FROGGY STARS - STRIVE -TEAM - AMBITION - RESILIENCE = SUCCESS
Week – 11.10.24
This week we have focused on supporting our children’s emotional wellbeing with a range of activities to mark Mental Health day. Within school we use something called Zones of Regulation to help children manage their emotions. From time to time, all of us (including adults) find it hard to manage strong feelings such as worry, anger, restlessness, fear or tiredness, and this stops us from getting on with our day effectively. Children who feel these emotions often find it hard to learn and concentrate in school. The Zones of Regulation aims to teach children strategies to help them cope with these feelings so they can get back to feeling calm and ready to learn.
Through Zones of Regulation we aim to help children to:
- Recognise when they are in the different Zones and learn how to change or stay in the Zone they are in.
- Increase their emotional vocabulary so they can explain how they are feeling.
- Recognise when other people are in different Zones, helping them to develop empathy
- Develop an insight into what might make them move into the different Zones.
- Understand that emotions, sensory experiences such as lack of sleep or hunger and their environment might influence which Zone they are in.
- Develop problem-solving skills and resilience
To enable you to support your child at home we have provided a guide below:
Blue Zone: low level of arousal; not ready to learn; feels sad, sick, tired, bored, moving slowly.
Try going for a walk, stretching, drink some water, rest and recharge!
Green Zone: calm state of alertness; optimal level to learn; feels happy, calm, feeling okay, focused.
Recognise these feelings and remember them for when you need them.
Yellow Zone: heightened state of alertness; elevated emotions; has some control; feels frustrated, worried, silly/wiggly, excited, loss of some control.
Take sone time out, find a safe space, take some deep breadths, try counting to 20. Once you are feeling calmer, speak to someone about how you are feeling.
Red Zone: heightened state of alertness and intense emotions; not an optimal level for learning; out of control; feels mad/angry, terrified, yelling/hitting, elated, out of control.
Stop, recognise these feelings and seek help to help you feel safe
Throughout the year, we will continue to support children with a range of strategies to support their emotional wellbeing.
Wishing you an enjoyable and relaxing weekend.
Mrs Claire Silk
UPCOMING EVENTS
Are you ready?! Tickets for our Spooooooooooooky Spectacular go on sale at 7pm next Wednesday 16th October and it's always a sell out event!
We sell tickets through the ticketing platform Pembee. If you're new to the school and you want to purchase tickets for the event, you'll find it quicker to register with Pembee before tickets go on sale. Here's how to do it: Go on Pembee: https://flowery-field-ptfa.pembee.app/ Click Register in the top right hand corner Complete your details, click register and remember your password Then log out.
Now you have your account set up ready for next Wednesday 16th October 7pm!
IMPORTANT NEWS
Please can we remind parents that pick up is restricted to parents, carers and pupils in receipt of a disability badge. We ask that no cars are left unattended at any time and that one disabled space is left available for non-mobile children. Please can you also ensure you refrain from parking on Zig Zags.
ONLINE SAFETY
Whatever the age of your child they will receive good online safety education in school, from early years through to college. But as parents and carers you need to know about and keep up with the risks and issues our children may face online. Importantly, we also need to know where to go for extra support. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing some online training for our parents/carers. Click on the link to find out more: https://vimeo.com/1005105339/ff76a930fd?share=copy
Upcoming Events
16/10 Spooky Tickets on sale
23/10 Spooky Spectacular Family Event
6/11 Parents’ Evening