Welcome to the Family Hub – We’re glad you’re here!
Your child’s school is part of The Resilience Project, a national movement building mentally healthier communities with the vision to see wellbeing in every home, every day through the simple, evidence-based principles of Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness and Emotional Literacy (GEM).
This isn’t just a school curriculum – it’s a whole-community approach to wellbeing. And that means you play a vital role.
We know that when schools, families and communities speak the same language around mental health, our young people thrive. This Hub is designed to keep you in the loop, inspire everyday wellbeing practices at home, and help strengthen the connection between what your child is learning in the classroom and how you support them in life.
You’ll find bite-sized videos, practical tips, and family-friendly ideas to help build healthy habits – not just for your kids, but for you too.
Because when we practice GEM together, we grow together.
Curious to learn more? Visit our FAQ page or dive straight in!
Are you a new family to the school this year? Before you dive into this Hub, click here to access the introductory content in our Family Hub 1.
Join Hugh Van Cuylenberg and Martin Heppell as they introduce you to the evidence-based principles of Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness (GEM) and Emotional Literacy. Together, they’ll share practical strategies and suggestions to support mental health and wellbeing in your family.
Gratitude involves recognising and expressing appreciation for the things in our lives.
Practising gratitude consistently and frequently can help us:
When we practise something consistently, it becomes a habit. Below are some conversation starters to help you and your family weave gratitude into your daily routines, such as during dinner each night.
Practising gratitude helps us to be thankful and appreciate the things we have in our lives, rather than focusing on what we don’t have or what we want.
Try practising gratitude with our family activity:
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Empathy involves understanding others’ feelings and perspectives and is often practised through kindness, compassion and curiosity.
Being empathetic supports us to foster deeper connections, increases our likelihood of acting kindly and helps us experience positive emotions.
When we practise something consistently, it becomes a habit. Below are some conversation prompts to help you and your family weave empathy into your daily routines, such as during dinner each night.
Developing empathy helps us to foster deeper connections, increases our likelihood of acting kindly, and helps us experience positive emotions.
Try practising empathy with our family activity:
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The practice of mindfulness is about an awareness of life as we are living it.
Mindfulness allows us to be responsive to our experiences rather than being reactive, and to live with greater balance, presence and connection.
It can be used as a tool to support:
When we practise something consistently, it becomes a habit. Below are some conversation prompts to help you and your family weave mindfulness into your daily routines, such as during dinner each night.
Practising mindfulness allows us to be responsive to our experiences rather than being reactive, and to live with greater balance, presence and connection.
Try practising mindfulness with our family activity:
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Emotional Literacy is learning to identify, understand and communicate our emotions, as well as developing strategies for managing them, including emotional regulation skills.
When we recognise and acknowledge our emotions, we can reduce the impact of uncomfortable feelings by expressing them in a healthy way and using regulation strategies to manage their intensity. A benefit of attending to difficult emotions is that it also enhances our ability to fully experience and appreciate positive emotions.
When we practise something consistently, it becomes a habit. Below are some conversation prompts to help you and your family weave emotional literacy into your daily routines, such as during dinner each night.
Broadening our emotional vocabulary helps us to make sense of how we’re feeling, regulate our emotions, and build stronger relationships with others.
Try building emotional literacy skills with our family activity:
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The Embrace Collective is a health promotion charity dedicated to building better body image. Their work supports young people to challenge unrealistic standards, reduce shame around bodies and food, and celebrate individuality.
We’re proud to be working alongside Embrace, bringing their expertise and resources into our School Wellbeing Program. Together, we’re committed to helping young people build positive relationships with their bodies and feel confident in who they are.
As part of this partnership, families can access the Embrace Kids Parent Masterclass, a short and practical video designed to support parents navigating conversations about body image, food and social media. Hosted by comedian and dad Nazeem Hussain, this five minute masterclass shares simple strategies parents can use to support body confidence at home.
This resource complements the wellbeing work happening in schools and helps ensure young people are surrounded by consistent, compassionate messages – at school and beyond.
