At the weekend I had a problem with my washing machine! It leaked everywhere!! I asked the boys and girls what they thought I did to solve the problem and fix my washing machine. These were some of their ideas:

-put cardboard down to soak up the water

-use sellotape to seal the leak

-buy a new washing machine

-call out a plumber

-buy a new house

-switch off the washing machine and then inspect it to see if I could use tools to fix it before calling a plumber

I shared with them what I did to fix it and luckily thanks to my toolkit I had lots of things I could use to make it better and  didn’t need to call a plumber or get a new washing machine!

We started to discuss how handy it would be if we had an ‘Emotions Toolkit’ which had lots of ideas/things that we could do inside it to help us face challenges or manage our emotions.

We listened to a story about a girl called Kate who told herself positive things to make her mind strong. For example, if she was scared to stand up in front of the class she would say to herself ‘It’s ok to feel a bit scared, you can do this’.

Saying positive things to ourselves to change negative thoughts helps to keep good mental health. These are called affirmations. We practised some in assembly today. Some children already tell themselves positive things when they’re feeling sad, scared or angry to change their mindset and they shared this with us this morning.

At home you can try this to help your little one think positively and talk about the importance of having an emotions toolkit. Over the rest of the term we will add new strategies to our toolkit!

Star Pupils of the Week: Congratulations to our star pupils this week for excellent effort, learning and positive attitudes.

Star Class of Assembly: Mrs Shaw was our Secret PSA and she chose P1M as the star assembly class this week. Well done for most of the class for sitting smartly and listening well to our story in assembly.