1. Mental Wellbeing Week
Healthy Minds

2. What is a Healthy mind? What do you think a healthy mind is?
How does your mind and body feel if it is healthy?
Encourage the children to come up with answers on a post it note of what they see as healthy mind, to be displayed on white board.

3. Let me tell you some examples too.
Eating well is vitally important to feed our brain’s,
Being happy plays an important part to healthy mind and body, supporting positive thinking,
Being confident in the things we do,
Exercise is important to help us to grow and for a healthy mind and body,
Being social and having friendship groups,
Showing empathy to others at a time when they need us.

4. Examples Continued The way we breath plays a vital role mind,
Having a quiet space to go to think and be alone,
Feeling safe where we are,
A warm home with love all-round us,
Trust
Making decisions, learning the wrong choices have an impact and teach us resilence to move forward
Managing behaviour and conflict
Good healthy night sleep
Ask children what do I mean from some of the examples I have given, get them to come up and share on a post it note their thoughts

5. What does a unhealthy mind look like?
Eating unhealthy food, can you give me some examples ?
Lack of a good night sleep does not let our minds rest and our bodies,
Lack of exercise ,
Sitting down on the PlayStation or Xbox for hours on end,
Different feelings!
LETS TAKE A CLOSURE LOOK AT FEELINGS

6. Have you ever felt like this?
Feeling Anxious
Feeling Sick
Headaches
Can’t Sleep
Aching Body
Stomach Pain
Irritable
Tired
Snappy At People
Restless
Heart Beats Fast
Tearful
Blank Mind
Have you ever felt like this?

7. Way to help you
If you have any of these feelings it’s important that you share with some one either in school or at home, even a close family member, Who do I mean?
Remember you are never on your own it’s good to share!
You can help yourself by trying to take deep breaths in and out so you feel you lungs moving,
Use all the mindfulness techniques you have been taught.

8. Always remember

9. When you are scared you may
You may feel sick
Sweaty hands
Feel there is no one around you
Breath a lot deeper than normal
Pains in your stomach
When might you feel scared?
Headache
It’s always a good idea to talk thorough when your scared about something

10. Feeling stressed
This can be a big thing in your mind and body and some times you may feel:
Tired
Breath faster
Can’t eat
Feel sick
Have a stomach ache
Find it hard to sleep
Feel your heart go fast
Feel sad
Headache
Your body may ache

11. If you ever feel like this you must tell some one so that they can help you,
Starting a new school
Exams and assessments
Friendships
Moving house
Moving to the next class room
These are some of the things that can make you feel stressed.
Is there anything else?

12. A Feeling of Worry
All of the feelings I have explained to you and you have shared you can also experience with Worry.
The most important thing for you all to have a healthy mind is to Smile!!
At St Joseph’s we are all hear to
LISTEN TO YOU ALL.!!

13. You are all! Smart Helpful Unique Try your hardest Show empathy Brave
Are a good friend
Beautiful inside and out
Care for others

14. Remember to Share