Year 5 Socials Skills Program

We have been investigating strategies to enhance student leadership opportunities and enhancing and supporting student self-confidence in social situations. Mrs Gregson will be facilitating the girls’ social skills and empowerment program for 45 minutes each Friday for the first five weeks of third term, and Mr Angliss will be facilitating the ‘Chaps’ program for boys at the same time. These programs involve students in Year 5 working to develop leadership skills, allowing students to recognize not only the strengths of others but also come to appreciate their own latent gifts. The initiative aims to develop a sense of worth, strength and purpose in the participants. The programs incorporate a variety of activities and tasks that draw on students’ multiple intelligences, whilst providing them with opportunities to reflect on effective teamwork and equipping them with some strategies for making sound decisions as part of a team and as an individual.