Last week we was Children's Mental Health Week. In Nursery, we focused on feelings and the children were brilliant at identifying their own feelings and beginning to work out how others might be feeling from their expressions or behaviour.

We thought about things that can help us to calm our bodies down if we are feeling very excited, cross or worried. We learned how to do a big breath in and then a loooong breath out, for example by pretending we were holding a bowl of hot dinner and blowing on it to cool it down. In our small group sessions we made glitter bottles and practised breathing while we watched the glitter settle again. 

We also read lots of stories with a focus on feelings, mental health and being proud to be yourself!