Mental Health Evidence
Ant and Dec hosted a virtual assembly today on behalf of the NSPCC.
It addresses some of the worries or concerns pupils may have about returning to school. It’s well worth a watch!
For more mental health and emotional wellbeing resources, please go to the
Personal Development tab on our home page.
The following website links have useful tips and strategies for relaxation, resilience, promoting positive self-esteem, Anti-bullying/Self-care toolkits, and signposts to organisations for further support if required.
https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/childrens-mental-health/
Coping Calendar – Great for the whole family!
We really like our snow days, but it can be a bit chilly. We warmed up in class this morning with a GoNoodle – dodging some snowballs online!
The theme of this year’s Safer Internet Day which our pupils took part in, was Exploring Reliability in the Online World.
Year 4 pupils took part in a live quiz on Google Meet run by the ICT in Schools Team. There were teams involved from other South Tyneside schools too. It was a lot of fun, and it prompted a lot of discussion. We learnt a lot about keeping our information private, about real and fake images, and online bullying.
As part of children’s mental health week, we have been exploring the different ways we can express ourselves, and the creative ways that we can share our feelings, our thoughts and our ideas. We know that finding creative ways to share our thoughts, feelings and ideas can make us feel good and help our mental health. Take a look at what we got up to express ourselves in our own individual way…
The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘Express Yourself’.
We have been writing poems, making Lego models, and drawing pictures to express our individuality through our creativity.
Some of our pupils have entered their fantastic work into a competition run by South Tyneside Healthy Minds Team. Good luck everyone!
We have seen lots of fabulous examples of Health, Wellbeing and Relationships work across school, from our pupils engaged in remote learning and those pupils in school.
Some pupils in KS1 have been practising mindfulness by joining in with online story yoga, and also learning about what makes them special. Others have been learning about money, and having an awareness of saving money for something they need or would like.
In KS2, some classes have been thinking about what makes them happy, and their thoughts on this are all very unique. Researching issues facing cocoa farmers in Ghana and how organisations like Fairtrade are trying to improve working conditions and environment, has produced some interesting debate from some classes. Other pupils have created very informative posters based upon their awareness of basic first aid to do with nose bleeds.
Our Year 6 pupils have been looking at careers and potential jobs for the future, discussing things that might lead them to choose a certain job or career.
Fantastic!
Year 4 have been spreading positivity and good news in their Google Meets on a Friday afternoon.
Friday 15th’s ‘Feelgood Friday’ gave our pupils the opportunity to share wonderful posters they had made on the theme of Good News, Resilience, Feeling Grateful, or something that made them feel happy. This was followed by our weekly Harton postcard awards, recognising pupil’s amazing endeavours and positive attributes.
For Friday 22nd ‘Feelgood Friday’, pupils took part in an online vote to register which activity they would like to participate in during our Google Meet – a little bit of fun to end the week.
For next week’s Meet, maybe our pupils could choose the categories for the vote!
Some of our KS1 pupils have been preparing the allotment for Spring, by tidying up, and planting bulbs. They’ll be checking on their progress as they grow.
This year has been a challenging one to say the least, so our pupils have written some very considerate and compassionate Christmas messages to wish everyone a brighter future.
