https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pZC02SDkD8

This week we had our second session discussing an important topic within our third pillar of wellbeing – Building Positive Friendships.

We wanted to share this particular video to our students as it had some very important points and ways in which you can enhance your social skills. Please watch the video and take a look at the summary below of the important messages within the video.

1. It is absolutely fine to be an introvert and this can have many positive outcomes. However, communication and social skills are something we all come across each day, whether it is at school or in the workplace, and are very important.
2. Join a club and meet people who share similar interests to you.
3. Don’t be scared to make a fool yourself. Be an individual and don’t shy away from who you are. Have your own opinions. People have great respect for this and this will make things easier to start up conversations.
4. Talk to people you don’t know – whether they are in your class and you do not know them very well or you have never spoken to them before. Good things can come from this, great friendships can start from a simple ‘hello’ and you can really make a difference to someone’s life by being friendly and open.

Next week, the students will be sharing their experiences from the week where they have stepped out of their comfort zone, spoken to somebody new and done a nice thing for somebody.