Growing With Gratitude
Online Program and In-Person Workshops

Students at Chiltern PS are always excited to see Ash from Growing with Gratitude arrive to conduct face-to-face teaching sessions. Ash is an incredibly energised instructor who works extremely well with students across all year levels. He connects easily with students and the program is very engaging and well differentiated to cater for the needs of all students.

Our students have expressed how much they love the face-to-face learning sessions and games which they find engaging and exciting. The Growing with Gratitude online program offers excellent follow up learning between sessions and keeps our students focused on the core essentials and developing a growth mindset around gratitude, empathy, self-awareness, ownership and the power of positive reflection. As a school community we really embrace the valuable tools it teaches children to be empowered and to help them lead healthy, successful and productive lives in an ever changing and challenging world.

Louie Tempany, Principal Chiltern Primary School

GWG offers three pricing options dependent upon the program delivery format.

Our school loved having Ash, from Growing with Gratitude visit to run in-person sessions.
The activity based sessions were engaging and well tailored to suit the range of age groups within our small school setting.
We’re really looking forward to using the Growing with Gratitude online program and resources as well.

Jassey Hender ~ Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader Nyah District Primary School.

Note: You can book multiple half-day and full-day workshops / in-class sessions

The GWG program has had a significantly positive impact on students and families from both Carraragarmungee and Everton primary schools.

Our students, teachers and wellbeing leaders found the whole day workshop (that was delivered energetically by Ash Manuel), both engaging and helpful. The interactive nature of the games has ensured that our students have a deeper understanding of many habits of happiness including growth mindset, empathy, resilience and gratitude.

The easy to navigate online program has complimented the face-to-face learnings perfectly, allowing teachers to be able to confidently deliver high quality, targeted and sequential wellbeing sessions in an engaging way.

Kevin Hill, Principal Everton Primary School & Marie De Prada, Principal Carraragarmungee Primary School

The delivery is a hybrid model of both in-person workshops/sessions and online modules. The online modules/program features 12 months of age-appropriate and inclusive lessons, activities, games and accompanying resources to help guide the program. Our aim is to:

• each young people to be great citizens, through self-awareness, self-determination and citizen education that promotes their agency within community activities
• teach adaptable thinking skills
• assist young people to flourish through building and protecting their mental well-being.
• help more forward from challenges and adversity
• build emotional regulation/reframing skills
• enhance connection in the community

Growing With Gratitude (GWG) is a mental health and wellbeing prevention program, that supports primary school students. It’s been running successfully in Australia and around the world since 2014. From 2014 – 2022 GWG has scaled each year and has reached close to 500,000 students, accessed by 800+ schools, across 45 countries. GWG is an award-winning program including awards from Resilience Australia and in 2021 won the Innovation in Mental Health, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Award at the South Australian Community Achievement Awards.

GWG supports young people through whole of school and classroom approaches by helping to build their social and emotional wellbeing through practicing skills, such as; gratitude, kindness, empathy, positive reflection, service, frienships, self-awareness and ownership, that lead to greater resilience positivity, hope and happiness. As well as, developing emotional regulation skills so in adversity young people can use their resilience to see more positively and with hope, as well as find ways to help others in their family and their communities. Research has suggested that increasing protective factors, such as gratitude or resilience, is one of the key strategies that protects against the development of psychological disorders in children (Essau et al., 2012; Wood, Froh, & Geraghty, 2010).

ASH MANUEL is a passionate educator with 20+ years experience, he’s a world-renowned and sort after author, speaker and workshop facilitator on the topic of gratitude and resilience in schools and sports clubs, workplaces and to parent groups. His talks and programs have reached 800+ schools, sports clubs and organisations, 475K+ people spanning 45 countries. Ash is founder of Growing With Gratitude. A global mental wellbeing / positive education program that helps to build and protect people’s mental wellbeing. He’s also host of the top rated ‘Positive Education Podcast’.

ASH MANUEL