GENERAL NEWS
Wellbeing
Here at St Nicholas School music is a big part of our early morning routine. There is plenty of research to support this practice when it comes to student wellbeing. I hope some of these tips encourage you to expose your children to the joy of music at home.
Physical Wellbeing: Encourages physical activity; reduces muscle tension; stimulates feel-good hormones; boosts immunity
Emotional Wellbeing: Calming effect; reduces negative emotions; lyrics can function as positive affirmations; uplifts the spirit
Social Wellbeing: Facilitates team work; increases self esteem; builds confidence; can embed social skills
There is no such thing as being too young to begin enhancing wellbeing. If anything, early childhood is the ideal time to promote the importance of mental health, emotions, social development and physical wellness. More than that, nurturing overall wellbeing and health in children should be practical and fun, so children enjoy wellbeing routines and understand the value of practicing healthy habits and learning ways of improving their own wellbeing on an every day basis.
Practical tips for supporting children's wellbeing with music:
- Play music every day. Play all different kinds of music and talk to children about how they feel before and after listening. Discuss how some songs make us feel happy, sad or excited. Consider the difference between songs – were there a lot of words that had an impact, or was it the tempo of a classical piece that made them feel a certain way.
- Get up and dance. Move to music around the house or in the backyard and enjoy getting physical and encourage children to use different body parts to express how the music makes them feel.
- Don't be afraid to sing along. Children are often less inhibited than adults when it comes to singing. But go on, let loose and feel the benefits of singing together.
- Make your own music. An ice cream container for a drum and a pencil for a beater is all you need! Of course, if you have an old guitar or recorder, that's great too. Get creative and let children experiment with music and see what happens.
Make music a part of yours and your children's lives and enhance your wellbeing!
Variety Postie Bike Dash
It has been proven that helping others and volunteering has a positive effect on an individual's emotional and social wellbeing. To this end, on Sunday 4th November our St Nicholas School Staff will be supporting the Variety Postie Bike Dash by serving breakfast in the Fitzroy Street Mall to those participating in this charity before they head off on their journey around the region. More details to come in Term 4.
School photos 2018
On Tuesday all students received their school photographs. Thank you to MSP Photography for this very efficient and smooth turnaround. Many have commented on the high quality and standard of the photographs. If you have any problems with the order your child received please let your class teacher know.