[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We all have positive and negative emotions. It is part of being a human being. Being able to balance our positive and negative emotions helps us looking after our mental health, just like doing physical exercise helps us being physically healthy. Mental health is a skill, that is why we teach it at Howard Primary. Watch the video and then reflect with your family on what you are doing to look after your mental health.

Watch how Elena and Damara deal with stress and big feelings. Do you have any tips? How do you look after your own mental health?

Breathing-Y6 Elena -How to deal with stress breath-yellow zone

Zones of Regulations-Which Tools- Y5 Damara

Thank you for watching! Mrs Pollington[/dropshadowbox]

Coronavirus_Social_StoryHome Daily Timetable

Some children need a visual reminder of what their day will be filled with. Using a visual timetable can help reduce the anxiety a child might feel about ‘what comes next’.  Time is a difficult concept to understand and transitioning from one activity to the next can be perceived as a threat or a punishment by some children. Have a look at the timetable I have attached to give you some ideas on how to put together a visual timetable. Sometimes just a NOW/NEXT prompt on a blank piece of paper will suffice. 

Social stories are also useful to reduce anxiety because the message is repeated throughout the story. Have a look with your child at the social story about the Corona Virus and school closure.

Mrs Pollington