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6 February 2023

Children's Mental Health Week - KS2 Morning Wellbeing Activities Day 1

Having a healthy relationship with ourselves and others can help improve our mental health. It’s essential to our well-being. Children's Mental Health Week at Willow Bank saw KS2 pupils complete a survey designed by our Mental Health Lead and Pastoral Coordinator to select the well…

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6 February 2023

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 .........

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2 February 2023

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/

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22 January 2023

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…

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30 November 2022

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. 

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16 November 2022

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…

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