Well Being

Well-Being 18-22 May Hello Holy Apostles Community! We are experiencing another period of uncertainty at the moment and will be feeling lots of different emotions.  Here are a variety resources that may help over the next couple of weeks: Reading Two books that you can look at online that may help with information about Coronavirus and coping with worrying about it: Everybody Worries – suitable for KS1 https://en.calameo.com/read/000777721945cfe5bb9cc?authid=Xu9pcOzU3TQx Coronavirus – A Book for Children – suitable for KS2 https://issuu.com/nosycrow/docs/coronavirus_ins/1?ff&hideShareButton=true Science based information You may like to look at these posters that offer the science around sneezes, hand washing and microbes in easily accessible poster form. Giant Sneezes Horrid Hands       Microbe Mania Sleep Children may be finding it harder to get to sleep or sleep at the moment.  There are some lovely bed

Well-Being 11-15 May We hope you are well and have had a good weekend with some celebrations around VE Day. Perhaps you have found a rhythm and routine to your days? Perhaps you are exploring parts of your locality you’ve never been to before and noticing how nature is changing and how loud the birds are singing?  Perhaps you are finding some aspects of lockdown difficult? Here some more Well-Being Resources that you might like to dip into as well as following the Daily Well-Being activities that class teachers are suggesting on their class blogs. There are also links to any support that you feel you might need. Spot and Stripe – Thinking/talking activities These are 1 minute YouTube videos for 4-7 and 8-11 year olds to get their (and your) thought juices flowing! There are some really fun topics to think about. Videos for 4-7 year olds https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=spot+and+stripe+4-7 Videos for 8-11 year olds https://www.youtube.com/

Well-Being 4-8 May 2020 Welcome to Week 7!  Here are some resources that you may find useful now, or in the future.  These include the first Virtual Wellbeing Festival, identifying emotions , understanding how the brain works and some more ideas for relaxation .  There is also a list of useful helplines should you need them. Class teachers will be adding daily well-being activities in their blogs – here is the link for this week’s suggestions. Well-being activities 4-8-May Virtual Wellbeing Festival – 8-10 May This is a FREE Virtual Festival offering talks, workshops, health and fitness ideas, support for mental health, finances and home schooling.  Have a look at the website for more details and to register . https://www.livelifewell.uk/live-well-weekender Emotions Sometimes it’s hard to identify how we are feeling, particularly at the moment when all emotions seem to be magnified – more ‘ups and downs’.  Naming feelings can help deal with th