WELLBEING & ENGAGEMENT UPDATE
Celebrating Wellbeing Week
Last week was Wellbeing Week at Sacred Heart. It was a time for us to have conversations with each other about reinforcing the message that simple acts can significantly impact our health and wellbeing as a community. Some of the activities we participated in were: Christian meditation to calm our mind and centre us, mindfulness activities - using grounding techniques through the senses, remembering our traffic light strategy - to breathe and think before we act and practising gratitude for the things we are thankful for in our life. We invited our families to join us during this week of wellbeing - for Christian meditation and through a Healthy Nutrition zoom session to learn about food that is best for our bodies.
Grow Your Mind - Teaching ‘CONSENT’
In the infants classes we have been focusing on the teaching of ‘consent’. How does it look? How do we show it? and The Golden Rules:
- Consent needs to be enthusiastically communicated
We need to be clear with yes or no words, but we can also show consent in other ways - using body language and facial expression.
For example:
“Yes, you can borrow my toy” “Yes, I’d like to play”
- Consent needs to be specific.
You need to be specific in your words.
For example:
“No, I don’t want to join in that game today”
- Consent can change.
Saying yes/no doesn't mean it has to be forever. You can change your mind. It doesn't matter why. Even if you have agreed for someone to borrow your toy, you can change your mind. You might see them treating your toy badly. Or you might not have a reason and simply changed your mind.
We discussed that we need to show RESPECT - with our hands, with our words and with our listening.
STAGE 3 PARENT REMINDER:The Growing and Changing Parent Puberty Zoom Session is tomorrow night Thursday April 4 at 7pm. Refer to compass communications for the zoom link details.
Have a wonderful week and upcoming school holiday break and remember to keep refilling that cup.
Amanda Macourt
Leader of Wellbeing and Engagement
