{"id":4292,"date":"2022-05-09T09:29:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T08:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2022-05-09T09:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T08:29:05","slug":"keep-the-heid-mental-health-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/2022\/05\/09\/keep-the-heid-mental-health-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep the Heid – Mental Health Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. We are promoting a public library initiate, ‘Keep the Heid and<\/em> Read!<\/a><\/strong>‘to promote and celebrate the power of reading with regards to mental health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n

“To celebrate the power of reading, libraries and good mental health, you are being asked to pledge SIX minutes on Wednesday 11th May 2022<\/strong>\u00a0and devote it to reading.<\/p>\n

Why? Because taking some time for yourself to relax and do things you enjoy like reading is important to help look after your mental health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n

It has been scientifically proven that reading for just SIX minutes a day\u00a0boosts your mental health by 68%.” <\/strong>(Keep the Heid, 2022)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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To join in the ‘Reading Moment’, pledge to read 6 minutes on Wednesday 11th May here<\/a><\/strong>. There is still time for the target of 300,000 minutes to be met.<\/p>\n

At Stromness Academy we are encouraging staff an pupils to read for 6 minutes and all our S1-3 have been pledge as a group. There will be a display of fiction and non-fiction books in the school library whic are available for borrowing. These include books from the Empathy Lab<\/a><\/strong> reading list as well, many which deal with mental health, as well as helping to building empathy in our young readers.<\/p>\n

\u200cLinks to Mental Health support services can be found on the school website<\/a><\/strong> and in LearnPath<\/a><\/strong> in OLIVER, the school library Catalogue.<\/p>\n

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Links to Information on Reading & Mental Health<\/h4>\n

National Literacy Trust. (2018).\u00a0Mental wellbeing, reading and writing<\/i><\/strong>. [online] Available at: https:\/\/literacytrust.org.uk\/research-services\/research-reports\/mental-wellbeing-reading-and-writing\/<\/a> [Accessed 9 May 2022].<\/p>\n

Reading-well.org.uk. (2021).\u00a0Reading Well<\/i><\/strong>. [online] Available at: https:\/\/reading-well.org.uk\/<\/a> [Accessed 9 May 2022].<\/p>\n

Why (2018).\u00a0Why reading can be good for mental health<\/i><\/strong>. [online] MHFA Portal. Available at: https:\/\/mhfaengland.org\/mhfa-centre\/blog\/reading-good-mental-health\/<\/a> [Accessed 9 May 2022].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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