It’s all about wellbeing and Spring this week at The Children’s House! We will be beginning the week talking about the signs of Spring – flowers blooming, weather warming up, days getting longer, baby animals being born….then we will be doing some Spring crafts, and talking about how all the children are growing into their own different selves. This will naturally link to our discussion on wellbeing, and our focus this week on celebrating the children’s uniqueness; we are linking in with the National Children’s Network and the UK Children’s Mental Health Week to promote wellbeing by carrying out activities around the theme of ‘Being Ourselves’.

We always encourage children to celebrate their uniqueness and feel comfortable with who they are, as having a positive view of ourselves can help us long-term in dealing with life’s challenges, so as part of this week we will be supporting the children to express the most positive things they feel about themselves, and to celebrate their differences! Therefore at the start of the week we are sending home with the children a template which we would like you to fill out with them – firstly to discuss together with them what they think their family love about them (and to add what you think!) and what they love about their community where they live, and then write down the answers so the children can bring it back into school where we will share it with the class.

Later in the week we will be talking about what makes us different and our unique strengths, and then making a ‘compliments tree’ where the children give compliments to their friends. Throughout the year we will continue to compliment the children whenever appropriate e.g. ‘I really like how you were kind to your friend’, ‘that was great sharing’, ‘well done on sorting out that disagreement’ etc. in order to focus on and promote these positive dispositions. If there are any other activities along these lines that you would like to suggest/carry out with us at any stage, please let us know!

All Of Me

My hands are for clapping,
My arms can hug tight,
My fingers can snap or turn our the light.
My legs are for jumping,
My eyes help me see,
This is my body and I love all of me!!