Optimism in January

 

Monday we were busy preparing for the Optimism assembly on Tuesday. We read a familiar book called The Blue Day Book and talked about what we can do when we're having a "blue day" to try to feel better. Some ideas were: Dance like nobody's watching! Read a book! Smile! Next we watched "Never fully dressed without a smile" on youtube which got the students really excited about optimism, the song and making their optimism posters.

On Tuesday we presented our dance (posters in hand) to the "Never fully dressed without a smile song". Students had a great time and I was VERY impressed with their positive energy.

We have also been learning about optimism from a book called The Pout Pout Fish. There's a great sung version of this book on youtube if you'd like to have a look. Students had their picture taken with their best pouty face and wrote about what makes them feel like the pout pout fish.