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Tuesday 22/3/22

Niamh O’Connell Wellness

Where:  Gym

Time:     10am: 4C, 4D & 6th yrs

11am: 4A, 4B & 5th yrs

What will be discussed:
To introduce joyful self-care habits to students with simple steps for body and mind, confidence building and

motivational talk. Interactive stress-relieving techniques using mindful breathing to reduce blood pressure and heart rate.

Tech Tom

Where:  Gym

Time:     12.20 3rd yrs

1.50 2nd yrs

What will be discussed:

Mental health organisation that offers free and extensive support to those suffering from mental illness.

Angela Hayes will speak to our students about minding their mental health and the services and free counseling and services they offer.

2pm

Laura Mahoney

Google form to sign up emailed to students

Laura will discuss the link between Food & Mood as well as decoding food labels.

Breaktime

BAKESALE (Amber Flag)
Junior Lunchtime Board Games
Music in canteen

Wednesday 23/3/22

Paula Duggan Nutritionist

Where:  Virtual talks
Time:     10 am: 1st,2nd and 3rd yrs
11.20 am: 4th, 5th & 6th yrs

What will be discussed:
Topics include: Nutrition is actually more about inclusion than exclusion.Common nutrition trends & myths e.g., carbs, dairy, meat-free diets.Sports Nutrition - Hydration, Fuelling & Recovery. Pre-match & Post-match snacks & mealsWellbeing - positive attitude towards food, everything in moderation, reducing anxiety around food. "There are bad diets not bad foods".Exercise is not just for sporty individuals.

Midlands LGBT+ Project
Virtual talks.
1st yrs and TY. 9.30, 11am, 1.30, 3pm(Breakdown of talks tbc)

Staff Zumba class after school.
(4.10-5.10pm) (Afra O’Malley)

Breaktime

Staff Bake Off!
Junior Lunchtime Board Games
Music in canteen

Thursday 24/3/22

10amJK fashion show

This year's Junk Kouture TY students will model their dresses made from recycled materials. 1st yrs-Gym

14.50 Zumba class3rd yr girls - GymGoogle form to sign up emailed to students
A cardio and Latin-inspired dance

Primal animal movement for staff (4.10-5.10pm) (Kieran D)

Breaktime

BAKESALE
Music in canteen

Friday 25/3/22

10am6th year tea partyCanteen

11.30 Elma Walsh- Live LifeTalk: TY, 5th and 6th yrs-Gym
Donal Walsh, the Kerry teenager who touched so many lives when he came to prominence through his writings and subsequent appearance on RTE Brendan O’Connor’s ‘The Saturday Night Show’. Donal who fund raised tirelessly while battling Cancer has now had the Donal Walsh #Livelife Foundation set up by his family primarily in order to promote his anti-suicide #Livelife message. His parents Elma and Fionnbar visit schools and other venues where asked, to help promote his message.
Staff raffle
Staff brunch

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Louise Shanagher is a children's therapist, mindfulness teacher and Psychology Lecturer. She provides creative and well-being workshops, mindfulness classes as well as online and class training. She is the author of three books: The "Mindfully Me" series, Ireland's first series of mindfulness books for children.

- Jack Kornfield

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Louise Shanagher is a children's therapist, mindfulness teacher and Psychology Lecturer from Co. Roscommon, Ireland. Louise has a BA and MSc in Psychology and further qualifications in Psychotherapy and Play therapy. She is passionate about creating a happier and healthier world. Her mission is to promote and nurture positive mental health while equipping people with valuable self-care tools that will last a lifetime. She works with children as young as preschool age and visits primary and secondary schools, nationwide. Louise facilitates adult mindfulness and self-compassion workshops and offers wellbeing and mindfulness training in the workplace. Louise also regularly gives training workshops for teachers and other organisations who work with children and young people.

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Louise Shanagher | Children therapist-Mindfulness teacher | Ireland

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Louise Shanagher is a children's therapist, mindfulness teacher and Psychology Lecturer. She provides creative and well-being workshops, mindfulness classes as well as online and class training. She is the author of three books: The "Mindfully Me" series, Ireland's first series of mindfulness books for children.

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Important phone numbers if you are struggling...

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Important phone numbers if you are struggling...

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Please take a look at this poster which has contact details of local support for someone which may need help at this difficult time. For parents and students. SK

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Counselling for 12-17 year olds.

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HSE supports during the Covid 19 Pandemic 

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HSE supports during the Covid 19 Pandemic 

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https://www2.hse.ie/wellbeing/mental-health/covid-19/young-peoples-mental-health-during-coronavirus.html

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No matter what is on your mind, we’re here to listen and validate your feelings. You deserve to feel heard and you deserve to feel better.

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Healthy recipes from Paula's Nutrition talks

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Healthy recipes from Paula's Nutrition talks

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Open to all year groups!

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Netflix Glow Up MUA!

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Open to all year groups! An image inspired by Charlie Mackesy and positive quote. See Powerpoint for info.

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Open to students from all year groups

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Our Food Stories with Nora Eisermann & Laura Muthesius

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Reisenblog zu den schönsten Reisezielen der Erde

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Wir sind Caro & Martin und nehmen dich auf unserem Reiseblog WE TRAVEL THE WORLD mit zu den schönsten Reisezielen der Erde. Bei uns findest du Tipps, Tricks und jede Menge Reiseinspiration! Wenn du mehr über uns und unseren Blog erfahren willst starte hier!

Poste deine Fotos und Videos auf Instagram mit dem Hashtag #wttwcommunity, damit wir und die Community deine Beiträge sehen, liken und kommentieren können.

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Wir sind Caro & Martin und nehmen dich auf unserem Reiseblog WE TRAVEL THE WORLD mit zu den schönsten Reisezielen der Erde. Bei uns findest du Tipps, Tricks und jede Menge Reiseinspiration! Wenn du mehr über uns und unseren Blog erfahren willst starte hier!

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Tanzen für Jugendliche - live Hiphop-Moves mit Daniel Fromme

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Franziska Behlert * Meditation & Intuition

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Geführte Meditation für Schüler | Kraftvoll und selbstbewusst in den Schultag starten

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Mood food- shaping your brain With dietician Paula Mee (free zoom talk Register to attend the talk on 15th March 7-8pm)

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Mood food- shaping your brain With dietician Paula Mee (free zoom talk Register to attend the talk on 15th March 7-8pm)

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Understand how the diet impacts the brain, mood and memory! Follow the link to register:
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Draw with your non-dominant hand!
Doodle or try and draw something from life

Follow this link for more information: https://www.goodfinancialcents.com/benefits-of-using-your-opposite-hand-grow-brain-cells-while-brushing-your-teeth/

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Watch this Ted talk: Me and Food- A relationship worth nourishing

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Me and food - a relationship worth nourishing

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Young People worldwide talk about living with Covid

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Let's look after ourselves, and each other. - Calm Blog

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As days of isolation turn into weeks, many of us are feeling increasingly uprooted from our normal lives. In a world on lockdown, it isn't just our routines that are being disrupted, but our relationships too. Thankfully, distance doesn't have to mean disconnection.

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Yoga For The Classroom - Yoga With Adriene

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Ocean Views Relax Video with Ocean Waves Sounds - Oahu Beaches, Hawaii.

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Ocean Views Relax Video with Ocean Waves Sounds - Oahu Beaches, Hawaii.

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(7-hour) 4K Ocean Views Relax Video with Ocean Waves Sounds - Oahu Beaches, Hawaii. Part #2 - Bing video

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Virtual Treadmill Hike - Devils Bridge in Sedona, Arizona

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Virtual Walking Tour around the Rome, Italy

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Rome, Italy - 4K Virtual Walking Tour around the City - Travel Guide

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The Five Minute Miracle - Daily Guided Meditation

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" Pure Clean Positive Energy Vibration" Meditation Music, Healing Music, Relax Mind Body & Soul

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The Shona Project

We educate, empower and inspire Irish girls to become tomorrow's strong, resilient and confident young women.
#empoweringgirls #selfesteem #ireland

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SHINE Festival is possibly the biggest gathering of inspirational Irish women ever. 

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With over 80 speakers including Vicky Phelan, Laura Whitmore, Holly Cairns, Evanna Lynch, and many, many more, on topics such as mental health, mindset, career, diversity, individuality, the arts, sports, social issues, and sustainability. We’ll also have music, poetry, pledges, and even a treasure hunt!

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Shona fans will know that we love nothing more than to put on a big event! For us, it doesn't get much better than bringing as many girls and as many inspiring women into one room as we possibly can!

The last time we managed to do this was at SHINE 2019, check out the highlights here...

Last year, we were devastated to cancel all of our events, but we didn't take it lying down. Oh NO!

We have pulled together the dreamiest dream team with our friends at Beat102-103, iRadio, SPIN 1038, and SPIN South West, and are delighted to announce SHINE Festival 2021!

SHINE Festival is possibly the biggest gathering of inspirational Irish women ever. With over 80 speakers including Vicky Phelan, Laura Whitmore, Holly Cairns, Evanna Lynch, and many, many more, on topics such as mental health, mindset, career, diversity, individuality, the arts, sports, social issues, and sustainability. We'll also have music, poetry, pledges, and even a treasure hunt!

So, join us and the 100 schools and 20,000 girls already registered, for SHINE Festival 2021 which will be running from March 8th to the 10th - kicking off in celebration of International Women's Day. It is an empowering event for the women and girls of Ireland, bringing us together to interact in a safe and positive space, and to celebrate each other.

And here's the best news of all...

Thanks to our sponsors AIB, Life Style Sports, West Pharma and SAP Software Solutions, we can ensure that SHINE is inclusive and available to everyone. So, you've no excuse!

How can you access SHINE Festival?

Individual tickets are available free of charge with an option to donate. Shona is a not-for-profit organisation and all donations will be invested back into funding our ability to support girls and young women all over Ireland as they navigate this modern world. All donations, big or small are very welcome. You can get your individual tickets HERE.

All secondary schools are invited to sign up completely free! Teachers will be given access to the Festival and can then be accessed in the classroom or the link can be forwarded to students if remote learning is still in place. The invitation is open to all girls, from 1 year. If your school hasn't already signed up, why not mention SHINE Festival to your teacher and ask them to reach out to us at st to 6 th info@shona.ie

So, What's The Line-up?

You can't swing a cat in Ireland without finding a strong, smart, and inspiring woman. SHINE features women of all shapes, sizes, colour, ages, and abilities to bring you the most diverse and possibly largest-ever gathering of inspirational women EVER! We are thrilled that our host for this year is the beautiful and brilliant Angela Scanlon.

How Can You Get Involved With SHINE Festival?

SHINE Festival is for girls by girls. This whole event is for you! We know how hard the last year has been so we wanted to give you something to look forward to. Here's how to get involved!

1: Submit a piece of art in whatever form it means to you; spoken word, poetry, sculpture, music, singing, anything at all in either image or video format to be displayed in our art gallery to show your talents to the world and win some amazing prizes. Email us your art at info@shona.ie by the end of February to take part.

2: We have a hashtag for this event! #Shine4Shona. So why not post on Instagram who you are watching, what you are doing, and what you are enjoying most about SHINE?

3: Keep an eye on our Instagram Story here, as there will be A LOT of exciting announcements going up there!

So, are you as excited as us? There is less than 1 month to go until the most exciting few days of the year! See you all soon! And be sure to keep an eye on our socials (@shonadotie on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok) as we have a lot of surprises up our sleeves!!

If you would like to support us and the work that we do, you can donate below ❤

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Shona fans will know that we love nothing more than to put on a big event! For us, it doesn't get much better than bringing as many girls and as many inspiring women into one room as we possibly can! The last time we managed to do this was at SHINE 2019, check out the highlights here...