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Tag: Wellbeing

Events that support student wellbeing, including physical, mental and emotional health

Drama and Resilience

Meet Branden from the Sydney Theatre Company listen to a text and participate in drama activities to build resilience. Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Drama and Resilience Branden from the Sydney Theatre Company reads a text and invites sutdents to think about what makes them happy.

Students will be invited to:

Describe three items that make you happy and why they make you happy.
What are some things in your school, where you live, your neighbourhood that make you happy? They could be really big or small?
How does it feel? Is it cold, warm or hot? Smooth or rough? What colour/s is it? Does it have a smell or a taste?
Draw a picture of the object, and label all its features. Share your drawing and explain why that special object makes you happy
Listen to a text, ‘Where Happiness Hides’ (2020) [duration 3:17] by Anthony Bertini, illustrated by Jennifer Goldsmith. This text contains opportunities for embodiment through interpreting descriptive and onomatopoeic language that encourages movement and sound
Create a soundscape

Teachers can use the pre-recorded YouTube clip, pausing to allow students to use drama to explore and build their resilience.

Books and stories can help us to overcome our feelings through using drama strategies to build our resilience and try to turn negative situations into positives.
There are many texts that enable the exploration of drama strategies and the building of dramatic skills and understanding. One such text is ‘Where Happiness Hides’ by Anthony Bertini, illustrated by Jennifer Goldsmith (2020).
The text explores the things that make us happy, and the ways in which something negative can be turned into a positive.
Through these transferrable drama strategies, students build skills in resilience, optimistic thinking as well as in drama.
Explore these drama strategies with any book or subject

*Teacher resources to support this session are also available. Free Creative Arts K-12 Sydney Dance Company DART Learning On Demand Youtube Recording Primary DRAES1.1, DRAES1.3, DRAS1.2, DRAS1.3, DRAS2.1,DRAS2.2, DRAS3.1, DRAS3.2 Creative Arts Drama Performing Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free STEM/STEAM Wellbeing Children’s Mental Health Week World Storytelling Day Youth Week Education Week NSW Literacy and Numeracy Week National Mental Health Month Children’s Week #CreativeArtsK-12#STEAM#Education#ChildrensWeek#NationalMentalHealthMonth#ChildrensMentalHealth#HAPPINESS

Music and adaptability

Find out how to repurpose materials as musical instruments and use them to create a composition. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Music and adaptability In collaboration with Musica Viva and using music strategies, students will build skills in agile, adaptable and flexible thinking, as well as in music.

Through using music education strategies to build our adaptability and flexible thinking, we become better equipped to take on new situations and to pivot in new directions.

Students will be encouraged to reflect on and to think of situations when they have had to think differently and adapt to change. Sharing our stories and our feelings with others is a great start in this ongoing journey into accepting and adapting to change through sound patterns.

*Teacher resources to support this session are also available. Free Creative Arts K-12 Musica Viva Australia In Schools DART Learning On Demand Youtube Recording Primary MUES1.1, MUES1.2, MUS1.1, MUS1.2, MUS2.1, MUS2.2, MUS3.1, MUS3.2 Creative Arts Music Performing (Singing, Playing and Moving) Creative Arts Visual Arts Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Drama Select Sub Strand Free STEM/STEAM Wellbeing Children’s Mental Health Week Youth Week Education Week NSW National Health and Physical Education Day National Mental Health Month Children’s Week #CreativeArtsK-12#SOUND#Education#MUSIC#STEAM#CreativeMusic

Visual arts and perseverance – Creating Murals

By visual arts strategies to build our perseverance, persistence & endurance, we become better equipped to take on situations & to achieve as much as we can. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Visual arts and perseverance – Creating Murals Watch & Learn as Emily’s an artist from Studio A guides you through her process in making murals, that can be used in a school, a classroom or even just in individual artworks.

• Murals take persistence and endurance. Teachers and students need to persevere through designing a pattern or theme, thinking about colours around the area, and what to include.
• Using several visual arts strategies within the context of the school community, can develop students’ awareness of possibilities, alternatives, choices and flexibility to know how to overcome this new challenge. Start by allowing students to make a personal connection through exploring their environment for ideas, or experimenting with different patterns.
• Once this connection has been established, and a plan formulated, the process can commence.

*Teacher resources to support this session are also available. Free Creative Arts K-12 On Demand Youtube Recording Primary VAES1.1, VAES1.2, VAS1.1, VAS1.2, VAS2.1, VAS2.2, VAS3.1, VAS3.2 Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free STEM/STEAM Wellbeing Disability Recognition Month Children’s Mental Health Week International Women’s Day Youth Week Children’s Week International Day of People with Disability #CreativeArtsK-12#ART#Education#DisabilityRecognitionMonth#WomenintheARTS#SYDNEYMURAS#STEAM

Dance to build relationships

Through using dance strategies to build our understandings of relationships, we are collaborating and connecting in ways we did not know were possible. Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Dance to build relationships When we collaborate with others we make new connections & build relationships where we could not have thought to look before.

Sometimes we are faced with a challenging situation or may have a difficult time. Dance can help us learn to build relationships with people & even things in our environment through these situations.

Students will be encouraged to:
• Reflect on and to think of situations when they have had to rely on an existing relationship or work towards making new ones.
• Consider places and spaces where they feel most comfortable and safe, and why.
• Develop different ways to express and tell a story.

*Teacher resources to support this session are also available. Free Creative Arts K-12 Sydney Opera House On Demand Youtube Recording Primary DAES1.1, DAES1.2, DAS1.1, DAS1.2, DAS2.1, DAS2.2, DAS3.1, DAS3.2 Creative Arts Dance Performing Creative Arts Dance Appreciating Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand Free STEM/STEAM Wellbeing Children’s Mental Health Week World Storytelling Day Youth Week National Health and Physical Education Day National Mental Health Month Children’s Week #CreativeArtsK-12#DANCE#Education#STEAM#MovementStoryTelling

National Youth Week: Kids Helpline @ High School NSW

Our evidence-informed sessions have been created for students to improve mental health literacy, resilience skills and promote help-seeking behaviours. 

  Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 National Youth Week: Kids Helpline @ High School NSW We can adapt session length to suit your school’s requirements. Run by professionally qualified Kids Helpline counsellors via video link.
Session Topics:

Kids Helpline & Help- Seeking: Information on support options available to young people.

Emotional Intelligence: Mental health literacy, coping strategies and emotional regulation techniques.

Fostering Resilience: Evidence-based resilience strategies, focused on changing thought patterns to overcome adversity.

Online Wellbeing: Protective strategies to reduce known dangers and improve wellbeing.

Cyberbullying: Skills for healthy ways of relating and dealing with cyberbullying behaviours.

Respectful Relationships: Strategies for managing intimacy, boundaries and assertive communication with peers.

 

The ideal sessions run for approximately 30-50 minutes per topic; the ideal number of students per session is approximately a class size.  We recommend a maximum of 50-60 students per session.  Free Kids Helpline @ School Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Teams Other Secondary Self-awareness, Self-management, Inquiring- identifying, exploring and organising information and ideas, Generating ideas, possibilities and actions, Reflecting on thinking and processes, Understanding ethical concepts and issues Special Event Kids Helpline @ High School sessions can offer students a positive first experience of mental health services, which may help to overcome some common barriers to help-seeking, such as demystifying and normalising counselling. Free Wellbeing #dartlearning #KAS #Kidshelpline #kids #Helpline #1800551800 #KidsHelpline@School #KidsHelpline@HighSchool

WELLBEING WEDNESDAY’S W/ JACQUI JONES

Give your students the opportunity to relax and reset; find a comfortable place to sit or lie & they will be taken on a guided meditation practice.

  Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 WELLBEING WEDNESDAY’S W/ JACQUI JONES Facilitated by Jacqui Jones,  ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’  aims to break up the week for your students and provide them with an opportunity to reconnect with mind, body & spirit.   These sessions are also designed for the wellbeing of our teachers!

Each week Jacqui will choose a different theme in terms of wellbeing and self-care and students will have the opportunity to take part in a live meditation practice.

Suitable for beginners as well as more advanced meditators!

These live sessions will give your students the opportunity to relax and reset.    Set to lovely music, students will be asked to find a comfortable place to sit or lie and they will be taken on a guided meditation or visualisation practice with Jacqui.

Jacqui has been teaching meditation to primary school students for over 8 years now and designs these sessions to specifically meet their needs and keep them engaged.   Otherwise known as ‘Headventures’  the sessions will make the most of your student’s wonderful imaginations and help them to tap into this powerful tool.

  Free THE GREATFULNESS GROUP Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary PDHPE Interpersonal Skills Health, Wellbeing and Relationships Learning Intentions:

relax and reset our body and mind

Success Criteria:

participate in a guided meditation

 

  Free Wellbeing @greatfulgen

Australian Perspectives

A free teacher professional learning program on First Nations, gender and migration Teacher Australian Perspectives Hear Steph Tisdell, Professor Clare Wright and Saroo Brierley share their personal stories and reflect on the defining moments that have shaped them.

Access four episodes – available on demand – where special guests, teachers, students and curators delve deeper into the themes of First Nations, gender and migration and their relevance to the Australian Curriculum.

Australian Perspectives will give you tools to incorporate diverse stories in your classroom. These stories will encourage students to feel a sense of belonging and pride in their own identities and build intercultural understanding and respect for different viewpoints.

Australian Perspectives is brought to you by the National Museum of Australia with the generous support of Gandel Foundation. Free National Museum of Australia On Demand Other Professional Development Free Wellbeing

WELLBEING WEDNESDAY’S W/ JACQUI JONES

Give your students the opportunity to relax and reset; find a comfortable place to sit or lie & they will be taken on a guided meditation practice.

  Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 WELLBEING WEDNESDAY’S W/ JACQUI JONES Facilitated by Jacqui Jones,  ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’  aims to break up the week for your students and provide them with an opportunity to reconnect with mind, body & spirit.   These sessions are also designed for the wellbeing of our teachers!

Each week Jacqui will choose a different theme in terms of wellbeing and self-care and students will have the opportunity to take part in a live meditation practice.

Suitable for beginners as well as more advanced meditators!

These live sessions will give your students the opportunity to relax and reset.    Set to lovely music, students will be asked to find a comfortable place to sit or lie and they will be taken on a guided meditation or visualisation practice with Jacqui.

Jacqui has been teaching meditation to primary school students for over 8 years now and designs these sessions to specifically meet their needs and keep them engaged.   Otherwise known as ‘Headventures’  the sessions will make the most of your student’s wonderful imaginations and help them to tap into this powerful tool.

  Free THE GREATFULNESS GROUP Live Event – Scheduled Zoom Primary PDHPE Interpersonal Skills Health, Wellbeing and Relationships Learning Intentions:

relax and reset our body and mind

Success Criteria:

participate in a guided meditation

 

  Free Wellbeing @greatfulgen

Tuning-In Teacher Webinar supporting Creative Arts and Wellbeing

Tuning In’ reinforces the connections that creative arts can foster within a school to improve student wellbeing, develop experiences & exposure to quality arts learning. Teacher Parent Tuning-In Teacher Webinar supporting Creative Arts and Wellbeing Join our panel as they discuss the‘Tuning In’ project, each artform is represented with its own unique strengths in supporting and developing student wellbeing.

This project is a collaboration between the NSW Department of Education and Musica Viva In Schools, Studio A, Sydney Opera House, and Sydney Theatre Company. ‘ Feelings of inclusion within and beyond the classroom into the school community are of the utmost importance in developing a stronger sense of school community and belonging across various settings.

‘Tuning In’ provides students and teachers with a way to connect through the arts.
The creative arts play a significant role in helping students create meaning in their lives. They provide a way to interpret the world through opportunities for self-expression, enjoyment, creativity and reflection. Through each artform within the creative arts, schools can be empowered to build a sense of community and a shared purpose, by supporting wellbeing and collaboration within the school environment.

*Links to teacher resources to support this session will be emailed to you once you register. Free Creative Arts K-12 Musica Viva Australia In Schools Sydney Opera House Sydney Dance Company DART Learning On Demand Youtube Recording Primary Creative Arts Visual Arts Appreciating Creative Arts Drama Performing Creative Arts Music Performing (Singing, Playing and Moving) Free STEM/STEAM Wellbeing NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 2 of 4 Children’s Mental Health Week NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 1 of 4 Youth Week NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 3 of 4 NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 4 of 4 National Health and Physical Education Day National Mental Health Month #CreativeArtsK-12#STEAM#Education#MentalHealth#CreativeARTS#TeacherPD

MPOWER Online-powering school engagement, wellbeing and mental health

Giving you access to global elders, musicians,  artists, mental health specialists, integrative doctors, nutritionists, fitness instructors, yoga teachers & meditation experts. 

  Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Year 11 – S6 MPOWER Online-powering school engagement, wellbeing and mental health Learn about ancient cultures, the power of your mind & how to live your creative potential.

MPower matches students with passionate youth icons like Chris Hemsworth as mentors in their chosen modules in writing, rapping, music, dance, poetry, fitness, nutrition, meditation, mindfulness & wellbeing. It meets them in their passion, & helps to reignite it. Through a linked mobile app young people have ongoing access to video tutorials, social networks, & connection to mental health support services in a format they trust. MPOWER builds connection, personal skills for self-care, resilience and recovery, stimulates participation in school, and is impetus for positive change.

MPOWER classroom’s structured units enable teachers with no prior subject knowledge to deliver engaging programs that help to combat mental health problems & disengagement at school. One Vision Productions- Mpower On Demand Other Secondary PDHPE Creative Arts English Wellbeing

Learning from Home – Primary hub

The Environmental and Zoo Education Centre network (EZEC) has created virtual resources for schools to support teaching and learning. Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Learning from Home – Primary hub Designed by teachers from 25 centres across the state, there are K-6 resources available across a host of different subjects, including science, geography and wellbeing.
Once you have made a booking you will be sent a link to the resources. Free Kamay Botany Bay Environmental Education Centre On Demand Other Primary Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World English Making meaning through responding and composing Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Visual Arts Making Environment Free Wellbeing World Environment Day SciFest National Science Week History Week National Bird Week Pollinator Week

V2_Blind Thinking – Seeing the Blocks to Imagination

Critical and Creative Thinking begins with a flexible mind, to be imaginative we need to see things in new ways. This course illustrates the predictable blocks that inhibit imagination in order to move past them. Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent V2_Blind Thinking – Seeing the Blocks to Imagination This program plants the seeds for Critical Thinking. How we see influences what we see, and that influences what we look for.

This course runs for 4 hours in total. There are video tutorials, visualisations and activities to complete following completion of the course. The activities are self directed and encourage teachers to develop their own critical and creative skills in their own unique way. imagineer.me On Demand Other Secondary Professional Development Select Strand Select Sub Strand English Select Strand Select Sub Strand Creative Arts Select Strand Select Sub Strand Wellbeing NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 1 of 4 NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 2 of 4 Children’s Mental Health Week World Storytelling Day Youth Week NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 3 of 4 NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 4 of 4 Education Week NSW RU OK Day

V8_The Lily and the Billabong

The Lily & the Billabong is a personal journey, a deep dive into the depth of your imagination. Via visual art, visualisation and mindfulness, participants are invited to explore themselves. Year 7 – S4 Year 8 – S4 Year 9 – S5 Year 10 – S5 Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 TAFE Students Teacher Parent V8_The Lily and the Billabong The program helps participants reach the flow state while developing an understanding of “unfocused attention” so that it can be achieved more often. Consider this program “PLAY”. Learning through PLAY provides opportunities to discover, create, improvise and this strengthen our capacity to imagine. This program is for anyone, in any field or area seeking to develop more critical and creative thinking foundations. It may also be of benefit to students from Y8-Y12. imagineer.me On Demand Other Secondary Creative Arts Visual Arts Science and Tech Design and Technology Aboriginal Culture and History Wellbeing Children’s Mental Health Week World Storytelling Day Harmony Week NAIDOC Week Education Week NSW RU OK Day

V12_Drawing Your Map

High school students learn to manage the journey through their senior years of school while feeding imagination, visual skills, creativity and critical thinking. Year 10 – S5 Year 11 – S6 Year 12 – S6 V12_Drawing Your Map This course has over 5 hours of video tutorials. Students are expected to spend time in between modules on self-directed work.

The programming is divided into 11 modules of learning, with 65 pages of resource materials and strategies. Modules can be self-paced by cohorts or individuals. Included in the course are video tutorials, materials, methods with strategies, exercises in creativity and visualisations. imagineer.me On Demand Other Professional Development Careers Creative Arts Visual Design Student Careers Wellbeing Children’s Mental Health Week World Storytelling Day Harmony Week Education Week NSW RU OK Day Cyber Security Month National Mental Health Month Children’s Week Australia #visualthinking #imagination #visualmaps #learningmaps #8ways #wellness #highschool #seniorschool #year10 #year11 #year12

Healthy Choices

So much science in this health-based school program! Learn about nutrition, heart health and much more… Kinder – ES1 Year 1 – S1 Year 2 – S1 Year 3 – S2 Year 4 – S2 Year 5 – S3 Year 6 – S3 Healthy Choices Explore the importance of diet and exercise as pillars of a healthy body.
Find out why sugar tastes so good (but is not great for your health!).
Understand heart health and the relationship between the heart and lungs.
Learn about protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and fibre.
Make a healthy meal with the right amount of protein and carbs.
Learn about hand-eye coordination and test your abilities.
Learn about portion sizes, food content, and nutrition

Read the full curriculum outcomes here:

Primary schools

Your class will have a chance to run experiments during the event using materials provided by your school. Fizzics Education will provide information on materials required prior to the event date. Should you require a different day please contact us and we’ll arrange a suitable time for you!

Price

$200 inc GST per session with up to 30 students
$300 inc GST per session with up to 60 students
$400 inc GST per session with up to 90 students

Multiple schools/groups may be booked into each session. If you would like an exclusive session for your cohort, please let us know upon booking.

Multi-Award winning science incursions since 2004 – over 3 million students reached! Fizzics Education Live Event – By Request Zoom Other Primary PHS1.12, PHS2.12, PHS3.12, ALS2.6, ST2-4LW-S, ST3-4LW-S PDHPE Self Management Skills Healthy, Safe and Active Lifestyles Science and Tech Working Scientifically and Design and Production Living World Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand A student:

Will be able to identify healthy choices in food vs poor choices
Will understand the impact of sugars and fats on the body
Will understand the importance of heart health
Will learn that there are essential trace elements in food that we need to be healthy STEM/STEAM Wellbeing National Science Week National Nutrition Week​ #fizzicsed

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