Castleview Primary School - School Closure Work HEALTHY FOCUS WEEK EARLY LEVEL ACTIVITES – Nursery and Primary 1 Choose your favourites from these Health & Wellbeing activities to do at home. Families and friendships Talk about families - Children love to hear stories about you when you were their age and growing up, and about relatives near and far. Draw or paint family portraits, family trees or start a family/selfie gallery. On paper plates… or on cardboard boxes. Write and send a letter to people you miss. Writing and sending a letter together gives you the space to talk together about feelings. Or you could just draw a picture or make a card to send to the person you miss. It's a great way to help children stay in touch.
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Castleview Primary School - School Closure Work HEALTHY FOCUS WEEK
EARLY LEVEL ACTIVITES – Nursery and Primary 1Choose your favourites from these Health & Wellbeing activities to do at home.
Families and friendships
Talk about families - Children love to hear stories about you when you were their age and growing up, and about relatives near and far.
Draw or paint family portraits, family trees or start a family/selfie gallery.
On paper plates… or on cardboard boxes.
Write and send a letter to people you miss. Writing and sending a letter together gives you the space to talk together about feelings. Or you could just draw a picture or make a card to send to the person you miss. It's a great way to help children stay in touch.
Feelings and making choices
Books for reading together - In my heart by Jo Witek. A book encouraging children to explore and reflect upon a whole range of feelings. This story is told by The Story Time Family https://youtu.be/xIfLgHBwYx4
Make a ‘Coping Chart’ Together create a list of activities, for example… Talk to someone Read a book draw/paint watch favourite movie have a snack
Dear Uncle Colin,
How are you? I hope you are OK. I am missing you. I was upset today because I wanted to visit but Mum says we can’t. I thought I’d send you a picture instead….
bake build an obstacle course do some Cosmic Yoga, for example: www.youtube.com/watch?
v=YKmRB2Z3g2s dance I Like to Move It : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziLHZeKbMUo
Your child can then choose from these to help them deal with difficult feelings - sad, angry, frustrated, scared, bored…
Looking after living things
Visit a zoo online https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/
ONLINE SAFETY
Feeling safe and happy online - Talk to your child about what they are accessing online, how it makes them feel and reassure them to always speak to you or a trusted adult if they see or hear something online that upsets them.
These Online safety activities packs are for children aged 4-5 www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/early-years/
See the parents and carers help sheet here www.thinkuknow.co.uk/globalassets/thinkuknow/documents/thinkuknow/parents/pdf/thinkuknow-parents-helpsheet-primary.pdf
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