This document provides information about an upcoming course on understanding personal and social wellbeing taught by Michelle Walsh at The Waterside Centre. It outlines logistical details like fire evacuation procedures, expectations for attendance and commitment, and how to report absences. The session objectives are also listed, including recapping habits, outlining how environment impacts habit formation, and discussing strategies for breaking and forming habits using mindfulness and goal setting. [/SUMMARY]

1. Understanding Personal
& Social Wellbeing
Entry 3 / Level 1 Award
with Michelle Walsh @ The Waterside Centre
01254 354413
mwalsh@accross.ac.uk

2. Housekeeping
 Fire evacuation
 Toilets
 Smoking – Away from the front door
 Phone calls / appointments – Outside of classroom
time
 Commitment – Always AIM for 100%
 Absences – to be reported to tutor
mwalsh@accross.ac.uk or Waterside (01254 354413)
You are able to use ItsLearning for resources to catch
up
 Brews – 25p per session – WASH OWN CUPS
 Questions?

3. 1. Re-cap what is meant by the term ‘habit’
2. Outline how personal environment can impact on forming and
breaking habits
3. Discuss homework task – Outline a minimum of 2 strategies for
breaking and forming habits
4. State how mindfulness could help break and form habits
5. State how visualisation could help break and form habits
6. State why rewarding personal success when breaking and forming
habits is important
7. State why it is important to create realistic goals when attempting
to break and form habits
8. Outline a simple personal plan to: a) Break a bad habit b) Form a
good habit & state the possible benefits of telling others about a
personal plan
Session 5 Outcomes

4.  Key terminology = Strategies, mindfulness, visualisation,
 English = Verbally communicating effectively with others,
writing sentences to show your understanding
 British Values = Respect – Following group rules to help
form mutual respect and comfortable learning
environment for everyone
 5 ways to Wellbeing = Keep learning, Keep Active
What else can you expect..?

5. Any questions so far?

6. Forming and
Breaking Habits
continued

7. Learning outcome 1 –
Know about habits

8. Discuss this in pairs and work together to
write a couple of sentences about it – We
will share this in the group
Remember: This is a definition, not
examples
Do you remember what the
term ‘habit’ meant?

9. Habits: things we do repeatedly, but
are hardly aware that we have them
A habit can also include the way we think
What is a habit?

10.  Good habits
A behaviour that benefits physical and mental health, often linked
with high levels of discipline and self-control. Examples; regular
exercise, balanced diet, monogamy, consumption of alcohol in
moderation
 Bad habits
An undesirable behaviour pattern. Examples; overspending,
fidgeting, procrastination, nail biting, smoking too much.
Some habits don’t matter – Taking showers at night, eating yoghurt
with a fork, reading the last chapter in that book
Other examples…

11. Think about this question for a minute…
Work in pairs to discuss this and provide a short summary to the
question
You could consider the things around you, the people, lifestyle
choices, home life etc
Once you’ve done this we will share a few ideas
How does YOUR personal environment
impact on forming and breaking
habits?

12. Learning outcome 2 –
Know how to break and
form habits

13. You needed to… Outline a minimum of 2
strategies for breaking and forming habits
Research if needed;
You needed to include a little information about it
How did you get on? – Share information with your table – Take
note of other ones as you will need to be able to write about 2
different strategies!
Homework

14.  Intentionally repeat the good behaviour at least 30 times
 Improve your environment
 Set the intention and schedule your habit on your calendar
 Have a powerful why
 Make your new habit the first thing you do each day
 Get an accountability partner
 Mindfulness
 Visualisation
More information can be found at;
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2018/06/22/15-
proven-strategies-for-building-and-dropping-habits/#1f485c558724
Examples of strategies

15. Now you have explored some more ideas about
habits;
 Use your notes to help you complete page 12 (E3),
page 13 (Lv 1) of the workbook
 All answers you provide, need to be your own
thoughts and ideas
Workbook

16. 15 minutes = Plenty of time for
a brew, chat, drink of water,
toilet visit 
BREAK TIME

17. What is mindfulness?

19.  mindfulness
 the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.
 "their mindfulness of the wider cinematic tradition“
 a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the
present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting
one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a
therapeutic technique.
Mindfulness

21. How does mindfulness help?

22.  Practicing mindfulness has been shown to activate a part of the
brain which is associated with concentration, planning and
decision making
 Just like improving anything in your life—whether it’s running or
playing the guitar—the more you practice mindfulness, the more
ease you will find doing it.
 In order to break a bad habit, you have to be aware that it’s
happening, get present, and change your behavior.
Why mindfulness is a great tool for
breaking habits

23. What is visualisation?

25.  visualisation
 the representation of an object, situation, or set of information
as a chart or other image.
 "video systems allow visualisation of the entire gastrointestinal
tract"
 the formation of a mental image of something.
 "the story uses descriptive language to aid visualisation"
Viualisation

26.  Work together to create a large and colourful poster for 1 topic
 Mindfulness
 Visualisation
 You need to include what it is, appropriate drawings/pictures and
how it could help form and break habits
Each person in the pair, must contribute to the poster
Activity - Pairs

27. Now you have explored some more ideas about habits;
 Complete the AC 2.2 & 2.3 on page 14 in the workbook
 All answers you provide, need to be your own thoughts
and ideas
Workbook

28.  Remember ‘The Habit Loop’? – If you don’t, please get the
worksheet out from your portfolios
 Consider the impact that reward has on us and the habit
loop process
 Any ideas? Take notes – You will need these
Why should we reward personal
success when breaking and forming
habits?

29. Group discussion – Why is it important to
create realistic goals to help break and
form habits?
Share responses with rest of group
State why it is important to create
realistic goals when attempting to break
and form habits

30. Now you have explored some more ideas about habits;
 Complete the bottom half of page 14 in the workbook
 All answers you provide, need to be your own thoughts
and ideas
Workbook

31. Individual task – Complete the table for
your personal plan
You could use the examples from your
‘habit loop’ activity
State the possible benefits of telling
others about a personal plan

32. This can be about your feedback from the
substance misuse unit, clarifying
homework or something you are not too
sure about
Please ask before you go
Any questions?

33. These can now be handed in – Please
ensure that all of your worksheets are
included
I will have these ready for you next week
Workbooks

34. What is personal resilience?
Research if needed and write a few
sentences (paragraph) about what personal
resilience means. You could also include
examples of personality traits someone may
have if they are resilient.
Homework

35. 1. Re-cap what is meant by the term ‘habit’
2. Outline how personal environment can impact on forming and
breaking habits
3. Discuss homework task – Outline a minimum of 2 strategies for
breaking and forming habits
4. State how mindfulness could help break and form habits
5. State how visualisation could help break and form habits
6. State why rewarding personal success when breaking and forming
habits is important
7. State why it is important to create realistic goals when attempting
to break and form habits
8. Outline a simple personal plan to: a) Break a bad habit b) Form a
good habit & state the possible benefits of telling others about a
personal plan
Session 5 Objectives
Did you..?

36. You will be looking into;
Personal Resilience
 Traits of personal resilience / mental toughness
 Identify traits of personal resilience / mental toughness
 Identify personal areas for improvement in personal resilience /
mental toughness
Next Session