As it is Health Week and we are looking at different aspects of health, this week the nurture blog will focus on PATHs and our emotional health. PATHs has become a huge focus in all our classrooms as we begin to understand the different feelings we may experience. We recognise that these emotions can be categorised as ‘comfortable’ and ‘uncomfortable’.

We have spent time talking about how emotions change our facial expressions and by looking at the eyebrows, eyes and mouth, how this can indicate what a person might be feeling. Its important we recognise these emotions in ourselves and others, so we can help someone if they are experiencing uncomfortable feelings. Or use a strategy to help when we recognise those feelings in ourselves.

You may see a few familiar faces below as some of our Mount Carmel staff helped put a PATHs challenge together. Can you guess the PATHs emotion expressed by each member of staff? There are 8 different emotions being expressed and once you have guessed, can you sort these into comfortable and uncomfortable?

Why not give it a try at home? There is no better way to understand a feeling than to try and express that emotion yourself. Focus on the facial expressions and try a few of our comfortable and uncomfortable feelings. You can use a mirror to do this or ask a parent to take a photo of you and become the star of your own PATHs emotions chart. Send these to me and I can share these on our blog (check with parents this is okay before sending).

susan.travers@eastayrshire.gov.uk

Stay safe, have fun and take care