Children’s mental health by Ruth Squires

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At SWINS we are supporting Children’s mental health week 2024. Please do look and use these resources we’ve shared to support you and your child in looking after their emotional health and well being . 💕☺️

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We love to sing and are enjoying singing as part of our morning well being focus. Singing together is a joyful connection. Here are some songs which we love at school and you may want to hear and share too.

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We start each assembly time joining in song and greeting each other 🎶💕

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We love this lovely action song for getting us ready to learn in a morning.

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A great song about being strong

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We have introduced the children to positive affirmations this week with the help of ‘Snoop dog’ . Being positive is something that we all need to do and these affirmations can help us realise how important, loved and valued we all are.

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Affirmations with the Doggyland cartoon

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Our fantastic singing club have shared this with us and we loved it 💕

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A range of useful blog resources and information for supporting young children’s emotional and behavioural development

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Get moving with the mood movers and think about feelings

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The positive role of books for supporting your child’s emotional health.

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A range of printable activities to enjoy together from our schools chosen PSHE scheme.

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Why not connect with the wonderful children’s running club on our island for healthy, active community fun

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Sharing stories is a special time for making connections. 💕 Stories and non fiction books are a great way of exploring feelings, emotions and behaviours in a positive way.

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A range of activities to support mental health and well being

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Being active is so important for our well being. Healthy bodies and healthy minds are so closely interlinked. At SWINS we like to encourage the children to be physically active everyday. We are so lucky to have the most beautiful beaches to walk and play on. There are also so many activities offered free regularly in our community or some of these fun online activities too. 💕

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We are so lucky that across the year our children all get to experience yoga sessions with our favourite Yogi, Lianne from yokids. The breathing and mindfulness techniques she shared are used across school to help support the children.

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Street tag is a fun way of working together as a team. SWINS needs you to get out collecting tags and earning points as you walk for your well being. Why not download the street tag app to your phone, scan our QR and give us your help. You’ll be active and connecting with our school community in a positive way. 💙💛

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A super story which gives name to and explores a range of feelings

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A little song about feelings to listen to and enjoy ❤️🧡💛💚💙🖤

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It’s always good to find a way to make yourself feel good 👍

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A classic song that always makes us smile 😃

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Being kind to each other is the best kind of connection we can make.
“In a world where you can be anything…be kind”

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It’s not good to worry but we all do at some point and some of us more than others. Knowing how we can help ourselves and use the help of others to face our worries is so important 💕

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Another big bright feelings book by Tom Percival with an important message about feeling angry.

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The importance of maintaining digital well being has become a real necessity as technology and our access to it has grown.

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Teaching our children about staying safe online and maintaining a healthy digital well being is an important part of our computing and pshe curriculum. Protecting your child online is a big worry for many parents and carers. Here are some top tips and advice for ensuring they are healthy and safe Internet users …

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It’s important to us at SWINS that our children know how loved, cared for, respected and valued they are. 💕 We believe each of our little stars are unique, special and amazing and we want them to know and believe it too.

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We know there’s nothing more you want than to see your children smiling and happy. There are times though that worry, anxiety, upset, confusion, anger and a host of other feelings can unsettle our children. It’s often hard to know how to support them and we are of course here to help you if we can, please remember that and talk to us. However below are a range of resources and top tips to support you.

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We love to dance! This is bound to make you feel energised and smile… we defy you not to!

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I am…

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A wonderful story by Smriti Halls ‘Rainbows before rain’ 🌈 sharing the idea that sometimes for beautiful things to happen, harder things have to happen first.

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Positive family fun

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If you are concerned about your child’s mental and emotional health please do speak to us. We have trained SERIS and ELSA assistants in school who are able to offer advice and where appropriate carry out specific work with children. We are always here for you. 💕

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There are so many wonderful books in our school. We have books to support children on topics including worry, shyness, loss and grief. Please do ask us to borrow books on specific topics and if we do not have it, we will always try to signpost you to age appropriate quality texts. 💙💛

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Great news that our local library is extending its opening hours. They have a wonderful range of books for children to explore on many themes including emotional health. 🥰📚

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This week, we will be sending each child home with a spiral to draw, collage or paint upon. We want to see them represent what matters to them. As we talk about this years theme “our voice matters” we look forward to seeing the pupils share what is important to them. Please help your child to create and then send in their spiral We put them together to create a display of our wonderful pupil’s voice and what matters to them.  🥰💙💛

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So many helpful articles and top tips

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Find more information for families on the children’s mental health week website.

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Watch the video for ideas and inspiration for this well being craft where your child can express what matters to them.

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Top tips for connecting through play

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