​Our Amber Flag Initiative 2018-19

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Amber Flag
Following our success of being rewarded the Green Flag and Active Flag we are now striving to get our Amber Flag. We feel positive mental health and well being is so important for us all. Healthy body means healthy mind, so in successfully receiving our Active Flag, this is the next natural step. Here in the Curragh GNS we have always promoted and encouraged a positive, supportive and open minded environment for students, parents, teachers and anyone who enters in our school community. We have however put in some extra efforts to raise awareness about positive mental health which include:

1. Wellness week - mindful walks, mindfulness colouring, sharing compliments and kindness​​ and lots of mindful activities within individual classrooms. 
2. Creating our Amber Flag committee consisting of Ms. Farrouj and the sixth class girls
3. Amber Flag competition - designing our very own Amber Flag.
4. Putting up posters created by the Amber Flag Committee to promote positive mental health.
5. Our "Change Your Mindset" notice board
6.  Holistic activities undertaken through the SPHE and PE strands of the curriculum.
7. Positivity Week - random acts of kindness among pupils and staff, sharing compliments, building self confidence, recognising accomplishments, strengths, being proud to be ourselves and to be different.

The girls had a lot of fun designing and creating their Amber Flags for our competition

Our change your mindset poster

Our positive mental health posters

Walk a mile with a smile
As part of our mindfulness awareness we are doing walk a mile with a smile as often as we can.  As well as promoting fresh air and exercise the girls have so much fun out and about chatting and laughing with their walking buddies. This is an activity they all very much look forward to each week.