Calm Minds, Happy Hearts

We really enjoyed our emotional regulation workshop and our special Come Dine With Me session with our grown-ups. During the workshop, we learnt different strategies to help us understand and manage our feelings. We practised calming techniques like playing with playdough, blowing bubbles, making breathing octopuses, and doing mindfulness colouring.

These activities help us slow down our bodies and minds when we feel overwhelmed, cross, worried or over-excited. Learning how to manage our emotions is an important skill because it helps us focus on our learning, build friendships, and feel safe and confident in school. We are beginning to understand that all feelings are okay — it’s what we do with those feelings that matters.

We loved sharing these strategies with our grown-ups and showing them how we use them in school. Afterwards, we proudly showed them where we eat our lunch and how lunchtime works, including where our food comes from. It was such a lovely experience to learn and share together.