Resilience

This week we taught hard about teaching a new word to our children, but as always, they surprised us. They learnt what resilience is fast, and many of them showed strong traits of resilience themselves. We tried to demonstrate this by getting the children to build a large tower made of paper cups. They had to work together, work gently and whenever the tower accidentally fell down, they had to start over again. Giving up was not an option, but finding solutions on how to make the tower not fall down was the rule of the game. 

Here are two photos from this lesson. 

Qualities of a good friend

We are all different and we all have different good qualities. That's why we can be close friends with some children and not with others, because we look for different things in different people. 

What do you look for in a friend? 

Here is the worksheet we put in our journal this week.

Giving Compliments

One thing that friends do is compliment each other. 

Sometimes we find it easier to find what's wrong in other people than to compliment them. 

Giving a compliment is an easy way to start a conversation with someone. 

Here are some ideas that came out during one of our lessons.

Children wrote or drew compliments for each other on each other's journals.

Kind and Unkind

Here is what we learnt today. 
Sharing, playing with others, being polite, smiling, helping, being there for a friend who is sad are all kind things. 

How to spread kindness.

It's very easy to spread kindness. When you are kind to other people, you make the world a better place. 

 It's very easy to be kind. 

 Kindness can be the little things we do for each other.

Kindness

Today we watched this video about kindness.

Parents' Day fundraising activity

Today at the Woodland Cubs Nurture class we baked many cookies. Proceeds will go towards our new monitor.

You can be a superhero!

Superheroes do exist! They are everywhere!

You are a superhero too!

I don't have ice-breath, laser eyes, super-strength or invisibility, but I have these...

I will use my superpowers to help others and make the world a better place. 

How can I be a good friend?

Here is what our pupils have to say:

I can: 

Worry.

Some of us worry a little.

Some of us worry all the time.

We worry because our homework is too hard, we worry because one of our parents is sick, we worry because we don't know if are friends are going to be nice to us or not.

Worrying is another normal emotion.

Sometimes the worry is scale 10 but the problem is only scale 2.

What can we do?

Slow down. Sometimes we rush to conclusions.

Break the problem into small pieces, deal with each small piece one at a time.

Look up for solutions. Can't remember the times tables? Look up for times tables on youtube!

Ask someone to show you how they did it.

This video can  help you. 

Being Happy

Being happy is a wonderful feeling. 

Some people think that they need an expensive gadget, toy or trainers to be happy. 

These things might make you happy for a short while, but they do not give you real happiness. 

Make a list of the things you are grateful for. Even on a bad day, find ten things.

Laugh. Watch a funny video.

Be kind. Small acts of kindness cheer others up and in turn we feel good.

Exercise. Walk and cycle to school. Or put on a dance video and bop away!

Celebrate all your good things. Are you good at drawing? Are you good at cooking? Are you a good at sports? Maybe a good listener?

Smile at other children.

Hug the ones you love.

Feeling sad?

Feeling sad? You are not alone. We all feel sad at different times.

Sad feelings can last for a very short time or can last for a long time. Sometimes the feelings are strong, sometimes the feelings are very light. When sadness goes away, happiness shows herself. Sadness, like all the other emotions, is a natural feeling.

What can we do when we feel sad?

• See why you are feeling sad. Tell yourself that it’s ok. Remind yourself that things will get better.
• Do not give up. If you are feeling sad because you failed at something, try again. Well done for trying!
• Make a list of your good things. Sometimes when we are sad, we forget how many good things we have. Think of all the things that make you happy.
• Think of ways you can cope with problems. Coping with a problem or solving it makes you feel really good!
• Do happy things. Ride a bike, play sport, go for a run, dance, listen to music, spend time with the ones you love.
• If the sadness is there for a very long time please ask for help. Those who love you can help you a lot.

I'm so angry!

Ever felt so angry you want to cry? 

Feeling angry is OK!

Feeling angry is natural. 

It's how we deal with our anger that's important. 

Things you can do (some of them can be quite fun too).

Punch a cushion.

Breathe in and out. 

Do a calming activity. Like colouring in a mandala. 

Play a game that helps you focus.

Do some martial arts or any form of sport.

Pop bubbles or blow through a dragon cup 

(instructions coming soon!)

Push a wall or use a stress ball.

Above all, deal with what is making you angry. 

Talk to someone you love.

The Golden Rules

We have Golden Rules that we have to follow in class. We try to stick to these rules out of class too. 

Our Little Peas

An interesting youtube channel

Click here and have fun!

How it's made.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdpXG0E5ZTilj-YljyyLS4Q

x 2 game

https://app.box.com/s/aho3uieou84qarjidnnfef6fz5ukke8u

Enjoy :)

x 10 game

https://app.box.com/s/d8umgwog5bdfub1iwv32oxs8a4o1lcre

enjoy!

x 5 table.

Children's Online Dictionary.

This will come in handy. Please bookmark it. 

https://kids.wordsmyth.net/wild/

This has more words but fewer pictures. 

https://kids.wordsmyth.net/we/