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This week is all about looking after our mental health and wellbeing. We hope that you take the tips, tricks and #HealthyHeadHacks you learn this week with you, and use them going forward!

It is always so important to look after our mental health and even more so during challenging times. We would love for as many people as possible to get involved with the daily tasks, so mams, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles, dogs, everyone is welcome! We hope this week will give everyone a boost and some helpful tips to look after your own and your child's wellbeing!

Each day a new task will be posted, as well as some relaxation and mindfulness videos for you to join in with and some famous faces will share their #HealthyHeadHack. This is their top tip on how they look after their mental health! Just scroll down on today's column to see what is happening today! :)

We are all in for a lovely treat today as the children will be joining in an African drumming class!

Have a wonderful Mindful Monday!

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Our first #HealthyHeadHack of the week comes from the wonderful Lorraine Barry, judge on Dancing with the Stars! We love this message as it is all about how kindness can not only make you feel better, but it can also make all those around you feel better too! Have a listen :) Thanks Lorraine!

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Our task for today is making a Mindful Glitter Jar. All you need is a jar (with a lid to close it tightly) some food colouring or paint (I am using blue food colouring) and some glitter. You can throw in other things you might like as well like shiny beads and sequins. Watch the video clip to see how it's done! I know this video says that you can share your creations on Google Classroom or SeeSaw but feel free to email a photo of your glitter jar or bring it in to school if you do make one! :)

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Have a look at our quote of the day! Think about it and let us know what you think this quote means! (Remember there are no right or wrong answers!)

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Here is today's Mindful Practice video clip. Each day, a new video will be posted for you to join in with. Relax and enjoy!

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Rainbow Relaxation: Mindfulness for Children

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You do not need to print this (unless you want to!). Write down, or draw - 3 things you can see, 2 things you can hear and 1 thing you can touch. This activity helps us to be more present and mindful and focus on this very minute. You can use this activity any time you feel your thoughts or worries filling up! It helps to calm you down and focus on this very moment. :)

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Here's a short video of my glitter jar so you can see it a little better!! :)

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Good morning everyone! :) We hope you enjoyed the first day of our Wellbeing Week yesterday! Mindful Monday was a great success and we were thrilled to see such beautiful and creative mindful glitter jars as well as lots of other lovely wellbeing work! The drumming workshop with Patrick was a huge success and the children really enjoyed taking part! Today is "Thankful Tuesday". Today is all about gratitude and being thankful for all of the good things we have in our lives, even during challenging or difficult times. We hope you enjoy todays activities as much as yesterday's! : ) Have a lovely day!

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Our Thankful Tuesday's #HealthyHeadHack comes from the lovely Laura O' Mahony, comedian, Auntie B of RTE's Body Brothers and Co-Host of Breakfast on Cork's Red FM. We love her tip to just get excited about the little things in life! :)

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Our task today is to write a letter to someone in your life who you are thankful for. This is not a text or an email, it is a physical letter that you could even post if you were able to! : ) If this is too tricky you could draw a picture for someone you are thankful for, or maybe someone can write the letter for you! The power of a thankful letter will not only make you feel good it will brighten up the day of whoever you send it to! Keeping in touch with those we are thankful for is so important. The letter can be to a friend, classmate, mam or dad, a cousin, aunt, uncle, a grandparent or godparent, anyone at all that you are thankful for! : ) Best of luck and enjoy!!

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A fitting quote for "Thankful Tuesday" - What do you think is the message in this quote??

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Have a look at this video clip and chat about it afterwards? What do you think the lesson is? Is it always easy to be thankful and show gratitude? Why/why not? How do you think have an attitude of gratitude can have a positive impact on your life??

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What is Gratitude? Written & Voiced by Stephanie Bierman, Program Director

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Again you do not need to print this page, you can draw it out on a blank sheet at home. : ) This is an activity we can do every day to practice gratitude! You do not need to write down what you are grateful for every day, but naming 3 (or more) things you are grateful for each morning before you get out of bed can have a massive positive impact on your day and changes your outlook for the better! :) Try it and see how you get on and remember "not every day is good, but there is good in every day!"

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Good morning! : ) We are already half way through our Wellbeing Week and we hope you are enjoying it. It was so wonderful to hear all the different things the children are thankful during "Thankful Tuesday" yesterday. Some classes had their Yoga session yesterday with Mrs. Hooper and I'm sure all the other classes are looking forward to their session! You are all doing fantastic work! Today is "Wellness Wednesday" and the focus today is all about taking care of yourself and your wellbeing! Enjoy the day! : )

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Our #HealthyHeadHack for Wellness Wednesday comes from Múinteoir John, who you may remember from RTE's Home School Hub! Have a watch and see what you think of Múinteoir Johns tip! :)

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Today's activity is a wellness poster competition! We would love you to create a poster promoting positive mental health and wellbeing. Maybe you can draw a picture of what you do to make you feel better or maybe you can use one of the quotes from the week so far and design that! We will chose some posters to be photocopied and displayed around the school after the week is over! Be as creative as you like and have fun! : )

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What do you think this quote means?? An important thing to remember when we find things tough!! : )

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Another activity you could do is to create your own "Positive Emotion Potion". This can be done in 2 different ways! You can draw an empty jar and write in or draw in things that boost your mood!! If you have a spare jar or box at home, why not write a few different things that make you feel better on different pieces of paper (go outside for some fresh air, talk to your friend, listen to your favourite song) Whenever you are feeling down you can pull one out of the jar or box! : )

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Good Morning everyone! : ) This week is flying by!! We could not be more proud of all the wonderful work being done for our wellbeing week, it is just fantastic to see you all engaging with the different tasks each day! Today is "Triumphant Thursday" a day to celebrate all that is wonderful about YOU! Sometimes we can find it hard to see the wonderful things about ourselves but today we hope to change that! Have a terrific Triumphant Thursday!! : )

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Today's #HealthyHeadHack comes from the hilarious and kind, Dermot Whelan! Dermot makes up one half of "Dermot and Dave" on Today FM, he has recently written a book called Mind Full which has some great tips on mindfulness and he is also author of the very funny "Noni" book! Thanks to Dermot for this great tip! :)

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Our activity for today is all about celebrating ourselves and all the things we love about ourselves. If you have a photograph of yourself at home, stick it into the middle of a large sheet of paper. If you don't have a photo or are doing this activity in your classroom with your teacher, a drawing is perfect! Around your photo or drawing we want you to draw or write all the things you love about yourself. It can be anything at all like "I like that I am kind, I like my laugh, I am great at maths, I love my eyes" you can write or draw as many things as you like to fill up the page! Maybe each day going forward you can list 3 things (even in your mind) you love about yourself. You'd be surprised at how it can boost your mood! We are all different and have different strengths and today is the perfect day to celebrate that!! We are so looking forward to seeing what you create today! : ) Enjoy!!

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A nice simple quote for today but yet a very important one! You are wonderful!! : )

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Have a watch of this beautiful story called "The Reflection in Me". What are your thoughts on it?? It's the perfect story for celebrating yourself and loving the things about you that make you special! We sometimes can't see or forget the magic we all have within ourselves but by reminding ourselves of these things each day we can make a massive positive difference to our wellbeing! : )

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Although the title is different it is still a perfect worksheet for today! :) There is no need to print off this worksheet, this can be done as a whole class discussion (or as a chat at home!). What do you think the word thrive means? Maybe your teacher can explain it to you and then as a class you can discuss what makes you and your entire class thrive! : )

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Good Morning all and welcome to the last day of our Wellbeing Week! Today is "Feel-Good Friday" and it is a day to look back on the week and feel good about all you have achieved and hopefully, feel good moving forward with all the tips and tricks you've learned this week on looking after your wellbeing and mental health! : ) We would like to thank you all so much for engaging so well this week and for all the wonderful and creative work you have done. We really hope that it was an enjoyable and uplifting few days and that you can take some lessons from the week. You should all be very proud of yourselves!! Have a fantastic "Feel-Good Friday!!" : )

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Our final #HealthyHeadHack of the week comes from Matty Taylor, Cork Senior and Mallow Footballer! Thanks for your video Matty, it’s always so important to reach out and talk to someone : )

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Today, all the junior infant classes will go to the halla, followed by all the senior infant classes. We will have a chat about what the children enjoyed during the week, they will practice some positive affirmations, we will sing some songs, have a dance party and finish with some meditation! This will happen between small break and big break : )

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Our final quote of the week has a very important message! : ) You matter!!!

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Here is a video to practice mindfulness. Whenever you feel worried or overwhelmed you can watch this video to help! : )

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Bubble Bounce! Mindfulness for Children (Mindful Looking)

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We hope this video adds to your "Feel-Good Friday" - Relax and enjoy : )

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Belly Breathing: Mindfulness for Children

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Our last worksheet of the week is all about what you liked or enjoyed this week! : ) Again, thank you all so much for your wonderful participation this week and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!