This week in Maynooth Education Campus it is Amber flag week 14th – 18th January 2019
This week sees the launch of the Amber Flag Initiative in Maynooth Education Campus.The Amber Flag promotes Positive Mental Health and Suicide Awareness.
Through a series of project ideas and school activities, we hope to raise awareness of the importance of Positive Mental Health and reduce the stigmas associated with it.
Please see the list below for a timetable of events for the week ahead.
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Monday 14th January
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Tuesday 15th January
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Wednesday 16th January
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Thursday 17th January
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Friday 18th January
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· #Livelife foundation talk to 2nd year students
· Random acts of kindness – students on student council will visit tutor classes to ask one student per tutor class to select one random act of kindness to carry out that day
· Break time games in the library – board games open to all students to come and visit
· Wellbeing classes to participate in adding to the ‘Wall of Graititude’ outside the library using the slips and thumb tacks provided
· Random acts of kindness amongst staff – pick a name and carry out one anonymous random act of kindness for that person before Friday
· Feel good music - to be played on speakers in the canteen, reception area and the assembly hall before tutor class in the morning
· ‘Staff Powerpacks’ for each staff member
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· Morning meditation from 8.15 – 8.45 in room 12.
· Active afternoon – yoga class from 4.20 -5.00 after school open to all students to attend
· Wellbeing classes to participate in adding to the ‘Wall of Graititude’ outside the library using the post-its and thumb tacks provided
· Break time games in the library – board games open to all students to come and visit
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· Mens mental health talk – for senior cycle male students (6th years)
· Wellbeing classes to participate in adding to the ‘wall of graititude’ outside the library using the post-its and thumb tacks provided
· Break time games in the library – board games open to all students to come and visit
· Strength and Conditioning class for students after school from 4.20 – 5.00 open to all students
· Strength and conditioning class for teachers after school from 5.00 – 5.40
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· Garden of remembrance clean-up morning – Students to help clean up and prepare flower boxes for garden of remembrance.
· Wellbeing classes to participate in adding to the ‘Wall of Graititude’ outside the library using the post-its and thumb tacks provided
· Break time games in the library – board games open to all students to come and visit
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· Cycle Against Suicide Spinathon – to raise awareness and spread the messages ‘it’s okay not to feel okay and its absolutely okay to ask for help’.
· Wellbeing classes to participate in adding to the ‘Wall of Graititude’ outside the library using the post-its and thumb tacks provided
· Break time games in the library – board games open to all students to come and visit
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