We are grateful and proud to be a partnership school with the Resilience Project.  The purpose of this program is to share positive mental health strategies with the whole school community – teachers, students, parents and carers – to support the implementation of a wellbeing curriculum to build resilience, happiness, and drive sustainable change.

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Much of our students' learning surrounds the following 4 principles.

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The Resilience Project principles

Gratitude – Paying attention to the things that we have right now, and not worrying about what we don’t have. We practise this by noticing the positives that exist around us. 

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Empathy – Putting ourselves in the shoes of others to feel and see what they do. We practice this through being kind and compassionate towards other people.

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Mindfulness – Our ability to be calm and present at any given moment. We practice this through slowing down and concentrating on one thing at a time. This could be our breathing, completing a colouring sheet or noticing the noises we can hear. 

Emotional Literacy – Our ability to label our emotions as we experience them. Labelling our emotions helps us to manage our emotions (soften negative emotions and find positive emotions). We practice this by labelling our emotions as we experience different parts of our day.

 

 Our goal at St. Cecilia's is:

• Improved confidence and self-esteem, especially in relation to student peer relationships

• Improved wellbeing and ability to express emotions

• Improved knowledge and communication of emotions

• Improved relationships both at school and at home

• More supportive classroom environments

We are enormously excited about this journey.