Hello Class 4!
Today’s blog is a all about MINDFULNESS.
But first, what is mindfulness?
“Mindfulness is an exercise in training our minds to be in the present moment. If we are more aware of what we are feeling, seeing, sensing or even doing… we can better choose how we respond to it and what we might do next.”
Mindfulness can help us with anything from decreased stress and sadness to increased levels focus and happiness!
It is important that we remember to take care of our mental wellbeing too.
Below are 5 simple steps to wellbeing…
I know everything seems a little strange at the moment. It is hard not being able to see our friends and adjusting to learning online.
I am missing you all a lot but your hard work and dedication through all of this has made me incredibly proud to be your teacher. I hope you are proud of yourselves too and that we are back at school very soon!
This blog is for us all to catch up and to share any ideas of things that help us to relax and feel happy.
It is perfectly normal to feel happy one minute and then maybe sad or worried the next, I feel this way too! But there are lots of different things that can help us to feel calm again.
Some things that I have been doing are:
- Getting up early to go for a walk or jog in my local park.
- Baking (I made some delicious chocolate cupcakes, I will upload a picture of them).
- Drawing, or when I was at the hub, I enjoyed painting.
- Talking with family and friends on a video call.
- Listening to music.
- Playing a game.
- Reading a book with a nice cup of tea.
When I am missing you all, I like to think about all of the fun things we did, such as our assemblies, making the video of the chariot race for our end of topic celebration, making volcanoes, taking over the Wallace Collection, seeing your Year 3 photograph at the Tate and making mini notepads for Enterprise Week to name a few!
So, now is your chance to share what you enjoy doing to feel happy or calm.
Write a blog post, or send some photos in… or both!
It would be great to hear what you get up to and for us all to catch up and share ideas!
I look forward to hearing from you all!
From Miss Lee 🙂
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Hello Miss Lee
For the past few days we have been painting playing with our cat Twinkle and crab hunting. we miss you all and hope to see you all soon????
Hello Nina and Ella!
That sounds great girls! Could you send in some photos of you painting or crab hunting? It would be lovely for us all to see! I am missing you all too!
Hi Miss Lee and class 4,
I have been feeling happy because we can now spend more time with our family. But I am also feeling sad because I would like to go back to school and play with my friends. On the weekend me and my family have sometimes been going out side and ride our bikes on the road. When I feel sad I will ask my mum or dad if I can
video call one of my friends or someone from my family.
Thanks, Tijne
Hello Tijne!
Sometimes I feel sad too when I think about school. But hopefully we will all be back very soon! Video calling family and friends is a great way to cheer yourself up! Tomorrow it is my mum’s birthday so I will be having a video call birthday party with her!
I know it is your birthday very soon too!
Riding a bike sounds fun too! Maybe you could send in a photo of you on your bike ride or something that you see along the way?
What I have done in the past days in quarantine
I’ve been playing with my Freinds on my PS4. we also now do a daily exercise on Houseparty we do weights and sit ups. I think i like doing this because it’s a very bonding experience and I sometimes go to Regent’s Park and do some football drills I have also made pizza with my dad.My family have done lots of quiz’s
Hi Albert! That sound great… maybe not the weights and sit ups part although it’s great that you are keeping active!
Doing some football drills sounds like a good idea and makes a change from walking or running for your daily exercise!
Making pizza sounds fun, I will have to try that! What toppings did you put on it? Did you take a photo of it? Maybe you could send in some photos of you doing some of these activities?
I have also done lots of quizzes! They are are great way to see family and friends on video calls!
I enjoy talking to Raimundo on an app called house party and yesterday my sister bought lots of sweets because she was going to give them to our cousin for her birthday and in the morning we saw one of Carmens rabbits started eating some of the kitkat.Were sending you a picture of the kitkat.
Hello Rafael!
It is lovely that you are keeping in contact with friends!
Uh oh… the Kitkat must have just been too irresistible! I will share the picture on the blog when I receive it! Thank you!
I have been chilling with my pet hamsters Steve and Firestarter AKA Frank. I have even helped my mum cook scrambled eggs and cakes.
That sounds lovely! Maybe you could send a photo of your hamsters? Or some of your cooking? It is great that you are helping your mum to cook!
You – have – HAMSTERS!
I feel happy because sometimes I just get to relax.
I like spending more time with my family.
I enjoy playing games with my family.
I happily play Minecraft on my ipad.
I love staying in bed and relax till I have to wake up.
I am glad you are relaxing and enjoying spending time with your family. We don’t usually time like this to spend with our families so it is lovely to enjoy time together!
Hi Miss Lee
Every Monday my brother my babie sister and myself we go to my sisters nursery and there is a bit were we can run around play basketball ? and football ⚽
Hello Ciana!
That sounds like fun and I am glad you are still able to enjoy some sporty activities!
Good morning Miss Lee and everyone ?
Yes, I’m missing you all and sometimes it makes me sad thinking what we could be doing in school but I know we need to stay home to be safe. To cheer me up, I have been doing things that I enjoy and love which are sketching, reading and playing games :D. I have also been video calling my relatives to keep in touch. And like you, Miss Lee I have also started to learn how to bake such as cinnamon rolls, chocolate chip cookies and chocolate crinkles with my mum. I really had lots of fun ?. I will send you some pictures on what it looks like ??! Hope to see you all soon ?!
Good morning Clare!
I sometimes feel sad too when I think about what we could be doing in school, especially the Shakespeare Project which I know you all would have loved! But it is good to find things to help make us happy and we are all doing the right thing by staying home to keep safe and protect the NHS.
It is great that you are baking too! I have just seen your photos! I will post them on the blog!
I hope to see you all soon too!
Mmmh sounds tasty ?
Ciiiinnnaaaammmoooonnnnrrrrrooooolllllsssssss!
Ooh yum yum ?
Dear all,
Both myself and my family do not go out as we are at risk.
I am sometimes sad because I cannot go outside and I cannot see friends. I feel much better when I play Lego or play card games with my mum. Normally I do my homework everyday then I will have time to play. Sometimes I cook with my mum and I very much like it. My dad and I started to do a project together and we made a model of a house also together.
I cannot wait to see your comments class 4!
Hello Paolo,
It must be hard to not go outside but you are doing so well and hopefully things will be back to normal soon!
Playing with Lego sounds great, you could send us a photo of your the things yo have built!
It is wonderful that you have been cooking with mum! What kind of things have you made?
That project sounds amazing! Could you send us a picture of it?
Good morning class 4,
I miss you all really badly and I hope we can see each other (for real) so we can all learn in our classroom. At home it is so boring so me and my brother have come up with a brilliant idea of making and then writing our own newspaper, my brother drawing pages of wonderfully coloured pages. My nanny always calls us to help me and my brother do the school blog and written homework.
Hello Elisa!
I am missing you all too! It is great to hear you and your brother have been so creative in thinking of things to do! The newspaper sounds brilliant! Maybe you could send in a photo of it?
Hello Miss Lee.
Today I have been trying to learn the cup song. It is really catchy and makes me feel happy. I am missing you all and hope to see you very soon.
Hello Holly!
The cup song is great! I used to be able to do it… I wonder if I still can? I will have to see! Maybe you can teach it to the class when we are back at school!
Hi everyone! I’ve been keeping myself from getting bored by playing some board games ( ticket ? to ride Germany ?? and tokaido a travel ? game). How are you coping? Are you bored yet or is this fine? When do you think we will go back to school? I hope to see you soon.
Hi Vincent!
Board games are a great idea! Which is your favourite to play? I am not sure when we will be back at school but I hope it is soon!
Hello miss lee.
On my mums iPad I’ve downloaded this app called just dance now.
It’s this game where there are these people and you have to copy their moves,that way you get points,and badges.every day, we go out to Paddington canal,and there is this park,sometimes we go there ,sometimes we go to sheldon square.most days I am very hungry ? and when it is dinner or lunch,I eat sooo much that my parents say,”don’t eat that much;you’ll get sick ?!”?but I barely ever.(actually,twice,one was this time when I was watching big hero 6 whith my sister,and one was this time when I was watching the parent trap whith my sister.)every day,my mum makes this juice that looks green?I will send a picture to you miss.last night,me and my family played scrabble,my sister kept on taking such a long time!then we played a match of uno and guess who won?me(and my mum just because I gave her the right card to win.)!!!!this morning me and my sister played a match of uno,too.i won twice!!!!my sister only won once.
Hello Amarissa!
That app sounds great, I might have to try it! When I was at the hub, some children showed Miss Savage and I some Just Dance videos and we had lots of fun learning the dance steps (we probably looked very funny!).
It is lovely that you are going out every day, it is nice to get some fresh air!
Uh oh, I hope you are ok now! You must be having some delicious lunch and dinners to be wanting to eat so much of them! I have also seen Big Hero 6 and Parent Trap and they are great films! Which one did you like best?
Well done for winning Uno! I remember playing a game of Uno with some of you at the international evening at school!
hello miss lee
I liked big hero six best because baymax is so funny and the guy in the monster costume, Fred, is cool, and wasabi made apple slices at the thinness of a piece of paper!the girl who’s making the cicle wheels fast makes rollerblades out of them!hero’s brother, Tadashi died in a fire, trying to save his principal of his school, principal kalihan(I don’t know how to spell it)used hero’s microbots as protection.you see, hero wanted to get in his brother ‘s schools he invented this black thing which is called a microbot.sure,it seems like nothing, but with it’s pack, they are unstoppable.but when you run out of them you are back to normal.back then, there was this other principal, who wanted hero to join his school,but he got into principal kalihan’s school instead>:3.one day, in tadashi’s lab, he introduced…(wait for it…)…BAYMAX!!!he is not a crime fighter(haha.(‘`^`’) ) he is actually a robot nurse.
which one did you like best, miss?
did you know, I was one of the classmates that you played uno with ,they where Raymundo, Rafael, ajay, Pablo, Karter(I think), and Vincent(these are the only ones I can remember .)
Hello Amarissa!
Thank you for sharing this! I have watched the film of Big Hero 6 and I enjoyed it a lot!
Yes I do remember us all playing Uno, that was fun! Have you been playing it at home at all?
Is anyone staying at n London?how about you miss?i have
I am still in London too! I think we are going to get some lovely sunshine this week!
Hello everyone!
I’m in London right now and I’d love to know where you guys are.
So………………………………
I’ll tell you my “life”
I hope you are all safe.
I have been doing a picture of an angel saying “We are like God’s angels spreading the good news!”Tis reminds me that the news is to stay safe. This weekend I was at home looking by my house window when I spotted Tijne walking on the streets! She was with Bo and her dad. Tijne do you remember? It all happened this weekend.
I go cycling or walking frequently to stay fit.
Remember… JUST DON’T WORRY!
Are you at…
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Where in the world ?
Miss you all!
I all want to see you (for real)
How lovely that Tijne walked past just as you looked out your window! Did you wave to each other?
Cycling sounds fun! Yes you are right, it is important to try not to worry and to do things that make us calm and happy!
HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!
I have missed you all very much. I wish I could see you all. I have liked talking with my friends on the phone. I have played a game with my family called scattergories which was SO funny. My brother Jaime wrote raining logs for a type of weather, which was silly. I recommend you get the game too.
Hello Pablo!
I am missing you all too! It is great that you are talking to your friends on the phone and keeping in touch! That game sounds fun!
I thought you had only Carlos as your brother!
Me and my dad played on my ps3?. It was really fun!
Miss you all
XOXO
Allred
Hello Alfred!
It’s lovely that you have been playing with your dad!
I am missing you all too! I hope we are back at school soon!
Hi ? Everyone!
In the past few days I have been talking? to some of you in the class On houseparty and I have also been going out to the park? with my bicycle ? and hope all of you having fun? as well! ?
Hi Raimundo!
That all sounds like fun! Maybe you could send a photo of you on a bike ride?
I have been going on bike rides a lot with my dad. Yesterday I finished my model aeroplane that I was making with my dad.
We got Luigis Mansion 3 on our Nintendo Switch yesterday and we are also looking forward to my brothers birthday tomorrow.
Hello William!
Bike rides sound like a good idea, especially in this lovely weather we have been having! The model aeroplane sounds great! Could you send a photo of it to us?
A happy birthday to your brother for tomorrow! I hope you all have a lovely day!
Hello Everyone! 🙂
I have been going for daily walks and have been baking cakes!
My birthday was a month ago and I had a lot of fun! I have been playing games with my sister and reading books! I miss you all so much! I can’t wait to see you guys!
From
♡ Aisha ♡
Hello Aisha!
It is great that you have been going for walks and baking some delicious cakes!
How was your birthday? I am not sure if you have seen some birthday wishes from me and some of your friends on the previous mindful blog. I have posted the link below so that you can see!
https://www.stvincentsprimary.org.uk/blog/mindful-monday/
I am missing you all too! I hope we are back at school soon!
HELLO CLASS 4,
I have uploaded the photos that I have been sent so far!
It would be lovely to have some more so that we can all see what each other have been up to and also because it’s nice to see each other!
Rafael, what cheeky bunnies you have! It’s a good job they can’t get to Clare’s lovely baking! Paolo, I am amazed at your Lego creations, they look fantastic! I think you should make something for our classroom!
I have been doing some research for my grandparents ???? on their dog ?. I also have been with my cousins for a lot of this term. I’ll send you a picture of me and my cousins ??.
Actually mum said that my cousins cannot come onto the website, although I will send you a photo of me and a biscuit ? I painted ? for Easter ?.
What a great idea painting with skittles! Did you get to eat the biscuit?!
Hi Miss,
I miss school.I miss school.I miss school…
Hi Emilie,
I am missing school too! Mostly because I miss all of you! I hope we are back very soon. In the meantime, why don’t you try one of the activities suggested by someone from the class to see if that helps! You can always talk to your friends on this blog!
Have you been going outside each day?
Martin I love all of your ideas of things to do at home! It is great that you are doing your homework but also having lots of fun!
Yes Miss Lee, I did get to eat the biscuit ?! It was delicious ? (other than the red, cherry ? flavoured skittle ?) as well as fun to paint.
It looks delicious!
Hello everyone,?
During the lockdown l’ve been baking bread?.I have also been to the hub at St Mary’s school?, l find it very nice. I also ride on my scooter with my brother. I have been doing P.E. with Joe Wicks . I have been reading lots of books like The Beast of Buckingham Palace? and Slime written by David Walliams. I hope that you are keeping safe.??
Hi Mayowa!
Wow you have been busy!
I would like to try baking bread but every time I go to the shop there is no flour and I used the last of mine for the cupcakes I made the other week!
I hope you have been enjoying the hub! Miss Travers is there this week so you might see her if you are going!
How are you finding P.E. with Joe Wicks? Is it tiring?
If you check out our reading blog you will find a link posted by Ms Casey which has David Walliams reading some of his stories for you to listen to.
Hello everybody,
I am missing you all very much and hope to see you soon. Also, Miss Lee, are you aloud to send videos of you to the school website? I have been doing lots of face times with Lucy and Mayowa and they have been great fun. Miss you all.
Hello Holly!
I am missing you all too and I hope we can all see each other soon!
The face times sound fun! Isn’t technology great that you can chat to Lucy all the way in Australia!
Let me check about the video, I am not sure how it would be uploaded to the blog, or if a video can be uploaded! I will let you know!
Even more photographs are up now!
They all looks great and it is lovely to see your faces!
Please keep them coming!
Hello it’s Louis,
I started reading a new manga: One piece.
I like to cook chocolate cake.
Ohh chocolate cakes sounds tasty! Can you send in a photo of your cake?
Rainbow ? Lorikeets are a type of Australian bird. That day we went on a walk and brought some bread with us to feed to the birds, but we weren’t expecting so many ?. I put some in my hand and some on the top of my head ?! also saw some outside our window this morning.
I loved the pictures Lucy! Thank you for sharing!
Amarissa, I really love your painting of a windmill! That must have taken you a long time and it looks amazing! Maybe we will see some of your paintings in some famous galleries in a few years! 😀
hi guys
yesterday (17 ) i saw a dolphins because we live next to the beach and yesterday we were playing cards when suddenly a pod of dolphins shot out of the water whilst trying to eat fish it was super cool we will send a pic to the office we hope to see you soon
Wow that sounds amazing! I can’t wait to see the photograph!
Today I ate toast for breakfast but when I put the toast in the toaster it actually caught fire but then we took it out and the whole kitchen was very smoky.
Oh no! I hope you are okay! What will you have for breakfast now?!
I put in another piece of toast and hoped for the best!