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Wellbeing during lock-down

Mrs S.Porter, Assistant Principal —

  • Keep daily routines or create new ones. Maintain regular routines (meal times, bedtimes, exercise, work etc.) Get out of your PJs and get dressed each day. Make a plan for your day. For example time for school work, socialising, exercising and relaxing. Try to make your weekend days different from your week days.

  • Do some daily exercise. A walk in the fresh air, do an online workout, use the sports equipment you have at home or make a homemade fitness circuit in your garage or back yard. FaceTime a friend and exercise together. Introduce your family to your favourite Jump Jam videos or Just Dance videos. Lead some physical activity for your family.

  • Eat well. Try to keep up your intake of fruit and vegetables. Hydrate by drinking water throughout the day.

  • Make times to connect with your friends and family for a chat e.g. FaceTime, phone call, Zoom, House Party App, Snapchat, Skype…

  • Limit your media diet. Keep up with the news, but limit how much time you spend watching news updates.

  • Sleep. Try to go to bed at your usual bed-time. Even though you don’t have to physically be at school for the next four weeks, you may still have Zoom sessions starting at 8:50am. Staying up really late and sleeping in the next day can disrupt your body clock and create unhealthy patterns in the long term.

  • Include some calming/restful activities in your day. Reading, gardening, cooking, drawing, diary writing, doing puzzles, making/building, sewing, meditating, finding and doing some ‘Yoga for Teens’ routines online, listening to music, playing with your pet…

  • Do something kind/helpful for your family members/neighbours.