Whole School – Friday’s Home Learning

1. Sit mindfully, with your spine straight and body relaxed.
2. Imagine you are holding a bubble wand.
3. Breathe deeply, then breathe out as if you are blowing a bubble through the wand. 
4. Breathe in again and notice your worry. Imagine what it looks like.
5. Breathe out and blow your worry through your bubble wand. Imagine forming a bubble.
6. Imagine the bubble pops and disappears.
7. Keep blowing out worries until you feel ready to go on with your day. 

Tip: You can also try this with a real bubble wand and bubbles!

Having routine can help you feel calm and in control. If you know what is coming next and have a plan for each day, it can help you worry less. If you don’t have a routine you can create one with your parents. Why not draw a routine like a comic strip? Think about what you do in the morning, eat breakfast, watch TV, get dressed and washed? Can you draw these on your strip. You could try to get into the habit of talking about your plans for the following day with your family – knowing what you are ‘planning’ to do can help you feel calmer each day. 

One important thing we need to remember about plans is that they can change and it is ok for plans to change but having some understanding of what we plan to do keeps us calm.

When you draw your comic strip talk to your grown up about the things that could change and the things that definitely won’t.