SMSP takes part in Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme was Growing Together; growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow. Throughout the week we considered how we have grown and what we can do to help others grow. We learnt that challenges and setbacks can help us to grow and adapt and trying new things can help us to move beyond our comfort zone into a new realm of possibility and potential. During the week some classes created their own ‘support balloons’ in which they considered the people in their lives who help them to grow. Some year groups read and completed activities based on the book ‘The Boy, the Mole the Fox and the Horse’ and the whole school took part in ‘Dress to Express’ day.
What is mental health?
It is to help you to be happy; to make your brain healthy.
Year 1
It is about helping children to share their worries and emotions with people that are trusted.
Year 3
We are learning about the difference between mental health and physical health. If you get angry you can try and do things you like, like lego, drawing, chilling, to help yourself to be calm. It’s about keeping your body and your brain healthy.
Year 2
Is about how you think about yourself and your self esteem.
Year 6
If your mental health on the inside gets worse it can affect your physical health.
Year 6
We know that having good mental health is important
Year 3
How can we keep good, positive mental health?
You can try and do some activities that you like doing to keep calm and relaxed Euan Yr5
Year 5
You can tell a friend how you are feeling – Oskar Yr 4
Year 4
We did a wellbeing bingo to help us with our mental health. Max Yr 6
Year 6
How can we prevent small worries from turning into bigger worries ?
You can try and help others to help them feel good.
Year 6
You can treat yourself with nice things like doing exercise, hydrate yourself and get good sleep.
Year 6
Talk to a trusted adult, that helps.
Year 4
