There will always be times where we will feel the need to switch off, relax or blow off some steam.
Below are some useful links and suggested activities to support the mental and physical health of yourselves and your children at home.
Physical exercise
Having some form of physical activity is important for so many reasons. PE is a vital part of the national curriculum and we aim to provide two sessions per week in school.
Guided yoga
Foundation phase and years 3 -4
The following link will guide you to the home page of a YouTube channel. There are a huge variety of story based yoga routines and are of different lengths to suit different ages. Explore what is on offer, many children will be familiar with them from school already.
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Year 5 and 6
Feel free to have a look through the above link for the story based routines, the links below offer a more mature approach for the older children of our school community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kJgTouHHeE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kgZnJqzNaU
Guided meditation / mindfulness
The links below take you to some suggested meditation and mindfulness activities, there are some fantastic resources available and these will hopefully send you in the right direction.
Foundation phase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_qU7l-fcU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBnPlqQFPKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wsy2L9VvX90
KS2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWOHcGF1Tmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64QzBuhsyuk