Within this session, we spoke about the 4 friendship facts which were:
#1 No friendship (or relationship) is perfect
#2 Every friendship is different
#3 Trust and Respect are the two most important qualities of a friendship
#4 Friendships change...and that ok!
We learnt about how we can approach people if we think we might be having a friendship fire. The most important part of putting out a friendship fire is being able to retell the situation and explain how it made them feel (whilst being calm and collected). We had some great conversations walking around the room and we practised using our soft toys.
We also talked about what type of things were 'mean on purpose' and what might just be something we need to walk away from and spend less time with that person. The main aspect of this program is for the children to be able to recognise that they can handle their own friendships and be able to identify what makes a healthy and an unhealthy friendship.
Below are some photos of the students participating in a Friendology mixer and then celebrating all our wonderful friendship by dancing and singing songs. The children loved learning about Friendology.
After our mixer, the children created their own comic strip of their teddies putting out a friendship fire. I loved seeing different children helping other children with the steps associated with putting out the friendship fire. The rich conversations were priceless!
The children loved learning about the Friendology program.
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Thank you for your on going support
Miss Prowse and Miss Rundle
