In Semester one this year, all classes from preschool through to year 6 undertook learning in Zones of Regulation. Zones of Regulation help individuals recognise feelings and use tools and strategies to regulate them. The learning comprised of weekly activities used to gain skills in the area of self-regulation and emotional control. Your child should be very familiar with the four zones - Blue, Red, Yellow and Green zones and know strategies to get back to the ‘green zone’ which is the learning zone.

This semester we are launching into our Bounce Back social emotional program in line with our Ngunnawal Primary School Wellbeing Framework (developed last year) from Kindergarten through to year 6. Bounce Back promotes positive mental health, wellbeing and resilience for both students and teachers and aims to build a safe and supportive class and school learning environments. Bounce Back has 10 curriculum units which will be cycled through every three years and focuses on the core competencies of:

• Self-awareness
• Self-management
• Social awareness
• Relationship skills
• Responsible decision-making

In Preschool, we will be focussing on protective behaviours. This series of lessons will enable children to recognise situations in which their personal space and sense of safety may be compromised and develop safety skills to keep them safe at all times.