SSS Corner

We Got Your Back!

By Ibu Regina and Pak Michael

We believe everyone (including the teachers) was at least a little happy when the school announced an early break for us in mid-March. The first few weeks would surely be fun and relaxing. However, after a couple of weeks, it started to get boring and wasn’t exciting anymore. We miss our friends, our teachers (students), and even just the atmosphere of our school.

We started to run out of ideas of what activities to do, what games to play, what movies to watch, what books to read.

Some of us started to gain weight or lose muscle mass.

Some started to have a conflict with family members because we were forcibly confined together with them 24/7.

Happiness is about balance.

Spending time with someone we love is nice, but meeting them every hour every minute might have a different effect.

Relaxing is necessary, but lying down on your bed for the whole day can be depressing.

Freedom is great, but sometimes people need a proper schedule in order to improve.

Even the smartest and the most disciplined students still rely on the teachers to be by their side to give a direct positive reinforcement, compliment their progress, and to provide direction or motivation.

These past few weeks SSS has continuously been present and been there for you to keep you active, healthy and happy at home. With our #HappinessProject, we have set up check-up sessions once a week for each year level. If you want to contact us, here’s the schedule and link to the google meet:

• Year 7 - 9 with Ibu Reni: Wednesday, break time (9.40-10.15): meet.google.com/kgs-gsie-fnb
• Year 7 - 9 with Pak Michael: Wednesday, break time (9.40-10.15): meet.google.com/vnn-ienc-toi
• Year 10 with Ibu Joanne & Ibu Regina: Wednesday, MYP Core Time (13.50-14.50): meet.google.com/zjf-djud-bnc
• Year 11 with Ibu Joanne & Ibu Regina: Thursday after school (15.00-16.00): meet.google.com/nhg-qfhc-szi
• Year 12 with Ibu Joanne & Ibu Regina --> Monday, Wednesday & Friday (please see complete schedule & link on ManageBac)*

We are also continuing our #Well-BeingWednesday lunch activity (meet.google.com/qod-otzo-zas) and have added the #Fri-Yay session during YLM time to celebrate the great things you have accomplished each week.

Using the PERMA model from Dr Seligman, we would like to maintain and even increase your happiness level through Positive emotions, Engagement, Relationship, Meaningfulness and Achievement. All PowerPoint presentations and videos from our sessions are posted in ManageBac every week.

Here are some challenges that SSS have started since the first Well Being Wednesday online session that you can still join:

• Post an original funny meme or joke,
• Do a short breathing meditation session and record it,
• Finish colouring a mandala (www.colormandala.com) digitally or manually and send us the result,
• Record a simple karaoke session/live music of you singing one of your favourite songs,
• Do a simple house chore or other physical activities for a minimum of 20 min and share your experience,
• Do a 7 Days of HIIT Challenge (you may find the link in our Well Being Wednesday PPT session on April 22),
• If you order food/coffee using Ojek Online, buy 1 portion for the driver and screenshot the conversation (blur the driver's name).

In order for us to add your House Points, kindly send us your evidence via email (sss@globaljaya.com using your GJS student account) or if you choose to post it in your IG, kindly tag @sss_globaljaya. So far, ELANG is leading in the competition.

We would like to thank all parents for your continuous trust and cooperation with us. It's your support that makes everything become a meaningful learning process at home, especially during this difficult time. If you need any consultation time for yourself, please don't hesitate to reach out as well. We got your back!