Create a culture of kindness at your school with a whole-school friendship strategy that empowers your students with friendship skills.
Become an expert in our award-winning friendship skills curriculum + learn the science and research behind social-emotional wellbeing.
Bring a Friendship Expert to your school to introduce our language & strategies to students, parents, and teachers.
Explore monthly wellbeing themes through the lens of friendship with our daily planner, customised for your school.
Prioritise friendship skills all year long with our Friendology workbook for students, packed full of activities.
There’s lots of exciting things happening at URSTRONG! We love sharing our key milestones as we work towards our goal of bringing friendship skills to children from all corners of the world.
Brene Brown, shame and vulnerability researcher, defines #empathy (our wellbeing theme at URSTRONG this month) as “feeling with people”. Within friendship, teaching children how to carefully consider another person’s feelings helps them strengthen their…
We’re always working with our global network of schools to help them get the most out of their URSTRONG School membership. In the past year, we’ve modified our URSTRONG School…
Parent: “How was school today?” Kid: “Good.” Parent: “What did you do?” Kid: “Nothin.” How many parents have had this conversation with their kids? When it comes to challenging friendships,…
In order to create healthy friendships, we need children to first look inward and treat themselves like a best friend. This is called Self-Compassion, which has been extensively researched by…
WORDS BY JANET STONE MiNDFOOD Magazine (January 2023) Out with the old and in with the new! A new year is a good time to start afresh, but should this…
Healthy friendships are the building blocks of healthy communities! At URSTRONG, we look at social-emotional wellbeing through the lens of friendship. This month, we’re bringing all of our wellbeing themes…
November 2022: Over the past two years, URSTRONG has launched some very exciting large-scale partnerships that have allowed us to reach even more kids, parents, and teachers around the globe….
Many of our URSTRONG Schools have successfully launched a peer mentorship model, where older students support the younger students in their friendships at recess time. In fact, the term Friend-o-Leader…
URSTRONG is thrilled to be an approved evidence-based provider within the Victoria State Government’s Schools Mental Health Menu! November 2022: The Victorian government in Australia has invested $217.8 million over…
At URSTRONG, we look at social-emotional wellbeing through the lens of friendship. This month, we’re shining the light on the importance of KINDNESS in friendships. Kindness counts! As Dana shared in…
Growing up, were you taught friendship skills? Educators and parents today have become more aware of how important it is to teach children friendship skills. With the onslaught of social…
At URSTRONG, we look at social-emotional wellbeing through the lens of friendship. This month, we’re exploring the importance of HONESTY in friendships. Through our Friendology 101 curriculum, our URSTRONG Schools…
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