PACT Week Yoga

This week has been an amalgamation of PACT (Parents and Children Together) and Healthy Week. With the theme 'Healthy Body, Healthy Mind' we invited a yoga teacher, Simon, to work with parents and children from Year 1 to Year 6 while Mrs Drysdale gamely ran the Dosbarth Teigr and Ellifant sessions (the children now being old hands at yoga).

The turn out was extremely pleasing and the reaction from parents and pupils alike has been overwhelmingly positive. Many of the children reported feeling calmer and happier after the sessions while several parents commented they felt energised and asked to attend further sessions. In addition to the PACT sessions, Simon also worked with small groups of children on focus and calming strategies as well as running a very different type of staff meeting.

With wellbeing and stress levels of children being hot topics of late, we will be looking at ways of incorporating yoga and mindfulness in general into the curriculum next year! A big thank you to all those that attended with open minds and to Simon and Mrs Drysdale for running the sessions. Namaste!