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FOXBURY GAZETTE EDITION 7, June 17th 2020 In this edition: In this edition of the Foxbury Gazette, we are thinking about our • Men’s Health mouths – how we can maintain a healthy mouth, and how we can use Week our mouth to communicate by smiling or show affection by kissing. As • Counsellor’s we continue to adapt to the new requirements of the lockdown, we Corner are thinking about how we can continue to protect ourselves and stay • General physically and mentally well. We are also celebrating Men’s Health Knowledge week and Pride month! Stay safe and well, and for those of you who Crossword are back in school – make the most of the opportunity! Mrs Bilsby • Chaplain’s Chat You’ve Got it Covered • Wordwheel Please read carefully if you are returning to school in the next few • Body language weeks and will be travelling by public transport. Due to an update in – the mouth Government advice, a face covering is now recommended for you to • Healthy Smiles wear when you are in an enclosed space with people that are not in • Going Bananas your household. Whilst this does not include the workplace or school • Laws of situations, this does apply if you travel to school via public transport. Attraction From the 15th June it is now mandatory that all passengers wear a face Wordsearch covering on public transport. • Can We Kiss? A face covering should cover • Quick Ten your mouth and nose while General allowing you to breathe Knowledge comfortably. It can be as Quiz simple as a scarf or bandana • Sudoku that ties behind the head. • Pride Surgical masks or respirators • Feelgood used by healthcare and other Playlists workers as part of personal • Accessing Help protective equipment (PPE) • Edition 6 should continue to be reserved Solutions for people who need to wear them at work There are important key principles you must follow: ❖ Clean Hands!! ❖ Wash your hands or use hand sanitiser before putting it on and after taking it off. ❖ Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth at all times. ❖ Do not lay the face covering down on surfaces. ❖ Store your used face coverings in a plastic bag (ie sandwich bag) when you arrive at school. ❖ Wash the face covering regularly Men’s Health Week This year Men’s Health Week is taking place from 15th – 21st June. Health today is best viewed from a holistic perspective – and good health means having a healthy body AND a healthy mind. International Men’s Health Week, is reminding men about the importance of maintaining a healthy body and mind. The overall aims of Men’s Health Week are to: ❖ Heighten awareness of preventable health problems for males of all ages ❖ Support men and boys to engage in healthier lifestyle choices / activities ❖ Encourage the early detection and treatment of health difficulties in males ❖ It’s vital to spread the message of Men’s Health Week because studies consistently show men are much less likely to visit a doctor, or even notice signs of illness, than women are. Men's Health Week 2020 Theme is 'Take Action on Covid-19'. For men to: ❖ take action to avoid spreading the virus ❖ take action to get the best out of lockdown and the 'new normal' ❖ take action to beat 'underlying conditions Beating Stress and Anger Too much stress can damage your immune system and heart; increase your chances of serious health problems; reduce life-expectancy; and damage your sex life. Stress is normal. It is Common signs of stress are: what we feel when a ❖ Eating more or less than normal situation is hard to ❖ Mood swings handle. Adrenaline ❖ Low self-esteem rushes through the ❖ Feeling tense or anxious body, increasing heart ❖ Not sleeping well (or wanting to sleep all the time) rate and boosting ❖ Poor memory or forgetfulness mental and physical ❖ Excessive drinking and/or drug use. alertness. We feel ❖ Feeling really tired and lacking in energy sweaty, tingly and get ❖ Withdrawing from family and friends butterflies. This ‘fight or ❖ Behaving out of character flight’ response was ❖ Finding it hard to concentrate and struggling at work very useful to our ❖ Losing interest in things you usually enjoy ancestors coping with ❖ Having unusual experiences, like seeing or hearing things that physical threats such as others don’t. a marauding mammoth ❖ There may be physical signs too like headaches, irritable bowel or sabre-toothed tiger. syndrome or aches and pains. If you are worried about stress then you must talk to someone! We all know how good it is to talk when you really connect with someone. Talking lets us see the solution for ourselves in a way thinking alone can’t. We’re not alone. We often share the same problems. If symptoms are making you unwell it would be advisable to seek help from a medical professional. Counsellor’s Corner You may be hearing a lot on the news at the moment about loss - and one of the most difficult kinds of loss, as people lose their lives to the virus. A lot of people have lost loved ones this year - perhaps before their time - and that is an incredibly difficult fact to come to terms with. I think it is also important to think about other kinds of loss as well. Because one way or another we have all had to face loss this year – in more ways than one. As I opened up my diary this week, I was yet again faced with the task of crossing out the plans which I had made some time ago, which now have to be cancelled due to the pandemic. I would imagine I’m not the only one doing this - particularly as summer arrives, which can often be one of the busiest and most social times of the year. I overheard somebody say recently that they can’t complain about missing out on things, when compared to others in worse situations. But when we compare losses in this way we invalidate our own emotions, which over time can have very negative consequences for our wellbeing. ❖ Exams ❖ Routines Here are just a few of the things ❖ Playing Sports ❖ Seeing Friends you may have lost this year: ❖ Celebrations ❖ School Summer Term ❖ Family gatherings ❖ Sports Events ❖ School trips ❖ Holidays In time, we can rearrange many of these things, but while we are still in a place of such uncertainty, the feelings of loss might bring up some strong emotions in you. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross identified five specific phases which she says all humans tend to feel when they are facing loss in their life: 1. Denial: Feeling shocked or emotionally ‘numb’ to what is happening 2. Anger 3. Bargaining: Trying to negotiate a way out of the situation by making promises to ourselves or others 4. Depression/Sadness 5. Acceptance: where we acknowledge the reality of the situation without trying to change it. These phases may come and go and won’t necessarily happen in this order. But it’s important to recognise that they are a normal part of the process of loss and, although these are uncomfortable feelings, they won’t stay this way forever. There is also now thought to be a sixth phase of loss, which is finding meaning. This is a way of viewing the situation that cushions us from the difficulty of it. This can only really be found in your own experience of a situation and what you’re taking away from it to carry with you in life. Some of you may have already found a new way of looking at things as a result of this experience. If you have been feeling any of the feelings mentioned here, recognise that these may be a natural response to what is happening around us, and in time that these will pass. However, if these feelings become too overwhelming, please do speak to someone about them. Take care, Jess General Knowledge Crossword See how much you know about stuff with this tricky crossword! Across 8 One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a large lighthouse built on an island in the Bay of Alexandria (6) 9 A marine fish of the genus Hippocampus that swims in an upright position and has a curled prehensile tail (8) 10 Nickname of the American tennis player Maureen Connolly, 1934-69 (6,2) 11Musical by Lionel Bart, which premiered in the West End in 1960, whose film adaptation won six Academy Awards (6) 12 A republic on the Gulf of Guinea in west Africa, formerly under French control (4) 13 A strong espresso coffee made with less hot water than normal (9) 15 Informal name for an electrician, especially in Australia (7) 16 Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the Down reign of the emperor Domitian 1 Ice dancer who won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter (7) Olympics partnered by Jayne Torvill (11,4) 19 Of or relating to the order of 2 A legendary sixth-century Danish king who appears in the aquatic mammals having a Anglo- Saxon epic poems Beowulf and Widsith (8) streamlined fish-like form, such 3 A domestic slave in Anglo-Saxon times (4) as whales, dolphins, porpoises 4 A resort on the Portuguese Riviera which has one of Europe's (9) largest casinos, built in 1916 (7) 21 Disco and funk band co- 5 A person skilled in telling anecdotes (9) founded by guitarist Nile 6 A non-metallic halogen element giving a violet-coloured Rogers in the 1970s (4) vapour (6) 22 Papal name of Nicholas 7 Cartoonist for The Daily Express whose regular characters Breakspear, the only English included Maudie and Willy Littlehampton (6,9) Pope (6) 14 Tropical woody plant whose small edible seed is the dahl 23 Of hair, cut short and (6,3) standing up stiffly like a brush 17 Country of origin of the long- distance athlete Haile (2,6) Gebrselassie (8) 25 Small slender long-tailed 18 Crepe ___ , a thin pancake in a hot orange- or lemon- parrot whose Australian variety flavoured sauce, usually flambeed (7) is called the budgerigar (8) 20 International sports company founded in 1924 by the 26 Lois ___ , actress who German cobbler Adolf Dassler (6) played Dr Holly Goodhead in 24 In Northern England, a stream or small river (4) the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker (6) Chaplain’s Chat What harm can it do, it's just one glance....the Bible again and again speaks of the dangers of what we look at and of what we say.