Weekly Newsletter Spring 2020 Week 5 This week at Upton we have been celebrating Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week. School has been buzzing with discussions around this year’s theme Find your Brave. On Monday our Form 6 Heads of Wellbeing, Avani and Emma, with Eat a healthy diet some of the Wellbeing Council, led our Get enough sleep school assembly explaining how being Be active brave means different things for each Make time to rest, relax, recharge of us. We were all reminded of how to Show kindness to yourself and each other keep ourselves healthy mentally and Think WHAT am I feeling? WHERE am I feeling it and WHY? Remember it’s okay not to feel okay physically with top tips. We talked Always remember I can ask for help if I need it about breathing and how important it Remember your unique brilliance is your own superpower! is not to hold things in when we are dealing with a difficult challenge but talk to someone and ask for help when we need it. It has been a wonderful week with children doodling on the wellbeing pad, sharing messages and writing inspiring stories for friends in the I am Brave book. Avani and Emma have read stories to the younger children, discussing how the characters had found their brave and we have all practiced our breathing to help calm us down. Sharing stories together enables us to discuss difficult emotions, worries or how to solve problems with our child. Our wellbeing library is full of books for our parents and pupils to borrow at any time. Anna Hewitt Our Top Tips for healthy minds are:
Save the Date: Charity Walk in aid of WWF Australia Bushfire Emergency Fund—Sunday 1st March, 2pm The Nursery have had a busy week that started with a visit from PCSO David who came to talk about his role and to share the story of PC Ben. Our letter this week has been ‘f‘ so Mrs Cañas has demonstrated her wonderful flamenco dancing. The children had fun trying on the dress, hat and shoes and then taking part in clapping rhythms and dance moves. Lastly, we had a trip to the Windsor Garden Centre and have bought seed potatoes, flowers, vegetables and herbs, some of which can be fed to our new pet, Elvis. The ‘f’ish were a great success and the children were fascinated by their sizes and colours. Our potatoes are now chitting in school and the runner beans are under starters orders. Sue Bish Upton House School
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