http://picasion.com/gl/a2LE/ by Barb Bellesini What is something YOU do to make yourself feel better?? Self Talk can either harm or help you! If your Self Talk is Negative and Unhelpful- a FIXED MINDSET, then it can be harmful and stop you from progressing or changing, whereas Helpful Positive Self Talk is Read more…
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 help me finish setting up my BE POSITIVE PROGRAM Website 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 24 students, you would get an average of 10- 25 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 face and the other copies. Sometimes this causes laughter and happiness, 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 person/people, which is an intentional behaviour, causing distress and worry. 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 they will have become aware of all the students in 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 of their responses: Your body will give you signs if 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 poster so they could share their knowledge with others. How Read more…