no shortcuts to doing this.<br />
Strengths And Emotions<br />
Page<br />
Your Feelings.............................................................. 14<br />
You Matter................................................................. 26<br />
Bouncing Back........................................................... 40<br />
Bullying: No Way!..................................................... 54<br />
Firm Speaking............................................................ 66<br />
Strengths And People................................................ 80<br />
Reliving Special Moments.......................................... 94<br />
Talking To Yourself................................................... 106<br />
positive engagement<br />
Page<br />
Brain Pathways.......................................................... 16<br />
Learning Habits......................................................... 28<br />
Attitudes To Grow..................................................... 42<br />
Ways To Feel Better.................................................. 56<br />
Focus And Enjoyment................................................ 68<br />
Sharing Ideas............................................................. 82<br />
Listening Actively...................................................... 96<br />
Not Starting Things................................................. 108<br />
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RELATIONSHIPS AND OPTIMISM<br />
Page<br />
Family And Friends.................................................... 18<br />
Interested Listening................................................... 30<br />
Your Teacher.............................................................. 44<br />
Your Learning Group................................................. 58<br />
Feeling You Belong.................................................... 70<br />
Showing You Care..................................................... 84<br />
Your Helpers.............................................................. 98<br />
Friendship Groups.................................................... 110<br />
EXERCISE AND VITALITY<br />
Page<br />
Square Breathing....................................................... 22<br />
Out Exercising............................................................ 36<br />
Fresh Foods Are Best................................................. 48<br />
Laughing And Fun..................................................... 62<br />
Your Sleep.................................................................. 76<br />
Healthier Living......................................................... 88<br />
Holidays And Fun.................................................... 102<br />
Now Moments......................................................... 114<br />
skills and achievement<br />
Page<br />
Becoming Organized.................................................. 20<br />
Drawing And Writing................................................ 34<br />
Brain Exercise............................................................ 46<br />
On Time..................................................................... 60<br />
Writing Well.............................................................. 74<br />
Doing Projects............................................................ 86<br />
Solving Problems..................................................... 100<br />
Reading And Screen Time....................................... 112<br />
MEANING AND PURPOSE<br />
Page<br />
Special Interests’ Time............................................... 24<br />
Present And Sharing.................................................. 38<br />
Good Living............................................................... 50<br />
Accepting, Learning, Sharing.................................... 64<br />
What Went Well........................................................ 78<br />
Acts Of Kindness....................................................... 90<br />
Happy Leading........................................................ 104<br />
Making Things Right............................................... 116<br />
informationPage<br />
Front Page....................................................................1<br />
Index.............................................................................2<br />
Exploring My Best Possible Self....................................3<br />
Helpful Messages for Parents and Teachers......... 4 & 5<br />
Strengths and Virtues/Values.......................................6<br />
Strengths and Virtues/Values in Your Hand.................7<br />
Feelings and Emotions..................................................8<br />
Glad, Mad, Sad Feelings..............................................9<br />
Dolphin or Alligator Thinking.................................... 10<br />
I Can and I Will Self-Talk.......................................... 11<br />
Happy Ways to Look................................................. 12<br />
Happy Ways to Look X-Diagram.............................. 13<br />
Notes................................ 32-33, 52-53, 72-73, 92-93<br />
topicPage<br />
Respectful Relationships Understanding...........118-121<br />
Being Kind............................................................... 122<br />
Who Do I Really Look Up To?................................ 123<br />
Quarter 1 Three For Me Goals................................ 124<br />
Quarter 1 Reflections............................................... 125<br />
Quarter 2 Three For Me Goals................................ 126<br />
Quarter 2 Reflections............................................... 127<br />
Quarter 3 Three For Me Goals................................ 128<br />
Quarter 3 Reflections............................................... 129<br />
Quarter 4 Three For Me Goals................................ 130<br />
Quarter 4 Reflections............................................... 131<br />
Fab Five Wellbeing Boosters................................... 132<br />
Books I Have Read.................................................. 132<br />
“You are the sunshine of my life.” Stevie Wonder
exploring my best possible self<br />
Think about the person you are growing up to be and have fun filling in the boxes about yourself and what matters to<br />
you below. Be proud of who you are and as a class share your “About Me” thoughts.<br />
ABOUT ME<br />
My birthday<br />
What I am good at doing<br />
Sports I especially like<br />
Hobbies. In my spare time<br />
I like<br />
Sports I don’t like<br />
My favorite foods are<br />
The best time in my life was<br />
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My favorite music<br />
Animals I like<br />
Where I like being most<br />
Favorite books<br />
What I like doing on my<br />
vacations<br />
Who I admire most<br />
Best activity in class there<br />
ever was<br />
What I’d like to do more of<br />
in class<br />
What I’d like to be better at<br />
doing<br />
“Enjoy the journey of good, better, best, never rest.” MW
helpful messages for parents and teachers<br />
This journal is composed of light and bright research-based activities for you to do with students both at<br />
home and at school to build both their and your wellbeing. You don’t have to do all of the activities, but<br />
the more the better. Through your efforts, students will be introduced to the six equally important elements<br />
which make up both their and your wellbeing.<br />
They are:<br />
strengths and emotions .– learning about and exploring their strengths and emotions.<br />
positive engagement<br />
.– focusing on the present moment to connect with themselves.<br />
relationships and optimism .– believing they and others matter and being positive.<br />
skills and achievement .– building their abilities to shine in their learning and thinking.<br />
exercise and vitality<br />
.– having a healthy body, healthy mind and zest for life.<br />
meaning and purpose<br />
– having a passion and a reason for trying hard.<br />
While using accurate language to describe wellbeing is an important factor in building a wellbeing culture<br />
within the school community, please don’t hesitate to introduce it gradually using simpler language for the<br />
elements, such as:<br />
Strengths and Feelings, Tuned In, Family and Friends, Skills and Trying, Fit and Healthy, What Matters.<br />
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On each week’s pages are enjoyable wellbeing building activities to encourage students to do, which include:<br />
Wellbeing Builder – exploring and adding to an element of wellbeing.<br />
Mindful Coloring In – enjoying concentrating to feel peaceful.<br />
Resilience Builder – developing their social-emotional resilience to build respectful relationships.<br />
Mindfulness Activity – activities to connect with themselves and their own thoughts.<br />
Emotions – learning to understand their own and others’ feelings.<br />
Readers are Leaders – developing a love of reading.<br />
What Went Well This Week – being grateful for the good things that happened in their lives.<br />
Talk about it with your Family -- encouraging family discussions about values for life and emotions.<br />
As the old saying goes, “children have seldom listened to us, but have never failed to imitate us.” Therefore,<br />
your success in helping students to make the most of these quality wellbeing exercises, depends largely on<br />
them seeing you valuing and completing the activities yourself. Making the choice to do this will also build<br />
your own wellbeing; give it a go!<br />
Acknowledgement: Martin Seligman, Chris Peterson, Karen Rievich, Andrew Shatte, Barbara Fredrickson & Jack Cranfield<br />
“No one tests the depth of the water with both feet.” Ashanti Proverb
helpful messages for parents and teachers<br />
The first choice all of us have in life is choosing to choose. Encouraging students to makes choices, some<br />
good and others not so good, is a great start to them developing the first two stages of their socialemotional<br />
intelligence. These are:<br />
Self-control, which involves students learning about their minds, the connection between their breathing<br />
and feelings and controlling their impulses.<br />
Self-awareness, which involves students learning about the connections between their minds, hearts and<br />
bodies, gratitude and what they are trying to achieve.<br />
The weekly activities provide opportunities for them to make choices. When they are faced with a choice,<br />
ask questions such as, “what do you think you could try first?”, “how did you think that way worked?”,<br />
“why do you think it worked?”, “why don’t you think it worked?” “what can you try next?” Avoid trying<br />
to control their choices to prevent them from making mistakes; research has proven it doesn’t work.<br />
Encouraging students to make choices, make and then fix mistakes is called Autonomous Supportive<br />
Parenting and Teaching.<br />
In the activities, students are often asked, “what do you think others would do or feel about this?” This is<br />
designed to cultivate the third stage of social-emotional intelligence in students, that being:<br />
Understanding Others, which involves students learning to consider other perspectives and to develop<br />
empathy for the needs and feelings of others.<br />
In all of the activities, make it fun by talking together about what they are doing and why. Video them<br />
doing things and then show it back to them to reinforce their self-awareness of their body language.<br />
Join in role playing with them to create an understanding of what they should act like, look like, sound<br />
like, know and can do for the different activities. Then extend these activities by asking them to write<br />
down or draw what they noticed other classmates acting like, looking like and sounding like.<br />
Create a Gratitude, Feelings and Strengths wall in the classroom and at home with pictures, little stories<br />
and drawings of students being grateful for what went well and showing different feelings and strengths.<br />
Encourage them to add to the wall when they have something they wish to share.<br />
During the year, both at school and at home, celebrate the Gratitude, Teamwork,<br />
Kindness and Leaderships weeks (see pages 22, 56, 80, 102).<br />
Assist them to make a Strengths Hand (see page 7) of their top five strengths<br />
and stick them on the Wall. Doing this enables conversations about using their<br />
strengths in their thoughts, words and actions.<br />
Every day encourage students to journal or draw good things that happened.<br />
As a family, at the evening meal, each of you share the good things you<br />
are grateful for that happened and also the things that could be better<br />
to learn from.<br />
At the beginning of every day at breakfast, encourage students to<br />
think about and say what they are most looking forward to today.<br />
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Goal setting is the first step on the journey to achieving mastery in any<br />
pursuit. Make it a class expectation to set goals for each quarter on<br />
the Three for Me goal setting pages (see pages 124-131) and regularly<br />
provide opportunities for them to self-assess on their progress towards<br />
achieving them.<br />
Acknowledgement: Tal Ben Shahar, Martin Seligman, Momentus Institute<br />
“Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.” Saying
STRENGTHS AND VIRTUES/VALUES<br />
Your strengths are qualities which make up who you are as a person. Every one has<br />
their own mix of them, which makes all of us special in our ways. There are no bad<br />
strengths. Sometimes people misuse their strengths to make not so good choices<br />
about what they do.<br />
You use certain strengths to make important things happen in your life, which are<br />
called Virtues or Values. These are down the left hand side of the strengths table<br />
below.<br />
To explore your best possible self, think about what could be your top strengths.<br />
virtues/<br />
values<br />
STRENGTHS TO BRING VIRTUES/VALUES ALIVE<br />
Learning and<br />
Thinking<br />
CREATIVITY<br />
Having new<br />
ideas and<br />
thoughts<br />
curiosity<br />
Being interested<br />
in learning more<br />
openmindedness<br />
Listening to<br />
others’ ideas<br />
THOUGHTFUL-<br />
NESS<br />
Showing close<br />
attention to<br />
thing<br />
CONFIDENCE<br />
Taking pride in<br />
yourself and<br />
your ideas<br />
SPIRIT AND<br />
CONFIDENCE<br />
BRAVERY<br />
Speaking up for<br />
what you know<br />
is right<br />
PERSISTENCE<br />
Keeping pushing<br />
and not giving<br />
up<br />
HONESTY<br />
Always telling<br />
the truth<br />
JOY<br />
Feeling alive and<br />
full of energy<br />
PATIENCE<br />
Being prepared<br />
to wait<br />
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CARING<br />
RELATIONSHIPS<br />
LOVE<br />
Valuing close<br />
relationships<br />
KINDNESS<br />
Giving of yourself<br />
to do kind<br />
things for others<br />
EMPATHY<br />
Understanding<br />
how others may<br />
feel<br />
COMPASSION<br />
Showing others<br />
and myself<br />
matter<br />
FRIENDLY<br />
Being kind to<br />
others<br />
WORKING<br />
TOGETHER<br />
COOPERATION<br />
Working well<br />
with others<br />
to achieve<br />
something<br />
HELPFUL<br />
Being of help to<br />
others<br />
ALERT<br />
Listening closely<br />
to others<br />
ACCEPTANCE<br />
Listening to<br />
advice and<br />
acting on it<br />
Cheerful<br />
Looking for the<br />
positives in life<br />
IN CHARGE OF<br />
YOU<br />
FORGIVENESS<br />
Accepting<br />
others’ mistakes<br />
HUMILITY<br />
Being quiet<br />
about your<br />
achievements<br />
Cautious<br />
Taking sensible<br />
and safe actions<br />
PRIDE<br />
Feeling great<br />
satisfaction in<br />
your or others’<br />
achievements<br />
Responsible<br />
Having control<br />
over yourself<br />
and your<br />
decisions<br />
BIG FEELINGS<br />
GRATITUDE<br />
Being thankful<br />
for good things<br />
HOPE<br />
Looking at your<br />
life and future<br />
positively<br />
worth<br />
Showing how<br />
you and others<br />
are important<br />
TRUST<br />
To have faith<br />
and confidence<br />
in others<br />
Determination<br />
Focusing on<br />
achieving your<br />
goals<br />
Acknowledgement: Martin Seligman, Chris Peterson & VIA Institute<br />
“Just as we don’t realize we are breathing, we often don’t realize we are using our character strengths.” Martin Seligman
STRENGTHS AND VIRTUES/VALUES IN YOUR HAND<br />
After exploring the strengths and virtues/values, think about what your top strengths could be. On each of the fingers<br />
and thumb below write down these strengths. For each strength write down or draw something you could do to use that<br />
strength.<br />
From now on you will always have your strengths in your hand to use!<br />
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“I have the whole world in my hands.” Saying
FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS<br />
Your feelings are called emotions and it is normal for you to feel many different ones, ranging from sad, to disappointed,<br />
to happy and full of joy. Each week a different emotion is included for you to think about.<br />
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B<br />
C<br />
D<br />
E<br />
F<br />
G<br />
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I<br />
J<br />
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M<br />
N<br />
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P<br />
Q<br />
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V<br />
W<br />
Z<br />
accepting, afraid, alert, amazed, ambitious, amused, angry, annoyed, anxious, ashamed, at ease, aware<br />
bad, bored, brave, beautiful, bold, bubbly<br />
calm, careful, caring, cautious, charmed, cheerful, clever, comfortable, confident, compassionate, confused,<br />
creative, cruel, curious<br />
daring, delighted, depressed, determined, different, dirty, disappointed, disturbed, down, dull<br />
eager, easy-going, embarrassed, empathy, empty, energetic, enjoyable, enthusiastic, exhausted, excited,<br />
explosive<br />
fabulous, false, fantastic, forgive, free, fresh, friendly, frightened, full, funny<br />
generous, gentle, giggly, giving, glad, good, gorgeous, grateful, great, greedy, grumpy<br />
happy, healthy, heartened, helpful, helpless, high, homesick, honest, hopeful, hopeless, horrible, humble,<br />
hurt, hyper<br />
ignored, impatient, impressed, interested, involved<br />
jealous, jinxed, jolly, joy, jumpy<br />
keen, kind<br />
lazy, left out, likeable, lively, logical, lonely, lousy, lovable, loved, loving, low, loyal<br />
mad, merry, miserable, mixed up<br />
nasty, needy, negative, nervous, nice, not good enough, numb<br />
odd, open-minded, overlooked, over the moon<br />
pain, patient, peaceful, persistent, playful, pleased, positive, powerful, powerless, proud, pushy, put out,<br />
puzzled<br />
quiet<br />
rejected, relaxed, respectful, responsible, restless, rested<br />
sad, safe, satisfied, scared, secure, selfish, settled, shame, shining, shocked, shy, silly, sorry, spellbound,<br />
spot-on, strong, stunned, stupid, sulky, sure, surprised<br />
teased, tense, thankful, thoughtful, thrilled, tired, trust, trusted<br />
unhappy, unsafe, uplifted, upset, unwanted, upset, used, useful, useless<br />
valued<br />
wanted, weak, weary, wonderful, worthless, worthy, worried, wronged<br />
zany<br />
“There is no chance, only choice.” MW<br />
Sourced from Philosophy 101: Critical Thinking and Reachout
glad, mad, sad feelings<br />
To help you to build your understanding of the different emotions you may feel, put some of the emotions from page 8<br />
into the Glad, Mad, Sad diagram below. There is no right or wrong, it is just about where you think they may fit at the<br />
moment. If you like you can draw little pictures of where you think you could feel each emotion on your body. When you<br />
are doing this, you are exploring your best possible self.<br />
Your teacher may wish to use Glad, Mad, Sad from Thinking Tools on the website.<br />
GLAD<br />
Emotions which make you feel<br />
happy with yourself or others<br />
or the world<br />
MAD<br />
Emotions which make you feel<br />
angry with yourself or others<br />
or the world<br />
SAD<br />
Emotions which make you feel<br />
disappointed with yourself or<br />
others or the world<br />
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“It’s not what happens to you, but what happens in you.” W. Mitchell
dolphin thinking or alligator thinking<br />
Dolphins are very calm and sensible in how they live.<br />
When you are thinking in a calm and sensible way we<br />
will call it dolphin thinking.:<br />
you think things out considering different points of<br />
view<br />
your thinking is not affected by the emotions you<br />
are feeling (called rational thinking)<br />
you listen more than you speak.<br />
Alligators are very angry and snappy in how they live.<br />
When you are thinking in an angry and snappy way we<br />
will call it alligator thinking:<br />
you speak without thinking clearly about what is<br />
happening<br />
your thinking is controlled by the emotions you are<br />
feeling (called emotional hijacking)<br />
you think about what you will<br />
say rather than listening.<br />
Ask yourself often, “am I thinking like a dolphin or an alligator?”<br />
If you feel you are using alligator thinking, use positive self-talk to change it to dolphin thinking, e.g. I can<br />
and I will listen more and control my feelings to not let them affect my thinking.<br />
Doing this every day will build your self-control and enable you to make good choices.<br />
Always remember that you have two ears and one mouth, so listen twice as much as you speak.<br />
For the following situations describe what dolphin thinking could answer like and what alligator thinking<br />
could answer like.<br />
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Situation Dolphin Thinking ANSWER Alligator Thinking ANSWER<br />
Your parents have asked you to<br />
clean up your room a number of<br />
times because it is messy.<br />
You and your friends are playing<br />
a game at lunchtime and two<br />
older students want to join in.<br />
In class your teacher has asked<br />
you to stop talking and listen<br />
more.<br />
Your friend has borrowed your<br />
bike without asking you and you<br />
want to ride it.<br />
Some of your class is playing a<br />
fun game at lunchtime and they<br />
haven’t asked you to join in.<br />
You tried hard to help new<br />
students to fit into your school<br />
and your friends make fun of you.<br />
You really want to watch a TV<br />
show but your family wants to<br />
watch a different program.<br />
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.” Seneca
i can and i will self-talk<br />
When you have not so positive thoughts about what you are doing and how you are feeling, positive self-talk is a great<br />
way to overcome these, to feel better and positive again. Practice saying self-talk over and over again in your head to be<br />
in charge of your emotions. Create your own I can and I will positive self-talk statements. Following are self-talk statement<br />
you could use.<br />
trying – i can and i will<br />
Do what I set out to do<br />
Keep pushing through, even when it’s hard<br />
Never give up, never, never, never<br />
Help at home<br />
Ask when I don’t understand<br />
something<br />
Enjoy doing hard things<br />
Learn from things that go<br />
wrong<br />
learning – i can and i will<br />
Try new ways to do things<br />
Organize what I have to do<br />
Do kind things for other people<br />
Try to have happy emotions<br />
Think of three good things that<br />
I’m happy about every night<br />
Look for what is right in what<br />
I look at<br />
Learn how to use my strengths<br />
being brave – i can and i will<br />
Ask for help when I am upset<br />
Be happy with being me<br />
Smile and look for what is good<br />
Use slow breathing to relax myself<br />
when upset<br />
Come to school every day<br />
Do what I know is the right<br />
thing to do<br />
Learn the best ways to stay safe<br />
being happy – i can and i will<br />
Love my family<br />
Be in charge of my feelings<br />
Smile at the person I see in the mirror every morning<br />
Do my best to feel happy emotions<br />
Feel great by helping others<br />
Not lose control and be unfriendly<br />
Compare myself with me,<br />
no one else<br />
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being friendly – i can and i will<br />
Listen to others carefully<br />
Say hello to every morning with a smile<br />
Keep my promises to others<br />
Ask others on their own to play with me<br />
Say happy and nice things about<br />
others<br />
Say sorry when I do something<br />
wrong<br />
Help others do well and be happy<br />
sharing – i can and i will<br />
Enjoy learning about others’ needs and interests<br />
Try different ways to solve problems with others<br />
Share my feelings with adults when I feel tense or<br />
unhappy<br />
Learn which adults I will share my thoughts with<br />
Let adults know when I feel unsafe<br />
Practice asking for help when<br />
I need it<br />
Have fun and enjoy happy<br />
emotions with friends<br />
“The deeper we dig for answers, the more we uncover new questions.” Ashleigh Brilliant
happy ways to look<br />
Life is so much better when you make the choice to look happy and smile. Following below are happy ways to look. Have<br />
fun with your family and friends, role playing what you would act like, look like, sound like and feel like for each of them.<br />
After practicing for a while looking happy, you will begin to feel happy normally.<br />
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A<br />
B<br />
C<br />
D<br />
E<br />
F<br />
G<br />
H<br />
I<br />
J<br />
K<br />
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M<br />
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Q<br />
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V<br />
W<br />
Z<br />
accepting, alert, amazing, ambitious, amusing, appreciated, appreciative, approachable, attractive, aware<br />
beautiful, bold, brave, bright, bubbly<br />
calm, carefree, careful, caring, cheerful, clever, comfortable, compassionate, competitive, cool-headed,<br />
courteous, creative, curious<br />
daring, delightful, determined<br />
eager, easy-going, encouraging, energetic, enthusiastic<br />
fair, faithful, fabulous, fantastic, forgiving, free, fresh, friendly, fulfilled, fun-loving, funny<br />
generous, gentle, glowing, good, gorgeous, grateful<br />
happy, hard-working, helpful, honest, hopeful, honest, humble<br />
intelligent, interesting, interested<br />
joyful, jolly<br />
keen, kind<br />
level-headed, likeable, lively, lovable, loved, loving, loyal<br />
merry<br />
neat, nice, nurturing<br />
open-minded, organized, original, out-going<br />
patient, peaceful, playful, pleasant, pleasing, polite, positive<br />
quick, quiet<br />
refreshing, relaxed, reliable, respectful, responsible<br />
safe, satisfied, secure, sensible, settled, sharp, sincere, sociable, stable, steady, strong, sure<br />
terrific, thoughtful, thrilling, tidy, trusting, trustworthy<br />
understanding<br />
valued<br />
warm-hearted, well-behaved, well-mannered, willing, wonderful<br />
zany<br />
Sourced from Philosophy 101: Critical Thinking and Reachout<br />
“Give yourself permission to shine.” MW
happy ways to look x-diagram<br />
As a class, select a number of the happy ways to look and have fun role modeling them together. While classmates are<br />
practicing different ways to look, as a class describe on the X-diagram how you think they act like, look like, sound like<br />
and feel like. When you are doing this, you are exploring your best possible self.<br />
Your teacher may wish to use X-Diagram from Thinking Tools on the website.<br />
ACT LIKE<br />
Describe what you think<br />
they are acting like<br />
LOOK LIKE<br />
Describe what you think<br />
they are looking like<br />
FEEL LIKE<br />
Describe what you think<br />
they are feeling like<br />
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sound LIKE<br />
Describe what you think<br />
they are sounding like<br />
“To a young heart everything is fun.” Charles Dickens
STRENGTHS<br />
AND EMOTIONS<br />
YOUR FEELINGS<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to boost my Strengths and<br />
Emotions by understanding my feelings.<br />
All of your feelings are natural parts of your life. To<br />
feel happy, look for what is good about what you,<br />
your family and your friends are doing. It is good<br />
to learn to understand what you act like, look like<br />
and sound like for different feelings.<br />
Happy feelings make you<br />
warm inside.<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel ambitious.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Five Senses<br />
Think of one of your greatest achievements<br />
and describe what you experienced for each<br />
of your five senses.<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I could start doing to learn<br />
about my feelings?<br />
SEE<br />
HEAR<br />
SMELL<br />
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TOUCH<br />
TASTE<br />
TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
Value for Life - AMBITION<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
Your emotions are the feelings you have<br />
about people, places and the things that<br />
happen to you, such as being happy, sad,<br />
joyful, worried. With a friend think about the<br />
emotions you have and write down as many<br />
as you can.
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. What good<br />
things did you do where you were ambitious this week?
POSITIVE<br />
ENGAGEMENT<br />
BRAIN PATHWAYS<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to build my Positive<br />
Engagement by learning about brain pathways.<br />
Your brain loves seeing patterns in what you do. In<br />
your brain there are millions of cells called neurons,<br />
which join together to form pathways which<br />
carry messages for your brain. The more you do<br />
something, the faster the messages<br />
travel and practicing builds strong<br />
brain pathways. This is how your<br />
habits are created.<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel loving.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Life’s Backpack<br />
Think of all the people, places, pets and<br />
things that are important to you and why.<br />
Then pack your imaginary life backpack and<br />
carry it around with you everywhere you go.<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I could start, or continue, doing<br />
to help my brain build positive pathways?<br />
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TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
Value for Life - LOVE<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
With a friend choose three emotions each<br />
and take turns at using the body language<br />
you would show for each emotion and try to<br />
guess which emotion your friend is showing.
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. How did you<br />
show love to someone else? Who showed you love this week?
elationships<br />
and optimism<br />
FAMILY AND FRIENDS<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to add to my Relationships and<br />
Optimism by enjoying my family and friends.<br />
Every night, enjoy your family by sharing the<br />
good things that happened that you are grateful<br />
for. They will always listen to you when you have<br />
problems and help you fix them.<br />
Play with your friends and share<br />
fun times together. Your family<br />
and friends care for you and<br />
want the best for you.<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel compassionate.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Going Home<br />
Close your eyes and pretend you are<br />
travelling home from school. Focus on every<br />
turn, every time you must stop and start for<br />
the whole way home.<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I will start doing to<br />
enjoy my family and friends?<br />
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TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
Value for Life - COMPASSION<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
With two friends, pick five emotions from<br />
Feelings and Emotions each. Then take turns<br />
role playing the body language for each<br />
emotion while the other two friends try to<br />
guess the emotion.
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. How were you<br />
able to show compassion to someone this week?
skills and<br />
achievement<br />
BECOMING ORGANIZED<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to boost my Skills and Achievement<br />
by learning to get myself organized.<br />
To become organized in what you have to do, think<br />
in baby steps to finish them one at a time. Ask<br />
your family to help you with the<br />
order you should do each step.<br />
Do this for school, jobs at home<br />
and for your daily exercise<br />
every day.You will feel<br />
proud of yourself.<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel worthy.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Reflect on how you want your life to be<br />
and five things you want for yourself. What<br />
makes you excited? Happy?<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I could start doing to become<br />
organized?<br />
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TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
Value for Life - WORTHINESS<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
Refer to page 8. Then write down four<br />
negative emotions (for example: sad, bored),<br />
including the body language for this emotion,<br />
and how long this feeling would last.
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. Did someone say<br />
something positive to make you feel worthy? How did you show someone you thought they are worthy?
exercise<br />
and vitality<br />
SQUARE BREATHING<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to build my Exercise and Vitality<br />
by square breathing.<br />
Square breathing is a great way to relax yourself.<br />
For a slow count of five on each:<br />
1. inhale and exhale through your nose only.<br />
2. inhale through your mouth and exhale through<br />
your mouth .<br />
3. inhale through your nose and<br />
exhale through your mouth.<br />
4. inhale through your mouth.<br />
and exhale through your nose.<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel grateful.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
This week have fun and make a special<br />
difference to other peoples’ lives by creating<br />
activities to use the strength GRATITUDE to<br />
grow relationships with your family, friends<br />
and school community.<br />
ACTIONS<br />
When could I use square breathing this week to<br />
relax?<br />
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TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
Value for Life - GRATITUDE<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
How you handle your emotions helps you get<br />
along with other people and live how you<br />
want to live your life. With a friend choose<br />
eight emotions from Feelings and Emotions<br />
on page 8 you think you would need to enjoy<br />
healthy relationships with other people.
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. How did you<br />
show gratitude to others this week?
meaning<br />
and purpose<br />
SPECIAL INTERESTS’ TIME<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to add to my Meaning and<br />
Purpose by enjoying my interests at home.<br />
There are many interesting things in the world<br />
which you could really enjoy spending your time<br />
learning and reading about. Some include nature<br />
and the environment, other countries and their<br />
peoples, charities which help others and how you<br />
can help more at home and at<br />
school. Learn how you can<br />
make the world a better place.<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel respectful.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Animals<br />
If you could be any animal, what would<br />
you choose to be? Describe why this animal<br />
is your choice. What characteristics do you<br />
relate to?<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I’m interested in and want to<br />
learn more about?<br />
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TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
Value for Life - RESPECT<br />
Color IN!<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
Describe three emotions you would feel for both of these<br />
situations:<br />
You moved to<br />
a new school<br />
You were given your<br />
own new pet at home.
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. How were you<br />
respectful to your classmates, teachers, and family? How was respect shown to you?
STRENGTHS<br />
AND EMOTIONS<br />
YOU MATTER<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel positive.<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to build my Strengths and<br />
Emotions by believing in myself.<br />
Every person is special and matters, including you.<br />
You have you own personality, strengths, interests<br />
and talents, which make up who you are. Believe in<br />
yourself. When you wake up, think about what you<br />
are looking forward to most today.<br />
When you go to bed, think<br />
about three things that<br />
went well today.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Gratitude check<br />
It doesn’t matter what time of day it is.<br />
Think of and write down as many things that<br />
have happened today that you are thankful<br />
for and why you are.<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What are three things that went well today?<br />
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TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
Value for Life - POSITIVITY<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
Describe three positive emotions you could feel<br />
in class and on the playground. What causes<br />
these emotions? Role play the body language<br />
you should show for each emotion.
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small. What positive things<br />
happened that you are grateful for?
POSITIVE<br />
ENGAGEMENT<br />
LEARNING HABITS<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel disappointed.<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to boost my Positive<br />
Engagement by looking after my things to learn well.<br />
As you go through school, it is important to<br />
take care of your school supplies, so you can<br />
learn well.These include your school books and<br />
bag, uniform, pens and pencils.<br />
Put colorful drawings of what<br />
you learn on your bedroom wall.<br />
Doing these things daily, will<br />
make them habits for your<br />
brain.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Dream Holiday<br />
If you could go anywhere for the holiday of<br />
your dreams, where would it be, why would<br />
it be so special, what things would you do<br />
and how would you feel?<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I could start doing to look after<br />
my school supplies?<br />
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TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
DISAPPOINTED<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
Describe four negative emotions you could<br />
feel in your classroom and what could cause<br />
these emotions. Then describe four negative<br />
emotions you could feel on the playground<br />
and what could cause them. With a friend,<br />
role play the body language you would show<br />
for each emotion.
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
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Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. How were you<br />
able to get over disappointment this week? Who or what helped you?
elationships<br />
and optimism<br />
INTERESTED LISTENING<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to build my Relationships and<br />
Optimism by showing I am really interested when<br />
listening to others.<br />
Listening is one of the best ways to build others<br />
and your wellbeing, because you both have happy<br />
feelings. Showing you are really interested when<br />
others are telling you something, builds your<br />
relationship with them. You do<br />
this by looking at their eyes,<br />
smiling and being friendly.<br />
They feel you believe<br />
they matter as people.<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel caring.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Birds<br />
Walk outside and spend five minutes counting<br />
as many birds as you can. How many different<br />
types of birds can you identify?<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I will start doing when listening<br />
to others?<br />
30<br />
TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
Value for Life - CARING<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
With a friend discuss and describe how you<br />
could tell if a class mate is feeling negative<br />
emotions. Show what their body language<br />
could look like. What could you say and do<br />
to help them overcome these feelings?
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
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Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. How did you<br />
care for your friends and family? How did they care for you?
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skills and<br />
achievement<br />
DRAWING AND WRITING<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel happy.<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to add to my Skills and<br />
Achievement by drawing and writing in class.<br />
Your brain has two sides, left and right and you<br />
learn best when you use your whole brain.<br />
Your left brain listens to your teachers’ words,<br />
so write them down. Your right brain looks for<br />
patterns, so draw and write as you<br />
listen and learn. Drawing and<br />
writing are great ways<br />
to learn better.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Name Game<br />
Write down all the songs you know that have<br />
the word happy in their title or their lyrics.<br />
Which are your favorites and why?<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I could start doing to learn<br />
better?<br />
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TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
Value for Life - HAPPINESS<br />
Color IN!<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
Describe one thing a person would do to show<br />
each of the following character strengths:<br />
HAPPINESS<br />
CREATIVITY<br />
LOVE
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
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Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
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Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
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Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. What good things<br />
happened this week which made you happy? What is something that made a friend of yours happy?
exercise<br />
and vitality<br />
OUT EXERCISING<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel confident.<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to build my Exercise and<br />
Vitality by exercising every day.<br />
Exercising for about an hour every day, will build<br />
both your body’s and mind’s wellbeing. It can be a<br />
quick walk or run, aerobics, walking the dog,<br />
cycling, skateboarding, surfing, or playing a sport.<br />
Exercise helps you to feel positive<br />
a great time to have fun<br />
with family and friends.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Tangled Whispers<br />
In a group ask one to whisper a message<br />
to another student, who then passes it on.<br />
When it has been passed on to the whole<br />
group, how different is the message?<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I could start doing to exercise<br />
every day?<br />
36<br />
TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
Value for Life - CONFIDENCE<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
You have Character Strengths which you use<br />
every day to control your emotions, get along<br />
with other people, learn, think, and make<br />
decisions. For the list on page 6, what do you<br />
think are your three strongest strengths?
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
37<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. What happened<br />
this week to give you confidence? What did you do to show this confidence?
meaning<br />
and purpose<br />
PRESENT AND SHARING<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel curious.<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to boost my Meaning and<br />
Purpose by talking with others in person.<br />
Working with other students, side-by-side, to achieve<br />
something, fills all of you with positive feelings.<br />
Show that you want to be there with them by<br />
making eye contact and looking happy.<br />
Be curious and show you are<br />
interested, by asking them to<br />
tell you more about what<br />
they are talking about.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Opposite Hands<br />
Try coloring a picture or writing the alphabet<br />
with your non-dominant hand.<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What is one thing I could start doing to share with<br />
others in person?<br />
38<br />
TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
Value for Life - CURIOSITY<br />
COLOR IN!<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
What are three other Character Strengths that<br />
you would like to further develop in yourself<br />
to use every day and why? Write your top<br />
five and these three further strengths on the<br />
Strengths Wheel (see website).
READERS ARE LEADERS<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
MONDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
TUESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
THURSDAY<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
39<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Title of Book<br />
How did you feel<br />
reading today?<br />
FRIDAY<br />
No. of pages<br />
Time (mins.)<br />
Communication / Tasks:<br />
Parent/ Carer Sign Off:<br />
WHAT WENT WELL THIS WEEK?<br />
Think about the good things that happened this week, no matter how small they were. What things<br />
were you curious about? How did you satisfy your curiosity? What are you still curious about that<br />
you’d like to learn more about?
STRENGTHS<br />
AND EMOTIONS<br />
BOUNCING BACK<br />
EMOTIONS<br />
Describe an experience which could cause a<br />
person to feel determined.<br />
My Wellbeing Goal: to add to my Strengths and<br />
Emotions by building the skills to bounce back.<br />
When things happen that upset you, such as<br />
your friends not wanting to play with you, it is<br />
important for you to bounce back to feel good<br />
again. This is called being resilient.You do this<br />
by believing in yourself,<br />
controlling your feelings<br />
and knowing that your<br />
problem is not going<br />
to last for long.<br />
MINDFULNESS ACTIVITY<br />
Pictures<br />
How often do you walk past a picture<br />
everyday and don’t really look at it? Look<br />
at a picture for five minutes and count how<br />
many different colors, shapes, shadings, and<br />
emotions you see in it.<br />
ACTIONS<br />
What will you start doing when you need to bounce<br />
back?<br />
40<br />
TALK ABOUT IT WITH YOUR FAMILY<br />
Value for Life - DETERMINATION<br />
Color IN!<br />
RESILIENCE BUILDER<br />
With two friends come up with one positive thing you will<br />
do at school, then at home and then in the community to<br />
show each of the following Character Strengths – kindness,<br />
hope and determination.<br />
Kindness Hope Determination<br />
School<br />
Home<br />
Community