The next project for the team is the development of school garden boxes in the new year and possibly a school wide wellness day.Īs astaff, we had a wellness retreat day last Friday so that we are better equipped to handle the challenges of the coming month. Students can bring in a healthy yellow food in December and complete the form in the canteen for a chance to win a prize. The wellness team is also continuing with Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right program that promotes healthy eating. Students also organized different wellness activities throughout the first quarter. When you click on FLVT Health and Wellness under the Resources and Publications tab, you are taken directly to the site.
The students in this option class created a website with activities covering the following four areas of wellness: mental, nutritional, physical and spiritual. We started a new option class this year: Health and Wellness Leadership. A few teachers are incorporating some of the program’s practices into their classrooms and we tried out the core breathing exercise with staff.Īnother goal for the school is to continue to promote and build student leadership for comprehensive school health. It goes along well with our zones of regulation that we have already been implementing as it gives us a practice to help students calm their brains from coming in after running around at recess time so they are ready to learn. Students are taught about how their brain works and what is happening that allows them to learn and what can stop them from learning. The four pillars of the program are neuroscience, positive psychology, mindful awareness and social-emotional learning. This is a research based program that teaches activities around topics such as gratitude and mindfulness. In a similar vein, a school team attended training for the Mind Up program on November 8 th. The site has many resources for parents on Understanding Emotions, Self Awareness and Social Awareness. Please take a look at it under the Resources and Publication/Counselling/ Student Wellness Website section of our website. They presented their website to the parent council and to staff.
One of our student nursing teams worked with Tracy Rocca our FSLC to develop resources for both home and school. We are trying to promote learning by ensuring that students are emotionally regulated and that their brains are ready to learn. One of our school’s Health and Wellness goals is to reduce the incidence of student anxiety.
#MINDUP RESTING THINKING BRAIN PROFESSIONAL#
It is a little ironic though as my professional development for the past month focused on wellness. Being sick forced me to slow down, take care of myself, and allow others to take care of me. It is a viral infection of the inner ear which inflames the nerve and affects balance and concentration. This is found out as I suffered from vestibular neuritis for the past couple of weeks and was dependent on others to drive me around. We can take our health for granted until we do not have it anymore. In reality, we are better equipped to help others when we have taken the time to help ourselves. As adults we are always taking care of others and can ignore taking care of ourselves.
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