Christ the King Catholic Primary School
We love, aspire and serve with Christ our King
Christ the King Catholic Primary School
We love, aspire and serve with Christ our King
Mental Health & Wellbeing
School Closures - January 2021
Hi Everyone, it's Mr. Canning.
As we find ourselves at the start of another national lockdown, it is again, really important to continue to look after our mental health and wellbeing. Hopefully this will be the last lockdown and as the year progresses fingers crossed we will have some kind of normality in our lives.
I have reuploaded all of the resources that we used in the first school closure in March as well as some of the ways to stay mentally healthy from CBBC's Newsround and BBC's 'Own It' you can find those below.
Stay safe :-)
A-Z of Coping Strategies
We have come up with a hopefully useful document that has 26 different coping strategies that you may want to use when things become a bit too much.
Coronavirus: Wellbeing Support
Anna Freud
National Centre for Children & Families
Coronavirus Advice - Young People
Self Care Summer - Booklet
Self care is all about what you can do to help yourself feel better or to keep yourself feeling good. It’s a way that we can look after our own mental health and wellbeing.
This pack is from the Anna Freud Centre for Children & Young People website. It contains lots of different strategies that can be used, remember though, what works for you might not work for your friend. There are activities, self care plans and signposting information for other agencies should you need them.
Mindful Activities
As we all know, mindful activities can help us to focus on the here and now if we are worried, anxious or scared about anything. Try out a couple of the activities below, you might need a grown up to help you with some!
News Sources
Below there are two links so you can access child-friendly news sources. Remember, if you see anything you are scared or worried about, you should tell a grown up straight away.
The BBC Newsround website is a really colourful, child friendly source of reliable information. There is a section that is only about Coronavirus if that's what you want to see.
Keeping Active
It's great to see so many of you staying active during this time at home and this can have a really positive impact on our overall mental health and wellbeing. I have loved keeping up to date with @CTKLiverpoolPE and have seen that a lot of you are having a go at Mr. Brady's challenges which you've tried really hard with.
Below, there are another couple of links with different ideas of how to keep active either from home or when you're out and about with family for your daily exercise.
Here's some examples of children from our school keeping active!
Keeping Active at CTK!
Routine
When we are all in school we follow a strict routine, when we're at home some of those routines aren't the same, remember, that's ok!
When we're at home we need to make sure that as well as doing our work that has been set by class teachers that we are making time in our day to talk to the people in our houses about how we are feeling, getting some exercise, eating well, staying hydrated and most importantly, have some fun!
Check these '25 Fun Indoor Activities' out that you can try with your family!
The Gruffalos stayed in the Gruffalo cave...
Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson's coronavirus cartoon!
What kind of help do I need?
Using the rainbow below you can identify the kind of help you need..
Who Can help in school?
Physical - If you are hurt or feel unwell in school there are lots of people who can help you. Lots of the adults in school have trained as first aiders. During the school day this usually means a visit to the office at lunchtime all of our lunchtime supervisors have been trained.
Wellbeing - Sometimes we might feel sad, tired or unsure how we feel. We can always talk to one of the adults in school, your Class Teachers and Learning Support Assistants will know you best, but you can talk to anyone you trust. Mr Canning is our Mental Health Ambassador and can usually be found on the yard or in the library at lunchtimes.
Learning - Sometimes we feel like we need help with our work in class. You can speak to your class teacher or one of the Learning Support Team. You might want to go to speak to Mrs Pooke in the butterfly room or have a chat with Mr Delaney in his office.
Social and Emotional - What if you’ve fallen out with your friends or you are worried about a family member or anything else you are worried about.. You can pop your name inside one of the bubbles outside of class if you want an adult to speak to you. You can put your worry inside the worry monster or the worry box in class. You might want to go and see what books and advice we might have in the butterfly room or speak to Mrs Pooke or Mr Canning.
CONTACTING CHILDLINE
You can talk to Childline about anything. No problem is too big or too small.
Call us free on 0800 1111 or get in touch online. However you choose to contact us, you're in control. It’s confidential and you don’t have to give your name if you don’t want to.