Wellbeing

Wellbeing Day

Our Wellbeing Day began with the official opening of our new Friendship Garden and then lots of time for friendship activities in and outside our classes.

Students and staff loved the visiting farm, and it was such a lovely way to connect with some beautiful animals and have lots of cuddles. We all enjoyed doing some art with Mrs Harry and creating a whole school Friend-o-Meter with lots of colourful handprinting.

We had some time in classes remembering to put KIND in front, and talking about how we should treat others. The afternoon was spent movie watching and playing games with our friends.

We had an awesome day!

Lisa Newbury

Early Years Coordinator

Fathering Project Christmas in May Movie & Pizza Night

On Wednesday night, Pilgrim hosted a Movie & Pizza Night as part of the Fathering Project. The movie featured was Journey to Bethlehem: a live action, musical about the journey of Mary and Joseph leading up to the birth of Jesus. The SRCs baked cookies and ran a Candy Bar which sold food and drinks for the night. Prices were marked to cover costs, however any profits will go towards SRC fundraising projects around the school and charities.

A big thanks to the Pilgrim families who supported the event. It was a great time spent together. Please keep a look out for the next Fathering Project activity. We had an excellent turnout of 66 people at the event, and we would love to see that number grow for future events.

Jordan Wheatcroft

Wellbeing Team

Fathering Project Resources

Dealing with an Emotionally Overwhelmed Child

We all know emotions can be overwhelming. You can support your child when they are overwhelmed by teaching them to self-regulate and manage their feelings in a healthy and respectful way.

These tips may help to reduce and un-learn negative behaviours:

First, help them identify and ‘name the emotion’, read your child’s behaviour and give a suggestion: “I think you feel angry right now?”
When you have identified the emotion, don’t try and get rid of it – teach them how to express and respond to their feelings. “When I get angry I stop and take some deep breaths, let’s try that.”
Give your child time to respond to this support, and listen to them (solving comes later).
Sometimes, all your child needs is time and your attention, give them space to process how they’re feeling.
Afterwards, give them gentle feedback – using the experience as a teachable moment, and tell them what they did well “You were so resilient/fair/calm.”
Help your child learn by naming the emotion again, talk about what they did to deal with the emotion and say how this helped. Reminders can be helpful in later, similar situations if they are angry/sad/nervous again.
Remind your child that they are “the boss of their body” and even when they feel overwhelmed or upset, they still need to be respectful of others. e.g. “Be the boss of your body. When you move your feet away from your brother you are being kind and safe.”

Fathers and father figures, please scan the QR code to join the Pilgrim School Fathering Project Dad’s portal. This portal is for you to access some resources, information, videos, and podcasts on everything you will need to be the best father or father figure you can be for your kids.

Kind regards,

Andrew Edmondson, Carol Harry, Jordan Wheatcroft and Brett Middleton

Wellbeing Team