URStrong’s Friendology 101 program

Hello and welcome back to Term 1. I hope you and your children have had a positive start to 2020.  

This term we have commenced the internationally recognised URStrong’s Friendology 101 program. As the name suggests, Friendology is all about friendships and focuses on:

• Empowering students with the skills, language and self-confidence to be better friends and develop healthier relationships
• Supporting students with their Friendship Fires® (URSTRONG’s term for conflict)
• What to do when our students experience any “mean-on-purpose” behaviours

Friendology is a preventative approach that assists us with a model for viewing relationships, and targets the social skills our students may need.

Friendology has started in Week 2 for our Year 3-6 students who will have eight sessions in total. Our Prep to Year 2 students commenced in Week 3 and will have four weekly sessions. All sessions will be delivered by the classroom teachers.  

Each week, students will be invited to participate in a Friendology Project which I will also share with you so you can support your child in this project, should they wish to accept the challenge. By the end of Term 1, our students will be well on their way to becoming friendship ninjas!

My role throughout the term is to support the teachers with implementing the program. This also includes sharing Friendology concepts and providing information that will assist you in supporting your child with any friendship difficulties. I will do this through my regular newsletter articles and sharing our student’s Friendology experiences.

If you would like any further information on the program, check out Dana Kerford’s (founder of URStrong) introduction to Friendology:

• Short version (4 mins): https://urstrong.com/parents/
• Long version (17 mins): https://urstrong.com/resource/language-of-friendship-introduction/

I look forward to experiencing the Friendology journey with you and channelling our Friendship Ninja’s!

Miss Akira