A reminder that pupils can come to school in casual clothing, suitable for participation in our Summer Wellbeing Event on Monday 10th June. We are encouraging everyone to wear house colours if possible:
Craigievar = Blue
Forbes = Yellow
Glenbuchat = Purple
Kildrummy = Red
Further information can be found here : https://youtu.be/QoSQFdbLuSI
Cybersafe Scotland have invite professionals and parents/carers to their live webinar – Combating Financially Motivated Sexual Extortion – Understand the Risks and How to Keep Children Safe:
Date: Wednesday 12 June
Time: 7pm-7.45pm
Click here to register
What is Sexual Extortion (Sextortion):
Training Information
Financially motivated sexual extortion has increased exponentially. Ros’s son tragically took his own life after being targeted by criminals, listen to her experience and her passions through campaigning for change. Paul Raffile a globally renowned expert and author of multiple investigative reports will share his knowledge.
Why should I go?
In Aberdeenshire, there has been a significant increase in the sharing of images by children, from as young as nine years old. With children receiving mobile phones at a younger age, professionals and parents/carers must be aware of the potential increased risks this may bring. Key to prevention is to speak with your children.
For additional help and support:
How do you help your child find their way in the world? To manage friendships and relationships, being online, or complicated things like consent? The Chat national survey for parents and carers is now open: https://thechat.scot
Our final day of activities has provided further opportunities for our young people to learn new skills and build their confidence. It’s been a very enjoyable week and a huge congratulations to all our young people who took part and thank you to all the staff and providers who have made these experiences possible for our pupils. We will be looking for some feedback regarding the programme so please complete the evaluation form that will be issued electronically next week.
Another fantastic day of experiences were on offer for day two of our S1-3 activity days. Our pupils and staff demonstrated their resilience and commitment to take part in more challenging weather conditions and there has been some fantastic achievements on display. We have received some very positive feedback about the kindness, respect and support our pupils are showing to each other and the activity providers, well done everyone!
We’ve had a great start to our activity days. Our residential trips to Aviemore, London and Edinburgh have now all departed and our in-school activities have begun. Today saw our pupils undertake a range of experiences and visits that will encourage them to develop new skills, challenge themselves, interact with others and have fun!
The weather tomorrow is looking less favourable so please ensure that your child is equipped with appropriate waterproof / outdoor clothing, a change of clothing and warm layers if they are participating in an outdoor experience.
Many thanks to Geva Blackett, our councillor for Ward 15 (Upper Deeside & Donside) and Vice Chair Marr Area Committee who has provided our community food resource, situated outside the library in our community campus, with food items from the Country Food Trust.
You can choose from : Lentil Curry, Country Curry and Venison Bolognaise. During the Easter break you can access the food resource during campus opening hours.
Our under 15 girls travelled to Inverurie on Tuesday this week for a league fixture v Inverurie Academy. It was a high scoring, end to end match against a well organised and competitive Inverurie side with us losing out 9-7 in the end. The team battled really well and worked hard for each other. Jodi (S3) opened our scoring and Olivia (S2) was our goal scoring machine with 6 goals.
As part of the Time for Me offer, SAMH have been commissioned to deliver one capacity building workshops per month for parents and carers. Each workshop is approximately 90 minutes long with a break around the midway point. There are 4 Free workshops available (see link for registration):
ParentsCarer Workshops Alford, Kemnay, Mintlaw and Turriff
Listening To & Supporting My Child
This workshop has been specifically developed to provide parents and carers with the knowledge and skills to have mental health conversations with their child.
It explores the different stresses that children and young people experience in their lives, and which can impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
The workshop helps parents and carers learn how to start conversations, including finding the right time, place and way to communicate, and how to support their child even when do they do not want to talk about how they are feeling.
Managing My Wellbeing
This course aims to provide adults with an understanding of self-care both for themselves and for the young people in their care.
It introduces mental health and wellbeing and the importance of us looking after it.
Learners are introduced to the many strands of self-care and the SAMH 5 Ways to Better Wellbeing. They are supported to consider what forms of self-care they can introduce into their lives. Learners are invited to take part in guided mindfulness activities.
Mental Health Awareness
This workshop is an introductory session to mental health and wellbeing awareness.
This course aims to provide the adults around CYP with a grounding in mental health awareness. It defines mental health and the mental health continuum, discusses current prevalence of mental health problems in children and young people, explores the two most common mental health problems, addresses mental health stigma and discrimination, and offers self-care tips and techniques that can be used to help manage their own mental health, as well as supporting others.
Understanding & Managing Stress & Anxiety
This course aims to provide the participants with an awareness of stress and anxiety, and introduces tools that they can use to manage these.
It encourages them to consider the worries and stress that young people experience, and how they can develop into anxiety. They are introduced to coping strategies, breathing and grounding activities.