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February 2021 Updates from Our Counselling Team
February 2021 Updates from Our Counselling Team
- Bell Let's Talk Day (Jan. 28th): This is a special day to remind students that they are never alone. Our staff worked with students to write/draw positive message about mental health. We also took time to identify '5 safe adults' students could reach out to if they needed help. Please ask your child who their safe adults are and if they are comfortable call these special people to share how important they are in your lives.
Disconnect to Connect Challenge: This challenge is all about the screen time! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and right here to access tips, tools, and activities to curb our screen time and strengthen our connections with nature, family, God, and ourselves.
Pink Shirt Day February 24, 2021: This Pink Shirt Day, our focus is working together and treating others with dignity and respect. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected us all and shown the importance of helping one another and advocating for those who need it. Our goal on this day and everyday is to “lift each other up” and encourage healthy self esteem by teaching empathy, compassion and kindness. (https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/).
Universal Classroom Lessons: In the month of February, our Counselling Team will share a virtual mindfulness lesson with staff on Guided Vizualization. Please check the tab at the top of the page called 'Mindfulness Focus' and select 'Guided Vizualization/Storytime' for more tools to use at home.
Check out the tabs at the top of this page for more resources!
Check out the tabs at the top of this page for more resources!
There are lots of different programs being offered through the Family Resource Network, check out their Facebook page or their February Calendar for more information on their parent, youth, and early education (0-6) programming.
There are lots of different programs being offered through the Family Resource Network, check out their Facebook page or their February Calendar for more information on their parent, youth, and early education (0-6) programming.
RDCRS Lenten Family Calendar.pdfAHS Building Resilient Families WINTER Edition 2021.pdfFebruary Mindfulness Focus: Guided Visualization and Story Time
February Mindfulness Focus: Guided Visualization and Story Time
Fiction is particularly a powerful form of mindfulness and relaxation. It’s a healthy form of disengagement. It’s also one of the 40 developmental assets!
Fiction is particularly a powerful form of mindfulness and relaxation. It’s a healthy form of disengagement. It’s also one of the 40 developmental assets!
“Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation and inner calm. Regular readers sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than non-readers.” - The New Yorker as quoted in The Surprising Power of Reading Fiction: 9 Ways it Makes Us Happier and More Creative
“Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation and inner calm. Regular readers sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than non-readers.” - The New Yorker as quoted in The Surprising Power of Reading Fiction: 9 Ways it Makes Us Happier and More Creative
Reading can open up a new world, transport you to faraway lands, bygone eras, or lives only dreamt of. Reading is important. It uses facts, figures, and emotions to both teach and inspire. #40DevelopmentalAssets #ReadingforPleasure
Reading can open up a new world, transport you to faraway lands, bygone eras, or lives only dreamt of. Reading is important. It uses facts, figures, and emotions to both teach and inspire. #40DevelopmentalAssets #ReadingforPleasure
A Child of Books is a stunning prose poem on the rewards of reading and sharing stories — an immersive and unforgettable reading experience that readers will want to pass on to others.
Research shows that young people who read for pleasure at least three hours a week (that’s only 26 minutes a day) exhibit more positive than negative values. #40DevelopmentalAssets #ConstructiveUseofTime #ReadingforPleasure
Research shows that young people who read for pleasure at least three hours a week (that’s only 26 minutes a day) exhibit more positive than negative values. #40DevelopmentalAssets #ConstructiveUseofTime #ReadingforPleasure
Guided Visualization
Guided Visualization
Guided Visualization/Imagery is an impactful tool that can help students relax and calm themselves thus increasing self-regulating skills. Comforting images can help individuals decrease arousal and increase one’s sense of safety in times of distress. Talk to your child about pictures they can create in their head or on paper that they feel are comforting.
Guided Visualization/Imagery is an impactful tool that can help students relax and calm themselves thus increasing self-regulating skills. Comforting images can help individuals decrease arousal and increase one’s sense of safety in times of distress. Talk to your child about pictures they can create in their head or on paper that they feel are comforting.
Community Resources
Community Resources
Sports and outdoor recreation are important for our physical and mental well-being and often lead to friendships and connections to community that last a lifetime. The following groups assist eligible families to access recreation throughout the year:
Canadian Tire Jump Start : http://jumpstart.canadiantire.ca
Kid Sport: http://www.kidsportcanada.ca
City of Red Deer Fee Assistance Program: Contact any City of Red Deer Recreation Facility
The YMCA will also offer a discount or sponsor a student for families who qualify.
If you would like a list of these groups or require support applying for these programs please contact Ms. Masson or Mrs. Swinston.
Red Deer Events https://www.reddeerevents.ca/Events
Click the image above for a collection of community resources.
Parent Support Series 2021 Promo Flyer v2.pdf
School Nutrition Programs
School Nutrition Programs
Breakfast Program
Breakfast Program
Our Breakfast Program is funded by the Government of Alberta School Nutrition Program and community parish members to provide a hot breakfast every morning to hungry students who haven't had breakfast. Breakfast programs ensure that all students have reliable access to nutritious food in a safe and supportive environment, in order to positively impact health and learning.
Our Breakfast Program is funded by the Government of Alberta School Nutrition Program and community parish members to provide a hot breakfast every morning to hungry students who haven't had breakfast. Breakfast programs ensure that all students have reliable access to nutritious food in a safe and supportive environment, in order to positively impact health and learning.
School lunches are available through the Mustard Seed
School lunches are available through the Mustard Seed
The Mustard Seed School Lunch Program ensures youth experiencing poverty receive a healthy and nutritious lunch throughout the school year. To register your child for this program, contact Mrs. Swinston at cathy.swinston@rdcrs.ca or call the school at 403-346-0505 and leave at message at extension 290154.
The Mustard Seed School Lunch Program ensures youth experiencing poverty receive a healthy and nutritious lunch throughout the school year. To register your child for this program, contact Mrs. Swinston at cathy.swinston@rdcrs.ca or call the school at 403-346-0505 and leave at message at extension 290154.
President Choice Children's Charity Snack Program
President Choice Children's Charity Snack Program
Our PC School Nutrition Grant allows us to provide each classroom with a bin of shelf-stable snacks to ensure students experiencing poverty have access to a mid-morning snack. President Choices believe access to good food and food education provides the foundation, so children can learn and grow, improving their well-being, making a positive contribution to the world around them – now, and in the future.
Our PC School Nutrition Grant allows us to provide each classroom with a bin of shelf-stable snacks to ensure students experiencing poverty have access to a mid-morning snack. President Choices believe access to good food and food education provides the foundation, so children can learn and grow, improving their well-being, making a positive contribution to the world around them – now, and in the future.
Salvation Army Weekend Student Backpack Meal Program
Salvation Army Weekend Student Backpack Meal Program
The Weekend Feeding program has been developed for children who are experiencing severe food insecurity. For more information contact Ms. Masson at julie.masson@rdcrs.ca or call the school at 403-346-0505 and leave at message at extension 290154.
The Weekend Feeding program has been developed for children who are experiencing severe food insecurity. For more information contact Ms. Masson at julie.masson@rdcrs.ca or call the school at 403-346-0505 and leave at message at extension 290154.
School Counsellors: Mrs. Lynch & Mrs. Fleming
School Counsellors: Mrs. Lynch & Mrs. Fleming
Contact: wendy.lynch@rdcrs.ca & cari.fleming@rdcrs.ca, extension 290156
Contact: cathy.swinston@rdcrs.ca & julie.masson@rdcrs.ca, extension 290154
190 Glendale BoulevardRed Deer, Alberta T4P 2P7Phone: 403-346-0505Fax: 403-347-0365www.stteresaschool.ca
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