One of our mantras is "behaviour is a communication of need" so we have to be #behaviourdetectives Anxious thoughts are often behind what we see in school. Our programmes and strategic support for adults work on flipping those thoughts #SENDWEEKOFACTION #Stockport #SEND #Anxiety

What should you do if you feel angry? Here are some of our ideas 💡 Rainbow Education MAT St Silas CE Primary School

We understand that sometimes we all can make wrong choices. We role played different scenarios and decided what behaviours we would change and what cool down methods we would use.St Silas CE Primary School Rainbow Education MAT

Today we made our very own sensory bottles. We explored lots of different senses when deciding what to include and enjoyed watching what happened when we shook it. 🌈 One of our children said “This makes me feel super calm!” Rainbow Education MAT St Silas CE Primary School

This week was full of puzzles, paintings, trains, yoga, picnics, pictures and soapy beards... just to name a few! 💜Rainbow Education MAT St Silas CE Primary School

Such smiley faces 😆 This was our favourite song to sing on Friday!

Together we made a worry monster to eat away any worries we might have. 😊 I loved how the children described the feeling of worry! “Worry feels like a tornado in your belly.” “Worry is when you are lost.”Rainbow Education MAT St Silas CE Primary School

We’ve named him Greedy 👍

We enjoyed making our very own worry monster last week, we added him to our calming card so he is easy to find when we need him! St Silas CE Primary School Rainbow Education MAT

Tomorrow it's our Christmas Sing-a-thon in aid of @Zoes_Place Liverpool. There will be Christmas singing taking place throughout the school for every minute of the day! 🎄🎤 If you or your family and friends would like to sponsor your child, please visit justgiving.com/fundraising/st….

We discussed some worries during circle time and wrote some of them inside our butterflies. Rainbow Education MAT St Silas CE Primary School

Christmas has arrived in The Hideaway! Lots of teamwork was involved to decorate our Christmas tree 🎄 Rainbow Education MAT St Silas CE Primary School

We made a positive word chain! St Silas CE Primary School Rainbow Education MAT

This week we worked together to make musical instruments and formed our very own hideaway band 🎸🥁 St Silas CE Primary School Rainbow Education MAT

This week is Children’s Mental Health Week, and the theme is #ExpressYourself. We all need to take time to think about our own mental health and make it a priority. We need to talk about mental health and how we’re feeling. Here’s our assembly: drive.google.com/file/d/1hcccpK…

Head of thoughts activity St Silas CE Primary School Dr Karen Treisman, MBE, Clinical Psychologist

Yoga, trains, fishing, letter writing and building! Just some of the fun we have had this half term 😆 St Silas CE Primary School Rainbow Education MAT

Mindful March - Day 3: Start today by appreciating your body and that you’re alive actionforhappiness.org/march #MindfulMarch