A student’s sense of belonging can come from connections with both peers and adults. This downloadable guide includes five strategies for building strong relationships with students and creating a positive school culture where everyone feels they belong.
What Is It?
A downloadable packet of mindfulness activities and tools from Panorama Education, Open Circle, Breathe for Change, and other expert organizations.
The resources (like a "Self-Care Practice Guide" and a Spotify playlist for Mindful Practice) are perfect for developing your own mindfulness practice and/or modeling mindfulness to staff and students.
Includes great low-lift ideas for tuning up your physical health and mental health, so you can be of better service to students.
What's Inside This Resource Pack?
1. Self-Care Practice Guide (from Breathe For Change)
2. Calm Breathing Techniques for Students (from Open Circle)
3. Free Access to Inner Explorer's Audio-Guided Mindfulness Program
4. Spotify Playlist for Mindful Practice
5. Webinar Recording: Mindfulness Strategies for Adult and Student Wellness
Ages: 6-7
Overarching Question: Is it normal to be anxious at school?
*Watch the video
*Complete the provided activities
The Ministry of Education, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, has renewed the policy document Nourishing Minds: Eat Well – Learn Well – Live Well (2019). The policy document, along with the Nutrition in Saskatchewan Schools policy statement, is intended to assist boards of education and school divisions in the development or renewal of effective nutrition policies and administrative procedures.
Includes:
Comprehensive School Community Health
Nutrition
Physical Activity
Gender and Sexual Diversity
Anti-Bullying
Child Abuse Prevention Education and Response
Tobacco-Free Schools
Teaching Students with Additional Needs
"The Play for All resource has been developed to provide educators with access to resources to enhance their capacity to implement inclusive, meaningful, safe, and fun intramural programming that meets the needs of every student in the school community. "
*Heath & PE Resources*
*Select activities from the left panel to find games
*Select your grade from the lower left panel to find health lessons, wellness resources, videos and more!
Life can be overwhelming, anxiety invoking, and stressful. Sometimes we all need a healthy escape. This Virtual Calming Room was inspired by School Counselors and School Social Workers across the United States to help students locate tools and strategies to positively manage their emotions.
Social-emotional learning (SEL) instruction in small groups can be a great way to build student belonging and community—while also teaching key skills and competencies that students may need additional support with.
This toolkit includes a set of 6 facilitation guides for small-group SEL activities—complete with “how to” instructions for educators. These low-lift strategies are designed to help promote positive relationships while building students’ SEL skills.
A wellness inventory for overall Wellness. This inventory is used in Grade 10. (Wellness wheel)
A Year of Wellness for Middle Years was created by Sun West School Division teachers involved in the Mental Wellness PLC to support integrating all areas of wellness into the daily lives of our students and enhance their wellbeing. This resource includes monthly activities connected to the Middle Years leaning outcomes for each domain of wellness: Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, and Social. Students can work on this project independently, with their family, or as a class!