Children's Mental Health Week 2023
Children's Mental Health Week at Willow Bank saw pupils complete a survey designed by our Mental Health Lead and Pastoral Coordinator to select the well being activities they would like to take part in this week. More to follow .........
Wellbeing - Time To Talk Day
Time To Talk Day 2023 - KS3 pupil took time for himself to chat with our Mental Health and Pastoral Lead about how his week has been and the activities he likes to do, choosing the Laxman goggles beach app to take time to relax. https://timetotalkday.co.uk/
KS3 Mindfulness Crab Football
KS3 the Team of Life Programme..
A resilience programme for children aged 7-13 using sporting metaphors. A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn't literally true but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
Week two warm up session was crab…
KS2 Relaxation & Meditation
Underwater Experience Using Laxman Goggles
KS2 Mindfulness session focused on the sense of vision, during an "underwater experience" using the Laxman goggles as part of a relaxation and meditation activity.
KS3 Positive Friendships & Friendship Bracelets
Exploring the Senses of Sight and Touch
KS3 Mindfulness focused on the senses of sight and touch - a mindfulness grounding technique to observe their thoughts, feelings, using these two sensations. Pupils made friendship bracelets and discussed the benefits of positive relationship and…