Discovery House weekly PPT 3 - spring Per ardua ad astra – through adversity to the stars The New house system

As you know there are 4 new Houses. The names, colours and House Leaders’ names are shown below:

⋆ Challenger Miss Belcher ⋆ Discovery Mrs Nicklin ⋆ Endeavour Miss Cutts ⋆ Enterprise Ms Wakeley-Jones Look out for the new house notice boards in the corridors Congratulations to Isaac Goodison of Perton Middle School. Who named the houses!

2 Weekly message from Mrs Nicklin I hope you are all safe and well ☺ During these strange times we wanted to keep in touch and share tips on how to look after your own mental and physical wellbeing whilst in lockdown. Once again we find ourselves in a National lockdown. We can only go out for limited reasons and are cut off physically from a lot of our friends and family. These times can be challenging so its so important to take time to look after yourselves and make sure you are staying physically and mentally well. To help give you some tips and keep you linked to your staff here at Codsall – I have asked the Discovery tutors to share with you how they are coping with the pressures and stresses of lockdown! This week the focus is on Miss Ford – check out the next few slides to see what her top tips are! Please stay safe and I’ll see you soon! Have a lovely week ☺ Miss Ford’s Lockdown Top Tips January 2021 In order to take care of my mental health during lockdown… • I have been reading books such as Restore Me to help me relax and calm my mind down when I am stressed! • I have been going on walks around my village every day after work. I find just a simple change of scenery really helpful. It’s like hitting the reset button. I’m lucky to live in a rural area, so I usually to take some photographs whilst I’m out walking. • I don’t watch all of the Covid-19 news briefings – I usually just read a brief summary of them at the Simple Politics Instagram account. This helps me tune some of the Covid-19 bad news out! In order to take care of my mental health during

• I find having a relaxing playlist on Spotify helpfullockdown…. I’m always listening to music when I’m working. Here’s some of the songs on my own playlist! → • Working at home is quite tough – it’s hard to have separation between ‘work’ and ‘home’ when you’re working from home! I’ve been using our study in the day to work in, as opposed to working in our lounge, which has helped me to mentally separate my work from where I relax. When I want to ‘switch off’ from work I usually play on my PS4 as it’s good escapism. I’ll have a few games on COD or FIFA after planning my lessons in the evenings. Going on my treadmill or watching Netflix with my fiancé is also a great way to escape for a while. • I make sure I keep in contact with family and friends daily. I found the last lockdown tough, so I’m making sure I keep in contact with people. Zoom is great for that. I run Zoom quizzes with my family so that we can still have fun together even if we can’t all be together. • Lastly, I love my job! I like to keep busy with school work and with my masters work, which is really good for my mental health, as it makes me feel fulfilled. WEEKLY THOUGHT: “New Hobbies can help. Give them a try.” Living in these strange times can be hard on our mental health. There are people who can help. WINTER WELLNESS PROJECT 2020 – FREE 1-2-1 MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR ALL SCHOOLS IN STAFFORDSHIRE. ⋆ Free online 1-2-1 mental health support is now available to pupils in ALL schools across Staffordshire until March 31st 2021. The sessions are: 1. Offered by Speak Up Space, a commissioned service that’s part of North Staffs Mind & the Stay Well CYP Service. 2. Delivered by qualified Mental Health Practitioners. 3. FREE & Confidential 4. Available to pre-book 5. Offered to pupils 5 days per week during school hours. 6. Each appointment lasts 45 minutes. 7. Is accessed remotely from a smart phone, tablet or computer. 8. Can be used to support young people in school or even those having to isolate. ⋆ This support is being funded until 31.03.21 as part of the Winter Wellness Project 2020. For more information or to make a booking please visit our website: ⋆ www.speakupspace.org.uk/instant-messaging-service-during-school-hours ⋆ Winter Wellness Access Instructions PDF THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO CAN HELP & THEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE: https://www.cc-hs.com/helplines-apps-and-websites-to-support-parents/ 8 You can earn award points for yourself and Discovery house by…

Entering House Taking part in Extra- Being present, Competitions Curricular Activities punctual and applying 100% effort

9 Competition

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13 Current Reward Point totals

We were in THIRD place before the holidays – let’s keep going and head up the leader board!

Remember you can still earn points in your online lessons and now your parents can nominate you for reward points for working well at home! 14 House Champions for Altruism ☺ Thank you for all of your support! You really made a difference this Christmas ☺

15 Just Giving page – COMPTON CARE The JustGiving page for Discovery House Compton Care Charity is still live. This is so that we can still raise money even though we cannot handle cash in the current circumstances. Please use this link if you wish donate ☺ https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/cchsdiscoveryhouse

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