YAY! The SHOP is OPEN! by Barb Bellesini After 5 months of toiling and trying, never giving up and making little and big bits of progress, following my own advice, positive thinking and Growth Mindset, I engaged a professional to Read more…
glitter maker What IS Self Talk? Get a pen and paper and write down the first thing that comes to mind when you read these words: Dog Cat Breakfast school homework fly If you did this with a class of Read more…
Feelings and emotions by Barb Bellesini We are talking about feelings and emotions. Everything we have covered is just as true for adults as it is for children. We have been playing a game called Face to Face, where children make a Read more…
by Barb Bellesini Each Class has been talking about Harmony Day. We have looked at what ‘Every Face has a Place’ (KidsMatter slogan) means, as well as revisiting Anti Bullying. The seniors and middles made posters, juniors coloured Mandalas and the Read more…
ANTI BULLYING by Barb Bellesini What are you doing for Anti Bullying Day? Go to Bullying No Way to get lots of ideas for you and your students: https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/NationalDay Bullying is defined as a repeated pattern done to the same Read more…
http://picasion.com/gl/8VSh/ by Barb Bellesini It was Random Acts of Kindness Day on Feb 17th. What did you do?? Have YOU performed an Act of Kindness today? Have YOU shown kindness to someone else today?? Each child from grade one to six, Read more…
Filling Your Invisible Bucket By Barb Bellesini All levels are reviewing or learning about how to ‘fill each other’s invisible bucket’s.’ This makes them feel better about themselves and others. When you fill someone else’s bucket, you also fill your Read more…
http://picasion.com/gl/8TW by Barb Bellesini Transition can be complex. Last year there were orientation days, ordering books and uniforms, planning, setting classes, pictures taken etc. Teachers will have made resources, planned, set up the room and displays, but most importantly Read more…
glittertextmaker.inf by Barb Bellesini ALL FEELINGS are OK, as long as WHAT we DO with them doesn’t HURT or HARM anybody else or get us into trouble. All levels have been talking about feelings and these are some Read more…
The Middles have been talking about ways to manage their feelings. They have been revisiting ways to make themselves calm down so they don’t let their feelings get out of control and hurt themselves or anybody else. They each made a Read more…