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We have a school counsellor on site three days a week (online during COVID) to support students with social and emotional wellbeing.
You can discuss with your class teacher or principal about the needs of your child and how we can help. Working together as a support team for your children.
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Positive Education and Mindfulness Education at All Hallows
The children have been learning about the different parts of their brain and how those different parts work. These have been introduced to the students using different animal names to help them conceptualise what each area of the brain does and how they work together.
WiseOwl (Prefrontal Cortex) helps you make decisions. It solves problems and carries out higher-order thinking.
Guard Dog (Amygdala) keeps you safe at all costs. If it senses danger, it lets you Fight, Freeze or Flee without even thinking about it.
Elephant (Hippocampus) locks in happy memories and stores important information you learn.
Sifting Sooty (Reticular Activating System RAS) helps you focus!
I encourage you to ask your child about the Animals in their brain! Children have been learning different strategies and mindfulness techniques to help them strengthen or calm these areas in the brain. I will share these strategies and mindfulness techniques with you through the newsletter.
Sarah Forgan – Wellbeing Specialist
Video of the forum click here SCS Family Forum on Wellbeing
Calm, hopeful, helpful
Hints for parents
Know learning strengths
Plan
Concentrate on learning
Memory
Impulse Control
Resilient Mindset
The BRAVE Program is an interactive, online program for the prevention and treatment of childhood and adolescent anxiety. The programs are free, and provide ways for children and teenagers to better cope with their worries. There are also programs for parents.
Activities you could do during Lockdown or on a rainy day
Subscribe to newsletter- You can watch one of my webinars with your child on changing friendship groups or personal boundaries or dealing with mean kids.
You can click on the Lighthouse Toolkit and choose one of the bond-building strategies to help you nurture your child through these tough moments.
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