art club

Art Club has continued to be popular this term with great attendance each session. It is so wonderful to watch interactions with students from different Learning Communities and new friendships being formed. We have had some wonderful activities this term with our strong student leaders creating glitter mindfulness jars. The purpose of these jars is to replicate a busy mind calming down:
“Imagine that the glitter is like your thoughts when you’re stressed, mad or upset. See how they whirl around and make it really hard to see clearly? That’s why it’s so easy to make silly decisions when you’re upset – because you’re not thinking clearly. Don’t worry this is normal and it happens in all of us (yep, grownups too). [Now put the jar down in front of them.] Now watch what happens when you’re still for a couple of moments. Keep watching. See how the glitter starts to settle and the water clears? Your mind works the same way. When you’re calm for a little while, your thoughts start to settle and you start to see things much clearer. Deep breaths during this calming process can help us settle when we feel a lot of emotions”