Today was a really great day for wellbeing. We had REACH today and they helped everyone in 5/6 with being yourself. They really help you with your mental health
and they are not superficial in any way. They tell you some really powerful things like “You matter.” and “Be who you are.”. They don’t pass any judgment or make people angry. They want to improve your mental health by getting you to do something new or step out of your comfort zone.

by Lachlan

 REACH Workshop

Sam and Cam did an awesome job running the REACH workshop. They helped everyone in the class learn more about each other and that we are not alone when we are feeling down. Now I know that there is probably at least one person in the class that feels the same way that I do which feels amazing. Sam and Cam also let some other people share their experiences. Many people didn’t expect the amount of people to have the same things in common. From this I have learnt and will take away that we should all support each other even though we are all different.

by Jacob

On Monday the 16 th of October. The 5 / 6 class had an incursion. THe workshop was called REACH. They encouraged people to share a time where their comfort zone was closed a little by people judging or criticising something they love and enjoy. Like an embarrassing moment to talk or perform in front of an audience or crowd from one negative experience. Something I have gotten out of this is that I thought I knew my classmates, but not as much as I thought. In the future, I want to make an effort to connect more with my classmates.

by Rebecca

Reach

The Reach workshop was a great experience. The instructors Sam and Cam started off by telling us the rules and then we got into a circle. They started playing music and anyone could jump in the middle and dance but only 2 people did. Knowing this, Sam and Cam talked about comfort zones and how comfort zones can get bigger or smaller based on past events. We all spoke about emotions and how to not overflow with negative emotions. We also learnt about how complementing is a great way to have a conversation and you should do it more often. After the talk we tried the dancing one more time and everyone was dancing.  It was very fun and I highly recommend it.

by Albie

The Big Green Conference

On Friday the 20th of October, the Sustainability and Learning and Faith Leaders went to St Louis De Montfort to attend the Big Green Schools Conference Day 2 with other primary school leaders from the City of Kingston Area.