MY WELLBEING JOURNEY – YEAR 9 EXTENDING MY BEST SELF as a Person and as a Student
Extending your best self involves reimagining what your best self can look like, redesigning what you will do to achieve this and choosing to explore the program’s lessons and activities. A healthy state of wellbeing is feeling optimistic and hopeful about today and for your future, because you know that you are working towards extending your best self.
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AS A PERSON
What is my purpose this year for making the effort to extend myself as a person? What is a choice that I will need to make to achieve this and who is a role model that will support me? ........................................................................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Choose to: » make in-person relationships my priority by showing that other people matter to me » pause, take notice, be curious, be present and talk positively to myself.
AS A STUDENT
What is my purpose this year to extend myself as a student? What is a choice that I will need to make, to pay attention to what I need to pay attention to? ........................................................................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Choose to: » be flexible in my thinking to have optimism and hope for the future by setting short and long term goals » use grit & growth mindset to tackle challenges, make mistakes and grow academically by fixing them. Acknowledgement: Sonja Lyubomirsky & Tal Ben Shahar
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.
CHARACTER STRENGTH WEEK
CREATIVITY WEEK their own every single person is creative in By expecting and respecting that thing about look out for what they are. The great ways, you will be more aware to of seeing rights or wrongs, just novel ways being creative is that there are no finding different ways to view things. ordinary as extraordinary, and loving in your classroom and at home for This week make Creative Walls both down or draw creative things your class and your family to write that they did or noticed others doing. write down or draw creative things This Week’s Creativity Gratitudes: that you were grateful for. that you did or noticed others doing
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.
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” Henry David Thoreau
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