Crook Primary School
Crook Primary School
Emotional Wellbeing Lead
Miss Bryson
Emotional Wellbeing Newsletter
This week at the garden we planted some more lettuce and radishes.
We measured the growth of our sunflowers.
We saw the bees collecting pollen to make honey.
We learned about the life-cycle of frogs.
…and managed to collect some tadpoles!
This week we checked on our sunflowers, they have grown so much since we planted that tiny seed! We took our lettuce from their pot and planted them into the risen beds.
We dug up some new potatoes to cook for our tea, checked on the beans growing on the tripod and made come green compost to use to help our plants grow strong.
Cleaned out the frog pond and of course, picked the rest of the strawberries!
The Piece of Mind Team came to talk to our Year 6 children about there upcoming transition to there choice of secondary school; with some going to Parkside, Wolsingham, King James and St.John's.
We listed questions we'd like to ask on our transition days, things that might be different from Primary School and what we were looking forward to.
We talked about the CBT cycle of how our thoughts, emotions and physical feelings have an impact on our behaviour. In the next session, we will look at strategies to help when those negative thoughts come into our mind.
This week we planted our sunflower shoots into the raised bed, giving them a good water!
We also planted daisies and our baby lettuce into the soil and talked about fruit and vegetables being in season.
…And just look at how many strawberries we will take back home!
Week 2 at Crook Community Gardens; we talked about the ways in which seeds germinate and different types of fruit and vegetables.
We read a book by Julia Donaldson, 'The Oak Tree', about the different periods on history that an oak tree lived before a new seedling began to grow to continue the life cycle.
We planted tomato seedlings, sunflower seeds and lettuce and tasted radishes, some of us liked them more than others!
We planted the beans the we germinated at home in one of our raised garden beds.
We cleaned out the pond and checked on the tadpoles.
Planted potatoes and fed them with fish blood and bone pellets; they STINK!
Ended with picking and eating strawberries and rhubarb- YUM!
Emotional Wellbeing Documents
Crook Crusaders
Intent
Emotional wellbeing is about our feelings, our thoughts, our emotions and our moods. Looking after our emotional wellbeing is just as important as looking after our physical health.
Over these past two years, we have been through something that we could never have imagined. Did we ever think that schools would shut and we wouldn’t be allowed to see those people in our lives that we really care about? When we are experiencing something difficult and challenging like the pandemic, our hearts, our minds and bodies can find it difficult to cope with everyday situations. We often revert to a fixed and negative mindset, which can often be very limiting. When we are scared we become defensive and we often struggle with creative thoughts. The pandemic gave us a unique opportunity to reflect on what is important to us and what we want more of in our lives. We had time to think about those things we missed most including time with people we love, things that inspire us and activities that make us happy. When we are happy we create an environment that we need to thrive and grow. We now have an opportunity to take the lessons we have learned and move out of our fixed mindsets into a more positive way of thinking.
Crook Crusaders is the chance to take these lessons and move out of our fixed mindsets into a more positive way of thinking. It is with this growth mindset and resilience that we can create a world with endless possibilities. In order for a child to develop a strong growth mindset they need the input, support and comfort of others.
Encouragement and positive reinforcement from parents, teachers and peers can create an ideal environment for a growth mindset to flourish.
Implementation
Our Crook Crusaders groups will be created initially for children in year groups 4, 5 and 6. The weekly 1-hour sessions will each include:
Impact
Pupils will have a greater resilience to tackle and solve their own challenges. They will have a positive growth mindset which is applied in the classroom to support greater academic attainment and progress. they will be enthused by learning and will to take risks. In moments of uncertainty, they will have a range of self help strategies to allow themselves to move forward and reflect.
