23TRA465 Live Student Well-being Workshops in Early Years & Primary Settings - Session 1

Target Audience: Preschool classes, Junior Infants & Senior Infants classes

These live practical Well-being workshops for pupils are aimed at Preschool classes, Junior Infants & Senior Infants classes. These fun interactive workshops that can be done at their desks or on a carpet space in class to support the well-being of all pupils.

 Some of the different strategies your pupils will experience are

• Fun mindful breathing techniques
• Nursery rhymes to support language development
• Brain Gym techniques to support brain regulation.
• Movement and stretching games to support their physical development.
• Reading a picture books to support emotional literacy.
• Sharing different Story Massages
• Ending with a relaxation.

There will be two weeks between each workshop to give you and your class a chance to try the different techniques and see what works best for your pupils.

Bio of Presenter - Una Curran

Una Curran teaches Mindfulness and Well-being to children, teenagers and adults in a variety of settings.  Una is a parent to three children and her background is in Primary schools as a classroom teacher in London, Support teacher with children with social, emotional and behaviour needs in Dublin 8, supporting children on a 1:1 in pre-schools and in her own Well-being therapy room. Una taught and cared for many children with special needs over the years.

The programme Una offers to Pre-schools, Primary & Secondary schools, Community groups is based on her teaching experience in a variety of educational settings, being a parent and her professional training over many years. Una has found that within a class some children need movement and some need stillness as our sensory bodies are all unique. By teaching different techniques each child should learn a technique that helps calm their own body and mind. Her is to plant the seeds of well-being early and that children will use the techniques independently when they need it in school and out of school.