Dear Parent/Guardians,

Our Pupils in both the Junior Room and Senior Rooms are this year beginning the Weaving Well Being programme.

Weaving Well-Being is the first Irish designed positive mental health programme of its kind which aims to enhance well-being in children aged from 8-12 years within the framework of the SPHE curriculum.

The Weaving Well-Being programme gives children the opportunity to weave positivity into their daily lives through a range of activities in a variety of areas resilience skills (including mindfulness) and developing self-efficacy through empowering beliefs.

The lessons are designed to be implemented within the framework of the SPHE curriculum. The senior room will be focusing on the third class book this year as its the first year of the programme and the Junior room will focus on the second class programme with first and second class to instill the initial skills and strategies.

The Junior Room will also be doing Bígí go Brea SPHE programme in conjuction with Weaving Wellbeing. Bígí go Breá was created with the aim of embedding the learning of wellbeing within students in an effort to better support them for all areas of learning. It is based on four characters Blaze, Breeze, Aqua and Forest who live in Ruby Village. The four friends go on a journey together bringing the aims of the SPHE curriculum to life. Each lesson has a story video and a meditation exercise.

The teachers have taken part in CPD training as part of the Weaving Wellbeing programme. The cost of the new resources and supports have been taken from our school fundraising account.

See below attachments with Parent/Guardian information, examples of lessons plans etc.

There is also a FREE at Home Booklet available for parents should you wish to download it which is a great resource - Find attached the link to access it.

Thank You,

Linda Greene