This week’s discussion topic includes Boris Johnson’s time in hospital and how he has seen first-hand the hard work of the NHS.
One of the follow-up activities is to reflect on your own experiences in hospital and also to get writing a letter to the NHS.
Anything we can do to thank our NHS staff is time well spent.
In partnership with our friends at Barnardo’s we thought we would provide some practical tips around mental, emotional and social wellbeing for parents to support children, it will be sent weekly. One of the first things we have done is to create a one page document on the first of the 5 competencies of social and emotional learning: self-awareness. Many children, and adults, will be struggling to process their feelings at the moment, this document provides a few tips about dealing with our feelings. It is attached to this email. Our feelings can also be overwhelming so we have attached some brainstem calmer activities from Beacon House too.
Lots of us want to understand why we feel the way we feel about this situation, Suzanne Zeedyk did a great webinar on this which is summarised on the connected baby twitter account (link below).
Parents
Self-awareness tips: see attached
Self Awareness Poster – Barnardo’s SEL
Brainstem calmer activities: see attached
Rainbow breathing (great use for all those rainbows in windows): see attached
Helping children cope: https://weneedtotalkaboutchildrensmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/tips-to-share-with-children-to-help-them-cope-with-the-new-normal/
Helping teenagers cope: https://weneedtotalkaboutchildrensmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/2and-getting-through-lockdown-together-with-teenagers/
Below is a link to a leaflet found on the Scottish Government’s Parentzone website. It gives some ideas for younger children learning some maths skills at home:
The link to the Parent Zone maths page is below:
Welcome back everyone.
Please check out the ECC page for our weekly tips for you to explore and a “wee” challenge for you to enjoy!!
Please use comment box if you require any support or advice!
Monday 20th April
A very good morning to the pupils, parents and carers of Mauchline PS & ECC. We hope you have had a relaxing and safe Easter holiday.
The staff are all preparing some activities for everyone and will be posting in the class pages of the blog. Keep checking over the course of the day/week for updates..
If you are already using Microsoft Teams, your teacher will also be using this platform as a means of communication. Please also login to Office 365 to check if you have any tasks to complete.
We can do this together!!
CEOP site for online child protection
This site has resources for ages 4-7. Jessie and Friends and keeping your under 5s safe online are free as are many others on this fabulous website.
Internet matters is another excellent resource particularly for keeping parents and carers up to date with what sites are popular with children and young people and what they can do on these sites, again a free resource.
Here is another news discussion page with some family interaction included in it.
Thursday 16th April
Good morning Mauchline PS & ECC
I have been out a walk every evening with my two children and we have set ourselves a challenge – to identify some of the bird song we hear.
I have attached a link to the Woodland Trust website to help.
Mrs Kilday will love this challenge as she is a true bird-lover!!
Check out the ECC page for a special message!
Happy Easter to all of the boys and girls of Mauchline PS & ECC. The whole staff wish parents, carers, extended family members and friends a happy, safe and chocolate-filled Easter Sunday!!
