Building Mentally Healthy Schools
Here at Laughology, we know that you’re working hard to look after the mental health and wellbeing of staff and pupils at your school. But coping in times of change or challenge can only be done if we have the skills in our mental health and wellbeing ‘toolbox’.
Supporting ourselves and others with mental health isn’t something we naturally know how to do. Coping skills need to be taught and learned in order for us to look after our mental health successfully, so we’ve put together three of our most popular mental health blog posts to help you. From building positive relationships between members of staff to helping children develop the necessary coping skills, we’ve got you covered.
By putting these skills into practice, you’ll continue to grow a mentally healthy school.
3 Simple Activities for Teaching with a Smile
When you smile, your brain is aware of the activity and actually keeps track of it. The more you smile, the more effective you are at breaking the brain’s natural tendency to think negatively. If you smile often enough, you end up rewiring your brain to make positive patterns more often than it does negative ones. We have added some quick activities for your class below that will help make them smile.
5 Ways to Support Children’s Mental Health After Lockdown
Returning to school amidst a global pandemic is going to be daunting for many children. The uncertainty, the change in routine and all the new rules can be challenging for children to manage, causing their mental health to suffer. In our most recent blog post, we look at five different ways you can support them during these challenging times.
Helping Children to Develop Coping Skills
Learning how to cope is a skill that can be learned, and the earlier children can develop this skill, the better. Our Happy-Centred School Programme gives teachers the opportunity to teach their pupils a variety of strategies in a fun and engaging way.
In this blog post, we explore just how these types of lessons can help them.
