This morning, we had to continue to work in a crew to achieve a common goal. We worked in mini crews and were set the challenge of seeing which mini crew could hold the most pieces of paper between parts of their body. There were strict rules in that we could not fold the paper or use anything, such as glue, to help us. We also weren’t allowed to let the pieces of paper touch each other.

Today, Crew Hamill continued their learning on our ‘It’s My Body’ focus in citizenship crew. We learned about the importance of sleep, exercise and healthy eating as well as understanding the negative impact certain things can have on our body. We then organised images into ‘healthy’ and ‘damaging’, detailing which part of our body they impacted on.

In Tuesday’s challenge crew, Crew Hamill played ‘Jump In, Jump Out’. They formed a circle, holding hands, and had to follow instructions as a crew to jump in, jump out, jump left and jump right in unison. As if this wasn’t tricky enough, once we had managed to do this successfully, we were challenged further to do the opposite of the given instruction! This caused some confusion and led to lots of us bumping into each other but we got there in the end!

In Monday’s Mindfulness Monday crew this week, Crew Hamill’s guiding question was ‘How do I look after myself mentally?’ We discussed the importance of simple self-care techniques, including the importance of rest, spending time with friends and family and the benefits of hobbies and interests. We then spent some time creating posters that illustrated what we do for our own self-care.