Mental Health Week 2022
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Mental Health Week
7th to 13th February 2022
Welcome to our page of resources for parents and schools!
We have plenty of videos, activities and competition giveaways for you to take advantage of this week!
We even have an exclusive parents webinar with Marijana Filipovic-Carter who is Move More’s highly regarded Family Engagement and Support Lead.
Get stuck in to all our resources below, show the love and share your participation online! We hear you and will automatically enter you in a prize draw for a free activity camp day for your little one and a friend (aged between 5 and 12)!
Don’t forget to tag us @MoveMoreCIO and Like/Follow our page to make sure you don’t miss out on any giveaways and prizes that we might have up our sleeves! Lets get social for mental health week!
Symptoms of depression in children often include:
- sadness, or a low mood that does not go away
- being irritable or grumpy all the time
- not being interested in things they used to enjoy
- feeling tired and exhausted a lot of the time
Your child may also:
- have trouble sleeping or sleep more than usual
- not be able to concentrate
- interact less with friends and family
- be indecisive not have much confidence
- eat less than usual or overeat have big changes in weight
- seem unable to relax or be more lethargic than usual
- talk about feeling guilty or worthless
- feel empty or unable to feel emotions (numb)
- have thoughts about suicide or self-harming
- actually self-harm, for example, cutting their skin or taking an overdose
Some children have problems with anxiety as well as depression. Symptoms can be similar to depression but also include: getting irritable, tearful or clingy
have difficulty sleeping, waking in the night, wetting the bed, bad dreams.
Read more >> https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/children-and-young-adults/advice-for-parents/children-depressed-signs/
FREE PARENT WEBINAR! LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE
JOIN MARIJANA FOR AN OPEN PARENTS Q&A SESSION ON 11TH FEBRUARY IN AID OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK!
Marijana is the Family Engagement and Support Lead here at Move More and her work is absolutely invaluable to schools and parents that have a Health and/or Family Membership with us.
During this live Q&A session, Marijana will be happy to answer your questions in any of the following areas:
1. supporting your children’s wellbeing during significant life changes such as starting school or preschool, moving home or school, arrival of a sibling, parental separation and similar; 2. managing your child’s worries, anxiety, anger, tantrums and meltdowns, jealousy; 3. advising you on fussy eating, better sleeping habits, using physical activity and food to improve general well-being.
There will also be a Move More Activity Camp discount voucher for all parents who attend and a FREE one-to-one session giveaway with Marijana.
FREE MENTAL HEALTH WEEK GROWTH CHALLENGES
THE FIVE WAYS TO WELL-BEING
The Five Ways to Well-being Framework was developed by the New Economics Foundation as a set of five evidence based actions and public mental health messages, aimed at improving the mental health and well-being of the whole population. Based on the latest scientific evidence, the simple actions, if taken regularly, can improve well-being and enhance quality of life.
Connect with the people around you. This may include your family, friends and neighbours. Take time to listen to them, involve them in your activities and take time to build these relationships.
Take Notice and be more aware of the present moment, including your thoughts and feelings, your body and the world around you. This is also called being mindful and can positively change the way you feel.
Keep Learning new skills to give youself a sense of achievement and improve your self esteem and confidence. Embrace new challenges and experiences.
Be Active. Regular physical activity improves your mood and can make you feel happier. It also helps your body stay fit and healthy.
Give. Giving to others can make others feel good and can also lift your mood. It doesn’t have to be a gift, you could give a smile, give thanks or give your time and your attention to others.
TUESDAY’S CHALLENGE
WEDNESDAY’S CHALLENGE
THURSDAY’S CHALLENGE
FRIDAY’S CHALLENGE
MENTAL HEALTH WEEK VIDEO RESOURCES
CONNECT as a family and join in our fun Family Fakeaway Challenges! Click here to find out more and download our Fakeaway Challenge Recipe Cards
“We had a wonderful time creating our meal together, it was delicious! My son was really proud to be making dinner for everyone and especially enjoyed plating it all up! We even found a fun new trick to strip the thyme leaves using the grater!
Such a great Challenge!Looking forward to trying the next one!” – Parent
To enter our camp giveaway, pick a colouring in template from below OR create your own colouring in well-being poster and email a photo of your entry to info@move-more.org
Get a BONUS entry for every photo you share of your colouring in on social media by tagging @movemorecio
Winners will be announced next week.
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