Wellbeing Wednesday – Respect

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“How about we use our words to look after each other’s hearts?”– Kate Jane Neal, Words and Your Heart

Respect means showing care and consideration for yourself, other people, and the world around you. Respect can be shown through the words we use, the way we listen, and how we treat others.

In assembly on Monday, we read Words and Your Heart, where Kate Jane Neal reminds us that words have power. Kind words can help hearts grow stronger, whilst hurtful words can leave marks that are difficult to forget. When we choose our words carefully and treat others with kindness, we help create positive relationships and a happier community.

Learning to show respect can help us feel connected to others, build trust, and improve our mental wellbeing. It also helps everyone feel safe, valued, and included.

Our Tips for Respect

1. Think Before You Speak

Before you say something, ask yourself:

  • Is it kind?
  • Is it helpful?
  • Is it respectful?

Words can stay with people long after they are spoken.

2. Listen with Your Whole Body

Show respect by giving someone your attention when they are speaking. Try to:

  • Look at the speaker.
  • Wait for your turn to talk.
  • Listen to understand, not just to reply.

Everyone deserves to feel heard.

3. Fill Someone’s Heart with Kind Words

Think of someone important to you and share some kind words. You could say:

  • I appreciate how you…
  • Thank you for…
  • I admire the way you…
  • You helped me when…

Kind words can brighten someone’s day and strengthen friendships.

4. Respect Differences

People may look different, think differently, enjoy different things, or have different beliefs. Try:

  • Learning something new about another person.
  • Including someone in a game or activity.
  • Celebrating what makes each person unique.

Respect means valuing differences, not judging them.

5. Show Respect to Yourself

Respect isn’t just about other people. Think about:

  • Something you did well this week.
  • A challenge you worked hard to overcome.
  • A positive quality you have.

Remember, speaking kindly to yourself is just as important as speaking kindly to others.

What words would you like people to remember you for? Take a moment to think about the words you use every day. Are they helping hearts to grow? Respectful words, actions and choices help us build strong relationships and positive mental health.

Book of the Week – Words and Your Heart

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The words that we hear affect the way we feel. It’s something we all know, but perhaps we don’t stop to think about it enough. For instance, words can conjure a whole world of wonderful description and paint a picture in someone else’s mind. When someone says something nice to us, it can make our hearts sing! But when people say mean things to us, it can also feel like our hearts are breaking. Words have great power – we can use them to make people feel stronger and happier – even laugh out loud and roll around!

Book of the Week – Kindness Grows

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Angry words cause a crack to open up, but find out what happens when kindness begins to blossom in this thought-provoking book by award-winning author and illustrator Britta Teckentrup.

Book of the Week – Perfectly Norman

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Norman has always been normal, perfectly normal… So he is very surprised to have wings suddenly one day! He has the most fun ever trying them out high in the sky and flying with the birds, until he has to go indoors for dinner. What will his parents think? What will everyone else? Normal feels the safest plan to hide his magnificent wings is with a big duffel coat, but hiding the wings that make him different proves tricky and upsetting. Can Norman ever truly be himself?

Wellbeing Wednesday: Nutrition

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Tips for wellness from our Mental Health In Schools Team

“Let food be thy medicine and thy medicine shall be thy food.” – Hippocrates

Nutrition

Nutrition refers to the nutrients in food and how our body uses them to stay strong and healthy. There are lots of positive benefits for our physical health, nutrition is also really important for our mental health!

Our brain works hard taking care of our thoughts, movements, breathing, heartbeat and senses (even when we are sleeping!), so we must fuel our brain with nutritious foods to help us function. This can help us to think clearly, increase our energy levels and support concentration. What we eat also affects our mood too!

Our tips:

  1. Get involved in the cooking – Can you help your parent/carer to prepare dinner? This can
    be a fun way to spend time with others and learn a new skill.
  2. Make it fun – There are lots of different ways different foods can be prepared. You could try
    experimenting putting different food together to see what you like and don’t like.
  3. Try something new – When was the last time you tried a new food? It can be exciting to find
    out what food we like and don’t like. Also, our tastes can change as we grow and develop. See
    if you can set yourself a challenge to try a new food this week.
  4. Keep Hydrated – Dehydration could lead to headaches, difficulty focusing and may impact
    sleep. Try to ensure you are regularly drinking water, it can be useful to bring a bottle of water
    to school every day to remind you to stay hydrated!

Please contact [email protected] for information and advice about mental health and well-being for your child and your family.

Book of the Week – Little Glow

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From the window of a cosy house in a seaside town, a lonely little candle looks out onto the world. Throughout the year, the small flame watches on as families use different kinds of light to celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Halloween and Christmas.

Little Glow is amazed by the bolder bright lights and yearns to light up the skyline in the same way. But as a family gather one evening, the flickering flame realises that even a small, quiet glow has huge importance.

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