Good morning everyone, we have made it to Friday! Today I thought we would focus on health and wellbeing and revisit the ‘be kind’ message which is still so important. Here are your tasks:
- 9.00 – P.E. with Joe Wicks
2. The Mindful Jar
This activity can teach you how strong emotions can take hold, and how to find peace when these strong emotions feel overwhelming.
- First, get a clear jar or bottle and fill it almost all the way with water. Next, add a big spoonful of glitter glue or glue and dry glitter to the jar. Put the lid back on the jar and shake it to make the glitter swirl.
- Shake the jar and watch what happens. This is like what is happening inside your head when you have lots of thoughts and feel stressed or upset. The glitter is swirling around and making it difficult to see clearly.
- Now put the jar down and watch what happens, the glitter starts to settle. This is what happens when you calm down, your mind clear and you are able to think more clearly. It is important to be able to do this when we are stressed.
- If you are unable to make your own mindful jar, a snow globe gives the same idea. Alternatively you could draw one that has been shaken and one that is calm to show the difference between the two.
3. Kindness Poems
Make a mindmap and put the word kindness in the middle.
Write down all of the things you associate with kindness.
Think about your senses – what does kindness look like, sound like, feel like etc.
Use your mindmap to create a kindness poem. Here is an idea to get you started, you can use this one or create a different one of your own.
Kindness is the colour of…
It smells like…
It sounds like…
It feels like…
It looks like…
It tastes like….
When I am kind I feel…
- Small Acts of Kindness
- Cut a piece of paper up into smaller pieces or use some post-it notes.
- Write down a small act of kindness that can be done at home on each piece of paper (there are examples below).
- Think about how these acts might help somebody. This isn’t about spending money on doing something to help somebody but it is about the act itself. A small act can have a huge impact. For example, smiling at somebody who is unhappy will help them feel that someone has noticed and cares.
- Once you have written your acts of kindness fold them up and put them into a suitable kindness box. Every morning take one out and perform that act of kindness at some point that day.
- You could keep a kindness diary to keep track of all of the nice things you have done.
Ideas for small acts of kindness:
- Smile at everyone in your house today
- Ask someone to join in a game
- Help to organise or tidy your bedroom
- Write a letter or card to a friend
- Give someone a compliment
- Make a special effort to say thank you
- Draw a picture for someone
- Do a task without having to be asked
- Rainbows of Hope
If you haven’t created a rainbow to spread hope during this time of need, now is your chance. Using whichever materials you like you should draw, colour or paint a rainbow to display in your window. If you have any glitter left over from this morning’s activity you could use that too.
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
This resource is great. It is free on you tube and there are lots of videos of different lengths to allow you to practice your yoga skills. Just type cosmic kids into you tube and choose a video of your choice to keep you feeling relaxed!
- Mental Maths
There is a new set of questions in today’s folder, you have three word problems today to get you all thinking!
- ICT
Mrs McLean has created a school competition on Sumdog where you can win house points. My money challenge is still open too so if you haven’t tried it go on and have a go. Once you have done that:
- You could create a powerpoint about your week so far and think about all of the things you have done and how you have felt about being inside. Has it been fun or have you found it difficult?
- You could also redraft one of your pieces of work from this week in a word document.
Have a great day everyone!
Miss Connnor
