Spirit Day February 25!
Tag: Earl Beatty Public School
Sandwich the meal gap in Toronto!
This is an AMAZING initiative by Club Sandwich. They literally sandwich the meal gap in Toronto!
If you are able to support them, make sandwiches from home and drop them off at MCC Toronto (located off Howland Road on the south side of 115 Simpson Avenue). Contactless drop-offs make this so easy!
They are servicing 9 local Toronto missions at the moment and hope to expand.
How can you help? Make & drop of sandwiches or help deliver them once and awhile. Every little bit helps feed Toronto’s homeless and food insecure.
Happy Family Day Long Weekend!
Have a safe, warm and fun long weekend!
Mindfulness resources that may help your family & community!
We acknowledge that covid has been stressful for everyone (total understatement right?!?). In person? Online? Flip-flop, flip-flop, flip-flop! There is some real fear being experienced out there. Here are some helpful resource links that may help calm minds especially for those who have suffered from Covid and the stigma that may be associated with it as well as the internal struggle they may be experiencing.
Perhaps we should start changing the conversation with children about covid. No denying that covid can have a negative impact. But is there a way to reduce the fear in many little minds and reduce the dark thoughts that they may be having?
Can the conversation now shift from dire thoughts and fear to awareness and reminding families that they are strong, loved & smart about their choices like getting vaccinated, distancing and hand washing? Let’s make sure no one compares symptoms and feels bad or of lesser value if symptoms are not as strong as another. Let’s make sure we are talking to our families about concerns they may have. Let’s help everyone calm their minds as much as possible. We are in this together! We hope these resources are helpful. Please send us a PM if you have any questions. Hope to see you tonight at our EBSAC meeting!
How to cope with Covid & survivors guilt: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-to-cope-with-covid-19-survivors-guilt
https://smho-smso.ca/covid-19/students/
https://www.tdsb.on.ca/School-Year-2021-22/Mental-Health-and-Well-Being
TDSB professional support services gave this option for parents: https://www.tdsb.on.ca/School-Year-2021-22/Mental-Health-and-Well-Being/Virtual-Office-Hours
Mindfulness Resources:
Sitting Still Like a Frog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOckRqbCdG0
https://www.childreach.on.ca/blog/mindful-parenting-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
Thich Nhat Hanh’s books for kids https://www.amazon.ca/Handful-Quiet-Happiness-Four-Pebbles/dp/1937006212
https://www.amazon.ca/Ruby-Finds-Worry-Tom-Percival/dp/1547602376
– Diamond Dotz Junior or mosaic type calming activities-sensory experiences that use the whole body to calm (having a bath with some nice smelling salts and music or doing a puzzle while listening to calming music-breathing videos on youtube— there is something called Rainbow breathing that comes up a lot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIbBI-BT9c4
-puzzles that are a little bit too hard that maybe the family can do together-gratefulness exercises (listing things that make us feel loved, things that make us feel calm, things that make us feel lucky…etc)
Stay safe out there!!
EBSAC Public Meeting!
Join us Wednesday, January 26,2022 at 7:30 pm for our public EBSAC meeting. Principal Nina and Vice-Principal Valia will be there too!! Please see the Zoom information below to join!
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81307026375?pwd=dnZnRS9ESUR2ZzFLd1BTRklvS3dndz09
Meeting ID: 813 0702 6375
Passcode: 383482
Hope to see you there!