Introducing SEAL (Social Emotional Awareness Learning)

At Bell Park North Primary School, we timetable one hour per week for a whole school Social Emotional Awareness Learning (SEAL) time. During the hour, every student will participate in learning aimed at their age level around Social Emotional Awareness.

Each classroom has a SEAL and other areas around the school also have a SEAL.

Our SEAL sessions consist of the following:

• Rights, Resilience and Respectful Relationships (RR)
• Respectful Relationships aim is to embed a culture of respect and equality.
• Respectful Relationships is offered in all schools.
• Respectful Relationships has 8 core topics:
• Emotional Literacy
• Personal Strengths
• Positive Coping
• Problem-Solving
• Stress Management
• Help-Seeking
• Gender and Identity
• Positive Gender Relations

There is information on the Department of Education website Respectful Relationships

Zones of Regulation

This program looks at self-regulation.

It teaches the four colour zones.

• Blue Zone – this zone is a low state of alertness zone, such as when someone feels sick, tired, sad or bored. This is when your body is moving slowing and your brain is functioning sluggishly.
• Green Zone – when you are in this zone you have a regulated state of alertness. If in this zone you may feel calm, happy, focused or content. This zone is where you are ready to learn.
• Yellow Zone – when you are in this zone, you have a heightened state of awareness, you still have some control. You may be feeling, stress, frustrated, anxious, silly, excited or nervous.
• Red Zone – in this zone you are in an extreme state of alertness, these are very strong feelings. You may be feeling angry, rage, mean, aggressive or terrified. This is best described as being out of control.

We all experience each of these zones, there is no good or bad zone. It is more about how we manage ourselves in these zones.

The Resilience Project (TRP)

Each student will receive a journal, where they will work through lessons.

TRP teaches the following:

GEM – Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness and Emotional Literacy.

There is a component of TRP@home, where parents can access the parent hub: The Resilience Project

In our newsletter there is a section called “Swimming with SEAL” where we will put information about what your child is learning in SEAL. We encourage you to have a look and discuss what with your child what they have been learning.

For further information please contact either Rosalie Scott (Welfare Officer) or Kristen Thomas (Disability Inclusion and Mental Health Co-ordinator)