During Mental Health Week before the half term, White Eagle Class embarked on a week long journey of activities to help understand what mental health is all about and help support their overall wellbeing through projects which taught them the skills required to recognise and deal with their emotions and take on a more positive mindset altogether. This has continued through into the new spring term and upon their return, children have made their very own ‘Positive Affirmation Jars’, with the objective to help promote self-esteem by encouraging children to keep positive statements in their very own special place. The Positive Jar included positive words, affirmations and their very own personalised quotes, in which they can go back to and look at whenever they may feel low, reminding them of all the positive and wonderful things about themselves. They all made their jars extra personal by decorating them using paint, glitter, colourful wool roving’s and jazzing them up by adding accessories such as pom poms, stickers and metallic ribbons. The intention is for children to go back to it whenever necessary to remember how special and unique they are as a person.
