Last week, we celebrated Wear Green for Farmers. It was a timely reminder of how tough some in our community are doing it. It is also a great opportunity to have a conversation with your child about happiness and gratitude, and how important it is to have a positive growth mindset. 

The School TV topic this week is Happiness and Gratitude.

     

Topic: Happiness & Gratitude

Happiness is a term that captures a huge variety of positive emotions such as humour, serenity, optimism, joy, pride, inspiration, love and hope. Happiness means different things to different people and is essential to your understanding of emotional literacy. Throughout history, philosophers, religious writers and poets have pondered on the meaning of happiness and how it might be achieved. In the last few decades, scientists and psychologists have researched this further by studying a field of science called positive psychology.

The result of this research suggests there is a strong correlation between gratitude and greater happiness. Practising gratitude helps you shift your focus to positive memories or experiences, noticing the good in your life. Over time, this will rewire your brain to create new neural pathways, increase your state of happiness and overall wellbeing.

In this edition of SchoolTV, parents and caregivers will learn how to achieve happiness and the benefits of practising gratitude.

We hope you take time to reflect on the information offered in this edition of SchoolTV, and we always welcome your feedback. If you have any concerns about your child, please contact the school's wellbeing team for further information or seek medical or professional help.

Here is the link to the Happiness & Gratitude edition of SchoolTV

The Action For Happiness website promotes taking action to be happier and kinder together. Each month, a calendar is produced with great ideas on actions to help promote happiness. Below is the calendar for August. Perhaps as a family you may like to action some of these ideas.