Gwyn Jones Primary School

The Oxford English Dictionary defines wellbeing as the state of being comfortable, healthy or happy, but what does that actually mean? The idea of each aspect differs for each individual.  At Gwyn Jones, we define 'wellbeing' as a state in which every individual feels inspired and empowered to have their voice heard and reach their own potential. We aim to create a safe  and supportive environment where children can cope with the normal stresses of life as well as equipping them to be life long learners.  We understand that emotional wellbeing is a clear indicator of academic achievement, success and satisfaction in later life.

Sunday 10th October 2021 is World Mental Health Day.  This year's theme is 'Mental health in an unequal world' On Friday 8th October we are asking for the Gwyn Jones family to unite to donate £2 per household and wear as much yellow as we can.  The donation will be going to Youngminds charity to help children, young people and their families feel supported and empowered to talk about and look after their mental health. 

Along with brightening up Friday in yellow, we will be discussing the importance of talking about our feeling and taking care of our well-being. 

Last year's  #helloyellow was such a success and we would love to continue to strenthen the message that we all need to look after our mental health.  Below is the display of some of the children's work from last year.

Let's come together to create a more positive future 

Welcome back everyone, it has been lovely to see everyone back together again and we are looking forward to a great Autumn term.  It is so nice to see some normality return to the school day, however we still need to work together to keeo each other safe.  Below are some  resources to support the transition back to school as we appreciate there can be good and challenging days when attending school when change is frequent.  

Thank you to everybody who took part in our Gwyn Jones family bouquet project.  It was lovely to receive so many beautiful flowers from you all and together we have made the perfect flower arrangement outside the front office.  So many feelings have been felt during this time, some similar, some different but no matter what, we are not alone and together we make the Gwyn Jone’s family bouquet.  

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the majority of the children will be continuing with learning from home.  We understand how difficult this whole experience is and how it can be hard to stay happy and motivated when we can feel so disconnected from each other.  

 It has been suggested that art has the power to make you feel good and can help boost our wellbeing.  Studies have suggested that flowers have an immediate impact on happiness and long-term positive effect on moods. Due to this, we thought it would be a nice idea for the children to take part in a whole school art project to create and decorate one paper flower.  The project involves the children to think about their own feelings during this unsettling time and write their feeling on a tag and tie it to the stem of the flower.  The idea is to show that each flower has a different feeling about this time, however we all make up the Gwyn Jones family bouquet.  Below is how you could make your flower but you do not have to make it in this way. 

We may be physically apart but we are all together at heart  

In the past few weeks, there has been a huge change to life as we know it. Being in isolation has created new challenges, including being away from our friends and family.

This time is especially hard and taking care of our mental health is needed now more than ever.  

Why not make an extra special effort to stay connected with your loved ones.  Perhaps you could organise a virtual quiz or tea party?  It could just be a phone call to let someone know they are loved.   

Stay connected, we're all in this together