You Can Do It Program
You Can Do It Program
This term the focus of the Prep – Year 5 You Can Do It program is ‘getting along’. Getting along is when students work cooperatively together, resolve conflicts by discussion rather than fights, manage their anger, show tolerance of others and follow class rules. Getting along aims to develop four Habits of Mind in children including being tolerant of others, playing by the rules, thinking first and acting in a socially responsible manner.
At assembly on Monday I will look at the first of these habits of mind, being tolerant of others, which is primarily about accepting differences. Physiologically, the way we respond to a ‘happening’, both emotionally and physically, relates to how we think when faced with challenges. Below is an example.
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Happening |
Thinking |
Feeling |
Response/Behavior |
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Someone says something disagreeable to another. |
Positive: I don’t like what was said but everyone has a right to their own opinion. Negative: How dare anyone say that? |
Positive: Remains calm, confident, no self-doubting. Negative: Anger, frustration, stress, self-doubting (maybe what they said is true). |
Positive: Ignores behaviour and accepts difference. Negative: Aggressive response, anger and crying. |
The You Can Do It program strives to develop positive thinking in a practical sense, building children’s emotional resilience and self-belief. Parents can support their children in being tolerant of others through discussion and praising tolerant behaviours.
Mr David Druery, Head of Staff and Students P-5