A BIG THANK YOU to all those who were able to attend the Be Positive Program launch. It was well attended and had representatives from students who greeted and told guests about the program, teachers and friends who have supported me in writing my program, parents, wellbeing leaders and consultants, principals, a psychologist and representatives of the Education Office. We learnt something about the program as well as doing a Buddy Handshake and Fruit Salad Massage. It is now all ‘officially’ out there! Come and join the party.

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Welcome to the Be Positive Program. This is a Resilience and Wellbeing  Program that has been developed and tested in Australian schools, and covers every Social and Emotional Curriculum Standard, but can easily be used in any English speaking country. The Posters are currently being used at every school level, from Prep /Pre-Primary to the final year at secondary school, as well as in waiting rooms, and by some Psychologists.

The current Lesson Plans and Workbook are best for children from 4 – 8 years, but can be adapted up or down to suit different levels. By the end of 2018 there will be lesson plans and Blackline Masters for all primary grades and up to year 8 – 13 or 14 year olds.

Hi my name is Barb Bellesini. I am a mother of 4 very different children and have been taught every level from Pre-Primary to Grade 6. (4yrs -13yrs) As a classroom teacher and Specialist in Physical Education and Positive Education, my experience is broad.
My philosophy of teaching has ALWAYS been- ‘To form a relationship with your students, and make them feel listened to and understood, then they will have much more potential to learn.’

Social and Emotional Learning has been a passion and I have been lucky enough to be a Specialist ‘Positive Education’ Teacher for 6 years, teaching from Prep to 6 and developing these programs.

I have refined a Prep program that covers all of the SEL areas, which sets up a basis, language and strategies to be built on and developed in future years.

Developing programs for the other levels was done on a year to year and term to term basis, but I would try to cover all areas over a two year period. In the 6 years no two were the same!

All SEL programs help to build resilience, but it is more effective and better retained if followed up at home as well as school. I also began a Positive Ed Blog, which documents many things we have done over the last few years including songs, children’s ideas, some of which i will share with you here.

I would write in the Newsletter each fortnight with a Home Practise section for parents to follow up at home. Some did, some didn’t, but those families that did built better relationships and built up new strategies and ways to communicate as a family.

I have many resources to share- The Junior Workbook and Lesson Plans, posters, program notes for all other Primary levels, a Gratitude Journal and PD opportunities.

www.bepositiveprogram.com.au will have both old and new Blog posts with songs, stories, outcomes and various ‘child raising’ issues.

Contact me through my website or my email and leave me your details for further information.  barb@bepositiveprogram.com.au

Thank you in anticipation of having happy, balanced people surrounding you.

Barb Bellesini

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