Category Archives: Health and Wellbeing

Remote Learning- Healthy minds and bodies

March 23, 2020 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

Health and wellbeing is so important. This includes both physical health and mental wellbeing.

Why not start each day with some physical exercise, suitable for all the family.

https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html

Alternatively, perhaps some Cosmic Yoga may be more for you… we know this is a real favourite with our children in nursery.

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Gonoodle is another favourite.

https://www.gonoodle.com/

Children may benefit from this Social Story to help them understand the current situation regarding Covid19.

Child-Friendly-Explanation-of-Coronavirus

At a time when we are all experiencing uncertain times, positive mental health has never been so important.

East Renfrewshire Council has developed a guide, Healthier Minds, to promote the mental wellbeing of our children and young people. This resources aims to help you find the information you need to develop children and young people’s talents and abilities in a way that will support them to meet life’s common challenges, develop their resilience, and have healthier minds as a result.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/healthierminds/

- Pupils, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, parents

Lucy’s Blue Day

February 24, 2020 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We recently welcomed Chris Duke, the author of Lucy’s Blue Day, to Glenwood. The book is written to help children understand their emotions, and to encourage mental health awareness. Thank you to the parents who were able to join us for the sessions and thank you to Chris for his visit.

- Pupils, Health and Wellbeing, parents, Technologies

ECO…. Unnecessary packaging

February 17, 2020 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We have been learning about the impact of plastic on the environment. We carried out a survey on our lunch packaging and produced a graph to show the types of packaging used in our lunch boxes. Many of us have reusable wraps, tubs and flasks…. can we do more to reduce our waste?

Health and Wellbeing

Yoga

February 3, 2020 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We have been enjoying some yoga sessions in nursery.

- Pupils, Health and Wellbeing, parents, Technologies

Outdoor Parent Workshops

December 9, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We recently held a series of Outdoor Parent Workshops. These included outdoor play, den building and fire lighting. Thank you to everyone who came along and to the staff team for hosting these sessions.

Parents gave lovely feedback and we look forward to hosting some more workshops in the New Year.

“It was a lovely adventure for me to attend the Family Centre …for the wonderful Outdoor Education sessions”

“I really enjoyed the hands on play/ learning sessions”

“I had never thought of building a den in the garden using material, pegs etc. I will definitely take this forward.”

Health and Wellbeing

Mashing and moving

September 14, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We love to use mashers with play dough. Using mashers develops our gross motor skills as we make pivotal movements by pressing and pushing.

We extended this by using the sieves to press patterns in the play dough.

We discovered that the play dough stuck to the window and we used punching movements to knead the play dough on the window.

Health and Wellbeing

Cycling

September 14, 2019 Mrs Brown 2 Comments

We created a cycle track by marking lines on the playground and using tyres to cycle around.

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preparing snack

September 14, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We are developing fine motor skills as we chop, spread and peel snack.

- Achievement, - Pupils, Health and Wellbeing

Sports Day

June 9, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We had a really successful sports day on Friday. Kerry Comerford, active sports co-ordinator, and the primary 7 sports leaders from OLM primary organised the event.

- Pupils, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Numeracy and Mathematics, parents

Fairtrade

March 4, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

Our Children’s Committee met recently to discuss what we can do for Fairtrade Fortnight. They created a mind map of ideas.

The children decided to use some Fairtrade ingredients to bake banana cup cakes. We followed a recipe and we had lots of measuring and weighing to do.

The cup cakes tasted yummy! We thought it would be a great idea to sell the ingredients in our Family Fun Bags to allow everyone the chance to make Fairtrade banana cup cakes at home.

- Pupils, Health and Wellbeing, Religious and Moral Education

Chinese New Year

February 7, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We have enjoyed some Chinese food for snack this week as part of our celebrations for the Chinese New Year.

“I don’t like the noodles but I like the rice.” Naomi.

“It’s good and yummy.” Marnie.

“I don’t like the stir fry. My daddy likes stir fry.” Euan.

“Lovely. I want some more. It’s delicious. I don’t like the corn.” Matthew.

Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Numeracy and Mathematics, Technologies, Uncategorized

Construction

January 30, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We design and create all sorts of models in the construction area. Recently we have been making enclosures for animals and ourselves!

As we play we use measuring skills.

We work with others and develop our problem solving skills.

We develop our mark making skills as we plan what we are going to construct.

Health and Wellbeing, Sciences, Technologies

Let’s Go, Fly a Kite!

January 29, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We loved flying a kite on a windy day so we decided to make our own! We used the internet to research and tried different materials. We liked using the recycled carrier bag.

- Pupils, Health and Wellbeing, Technologies

Snack time

January 29, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We are all involved in planning and preparing our snacks. We are supported to make healthy choices and we have fresh fruit and vegetables each day.

We set the table and prepare the food and drinks.

Last week we made clootie dumpling for snack as part of our Burns celebrations.

Today we made our own salad sandwiches. We put spread on our bread and chose our salad filling.

Health and Wellbeing, parents

Supporting Loss, Grief and Bereavement

January 24, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

Loss is a common occurrence which affects individuals in very different ways. Loss is most often considered to be a negative or painful process and one which requires time, space and the support of others to aid recovery. This is especially true for loss suffered through death. Regardless of age, the experience of bereavement is significant and can be life changing.

The following leaflets are designed to support children and families facing loss, grief and bereavement. Further advice and resources are available from staff.

Bereavement in Childhood Leaflet for Children and Young People

Final Bereavement in Childhood Leaflet Parents Final

- Pupils, Health and Wellbeing, parents

Pantosaurus-The Underwear Rule

January 24, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

The underwear rule is a simple way that parents can help keep their child safe from abuse. Talking PANTS teaches children important messages, like their body belongs to them and they should tell an adult if they’re upset or worried. NSPCC offers further advice.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/

Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Technologies

Cosmic Kids Yoga

January 24, 2019 Mrs Brown Leave a comment

We use the interactive whiteboard for exercise and relaxation. We love to move our bodies, balance and stretch as we follow the instructions. We join in with favourite stories such as We are Going on a Bear Hunt as we take part in the yoga moves.