From the Health & Wellbeing Classroom

In Grade 1-2 Wellbeing lessons, we have had many previous lessons about small and big problems. We have also discussed ‘worries’ and how different worries, require different actions (some worries are part of everyday life, some worries are for adults and other worries, we can talk about and seek ways to help with these). As a culminating experience, we made ‘worry bags’,  where the children were encouraged to write down their worries, as this is one method that can assist with helping ease their worries.

The past two weeks, across Grades 1-4, we have continued to explore downregulating. This has been through our mindfulness sessions at the beginning of each lesson (Smiling Minds is our mindfulness app), and we have then used art therapy as a way of focusing our thoughts and calming our minds and bodies. Mandalas have been our form of therapy. These are used as a medium to assist downregulating by the repetitive nature, and small focus it requires. This has been such a beautiful experience across all classes, with a quiet calmness across the classrooms as we focus on the process, not the end point.