What is a healthy friendship?

In February, Tyson Greenwood from URSTRONG worked with Years 1, 2, 3 and 5 to explore the fundamentals of a healthy friendship.

The girls learned how manage a friendship fire through role plays and discussing real scenarios. They shared ways they can use their voice and the ‘language of friendship’ to foster new friendships and grow existing friendships, and how to combat mean-on-purpose behaviour by using their quick comebacks. Importantly, the girls left feeling empowered and more confident in their ability to solve problems and manage their friendships.

Pymble has proudly been a URSTRONG school since 2020 and we have seen the positive impact this program has had on our school community. These workshops help to embed our College focus on Respect and Kindness as the girls learn to navigate healthy relationships with their friends and themselves.

Here’s what the girls had to say:

“I thought Tyson was really funny and I liked when Oscar made jokes to show us that no friendship is perfect.” – Madison (Year 2)

“I liked the role plays of how to use my quick comebacks. It was funny doing it but I know how important it is to follow the steps to stop mean-on-purpose behaviour.” – Emma (Year 5)

“My favourite part was learning how to put the fire out if I have a friendship fire. I now know how to put the fire all the way out and not make it bigger.”- Kitty (Year 3)