We had a fantastic wellbeing themed day at the Juniors yesterday.

Years 3/4 heard from 3 parents:

Lucy Jones is an Osteopath who taught us that we have 206 bones in our bodies and 600 muscles. She taught them about joints, muscles and bones and how to look after them through exercise and good food. They even got to see a model of a spine.

Lynsey Keyes is a physiotherapist who taught them about the importance of "belly breathing" to help with self regulation and getting us to a more restful state if we feel stress. They got to practice this which was a lovely calming exercise.

Gemma Besant is a Nutritionist who talked about the importance of a balanced diet - they learnt about the eat well plate and trying to eat at least 5 fruit or vegetables a day and 6-8 glasses of water. She encouraged everyone to try a new fruit or vegetable at the weekend! We are so sorry there are no pictures of this - we had such a lovely time we forgot to take any.

And with thanks to Beth Camprubi and Rosie Frost for their classroom support too!

Years 5/6 got a wonderfully interactive lesson from Zoe Deselincourt who taught the kids about sensory processing and what the can do to help regulate their systems if they feel overwhelm. They learnt about the 3 lesser known senses - the vestibular, proprioceptive and interoceptive systems, some simple yoga moves and they also got to play with cloud dough! You can see pictures of this on the Y6 class pages.

Thank you so much for your time parents - the children really enjoyed learning from you!

And a massive thanks to Rachel Gasson for the Yoga sessions she ran for teachers, wellness talk from Becky Hughesman and breakfast organised by Lucy Powell and supported by Robyn Seddon and Ma Cuisine also. Final thanks to Sara Hibbs for co-ordinating the week - it has been a huge success.