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Best Bee Term 4
Best Bee Term 4
Bullying no way, 2025 - Be Bold, Be Kind, Speak Up
Bullying no way, 2025 - Be Bold, Be Kind, Speak Up
Term 3, Week 4 is Bullying No Way week. The theme for this year is ‘Be Bold, Be Kind, Speak Up’.
We kicked off this week a little early with a performance last Friday for all children called ‘Being Brave’. The show focused on how we can all be brave and resilient as we navigate our way through the stressful life events that we can find ourselves experiencing throughout life.
The situations explored included: family breakups, facing fears, being separated from family members, moving to a new and different place, connecting safely online, losing loved ones and of course, bullying.
The show aimed to remind us to be resilient and look after our wellbeing by reaching out to those who can help us. If we don’t, this can affect our learning, behaviour and relationships in major ways.
It fits in perfectly with ‘Be Bold, Be Kind, Speak Up’ and is a message that we should remember not only during Bullying No Way week, but at all times.
Today, the children will participate in Kid’s Helpline’s largest anti-bullying lesson, which is held online.
The strategies that the session explores can be found on posters around our school and they were also attached to our newsletter last week.
One of the most important ways to be able to be bold, be kind and speak up, is for our children to find and use their unique voice.
You can find some of the examples of the ways that we are working to improve student voice at our school in the display outside Rob’s office.
As with all the things we do, we are a work in progress, but we are committed to improving student voice for its many benefits for learning, wellbeing, child safety and all other aspects of life.
Best Bee Term 3
Best Bee Term 3
Our first Term 3 Best Bee is also our first that has been nominated by the students. Luckily, all the teachers agreed! Well done Patrick!
Best Bee Nominations
Best Bee Nominations
Best bee nominations
As part of our focus on understanding and improving opportunities for student voice, we have opened up nominations for our Best Bees to the children in grades 3-6.
We have created a form which is linked to the google classroom page of each class that children can use to identify a student from Prep - 6 who demonstrates our 4Bs. They can do this if and when they choose to and must include reasons and examples for their nominations.
As a staff, we feel that giving the children the chance to identify those who make a positive impact on our school is so important and we look forward to using their nominations when considering our next best bees!
Grade 5 Friendship sessions
Grade 5 Friendship sessions
Grade 5 Friendship sessions
In some of the surveys that we completed earlier in the year, the grade 5 students had indicated that even though they feel like they have friends, they are not too sure about the quality of their friendships. They wanted to have the chance to discuss ways to make their friendships stronger and how to keep them when there are disagreements or problems, big or small.
In week 4, we began our grade 5 friendship sessions, which took place on Tuesday afternoons. All sessions involved some talking points, pair or group activities, self reflection and discussion.
In Session 1, we looked at how to make new friends
To start with, they spent some time thinking about who they are on the inside by completing a reflection called The Cool Things About You.
Then they contributed their thoughts about the following questions:
1. What are the qualities of a good friend?
2. How might you show someone that you are a good friend?
3. How do you make new friends?
In Session 2, we looked at how to be a supportive friend
To begin this session we had a look at the top answers we came up with last week after collating all of the suggestions. Based on this, the most important qualities of a good friend were to be…
Trustworthy, honest and loyal
Understanding and empathetic
Fun and funny
The top things we want to work harder on when being a friend are…
Being a better listener
Being more trustworthy
Being more supportive
In small groups we discussed how to make new friends and introduce ourselves to someone new.
We then took some time to practice empathy. This is when we put ourselves in someone else’s shoes. This is something that we can do whether we know a person well, or do not know them at all.
In session 3, we reflected on how to be there for our friends
Being there for our friends is not just about supporting them when times are tough, but is also about knowing them well and finding common interests. We paired up to complete some venn diagrams and learn something new about someone else.
We also revisited the zones of regulation and assigned some feelings cards to the different zones. After sorting them, we reordered them on a scale from the mildest to most intense versions of the feeling.
Then, in small groups, the grade 5s were provided a scenario card with a situation that would elicit a feeling. They had to discuss the ways that they might support a friend in that situation.
In session 4, we looked at communication
We discussed some important things to remember when communicating and how different kinds of communication can impact our friendships.
Then we practiced some clear communicating by doing the back to back drawing game which gave us lots of laughs.
We finished by practicing negotiation and compromise in small groups as children tried to decide what 5 things they would take for survival if their boat was sinking and they were about to be stranded on a desert island.
In session 5, we talked about what to do when things go bad in our friendships.
We spent some time discussing whether friendships have to end just because they hit troubled times and how and when they can be repaired. It was so interesting to hear the different things that some people thought were forgivable and beyond repair.
We identified apologies as being a key part of forgiveness and the repairing of friendships.
best bee Term 2
best bee Term 2
we are all kind - st Theresa's version
we are all kind - st Theresa's version
On the last day of school for Term 1, just before the Easter raffle, Akucjang, Alannah and Olivia led the introduction of a book called ‘We Are All Kind’.
We created this book as a school during Harmony Week. Harmony Week is an important time to focus on the ways that we show empathy, care and kindness to each other.
To create our version of ‘We are all kind’, each class took a page of the original book and thought about what it meant. Then, we took a photo that demonstrated these thoughts. We hope you enjoy it.
SEL SKILL OF THE MONTH
SEL SKILL OF THE MONTH
our first best bee for 2025
our first best bee for 2025
GRade 6 PLAY activity leaders
GRade 6 PLAY activity leaders
The grade 6s have continued to particiapre in the PLAY leadership program. The program runs every Monday at lunchtime.
They will keep doing an amazing job of running the sessions until they train our grade 5s to take over and being their journey as leaders.
Week 5 was led by...
Alannah,
Akucjang,
Olivia,
Evie,
Annie,
Victoria
and Chloe.
Week 6 was led by...
Owen,
Leo,
Kinsley,
Rory,
Brandon
and Michael.
Week 8 was led by...
Adonis,
Zani,
Indigo,
Ryeome,
Akucjang,
Olivia,
Evie,
Annie,
and Katelyn.
bullying Information
bullying Information
In 2024, we were visited by Bully Zero - an organisation that aims to raise awareness about and prevent bullying by visiting schools and running sessions with parents and children.
🌻🌻🌻The information is still both relevant and important 🌻🌻🌻
The slides found below combine information from the Bully Zero parent and child sessions, our experiences here at St Theresa’s and official recommendations from the office of the eSafety commissioner.
At St Theresa’s, we work on many of the skills mentioned throughout the slides through our SEL lessons. Our SEL lessons across each term incorporate a Respectful Relationships unit (runs for 4-5 weeks), a targeted anti bullying session, our SEL skills of the month and responsive sessions created by teachers for individual classes that respond to the issues that children are currently experiencing and interested in exploring further.
The slides have been split into smaller groups so that one big slideshow is not too overwhelming!
Where to get help if you need it
Where to get help if you need it
Police: Sunshine Police Station 9313 3333
eSafety Commissioner: https://www.esafety.gov.au/
Bully Zero Australia foundation: https://www.bullyzero.org.au/
Kids help line: 1800 55 1800
Parentline Victoria: 13 22 89
Bullying No Way: https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/
And of course, at school, your Classroom Teacher, Wellbeing Leader, Deputy Principal or Principal.
zones of regulation with Prep - 2
zones of regulation with Prep - 2
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