Autumn 1

Dreamcatchers!

We are learning about how we can sleep better at night. We have made dream catchers to help catch our worries, fears and bad dreams.

Here are some other ways to help us sleep better:

• Sleep meditations/stories

• Sleep sounds

• Deep breathing

• Counting up or down from 100

• No screen time 1 hour before sleep

• Staying active during the day

• Weighted blanket

• Pillow Mists

Breathing Wands

Deep breathing helps bring our heart rate down and can make us feel calm. We are learning lots of different breathing techniques. We made a breathing wand to help us practise our deep breathing! We can use them when we are feeling sad, worried or angry.

Mindfulness - Painting to Music

We were practising our mindfulness by bringing our attention to our listening. We listened to a piece of music and visualised what we imagined it would look like. We thought about colour, patterns, tempo and volume. We then painted how the music made us feel!

P5 Yogies!

P5 completed a yoga session! We learnt about all the benefits of yoga too!

We know that yoga can:

• Help us feel calm
• Improve our concentration and focus
• Stretch and strengthen our muscles
• Help with our balance and coordination

Sensory bottles!

P5 made sensory bottles!

• We can shake our bottles when we are worried, upset or angry.
• Watching the glitter swirl and settle can help us feel calm.
• Sometimes our thoughts and worries can swirl in our heads, just like the glitter in the bottle!
• Our thoughts and worries will settle too, just like the glitter.

Meditations

We can do meditations to relax us.

P5 tried out a range of meditations. Before starting, we always close our eyes, relax our bodies, focus on clearing our thoughts/worries and we take some deep breaths. During the meditation, we focus all our attention on listening to Miss Wilson's voice. 

Some of the meditations we tried were:

-Floating on a cloud

-Drifting down the river

-On the beach

 Afterwards, we felt peaceful and calm - ready to take on anything!

Mindfulness - Scavenger Hunt

We were using our senses to practise mindfulness! We went on a scavenger hunt through the school grounds to focus on what we could see, hear, feel and smell!