Dzień: 2021-06-29

Earth Day

What’s the point of taking care of your health if you live in the world on the edge? The last year showed us clearly that our well-being is tightly intertwined with the condition of our planet. We have faced the climate crisis and only changing our attitudes, which requires persistent action on many fronts, can prevent the worst crisis. The number of people, teenagers among them, who consider the environmental issues as stressful and threatening their own survival, is increasing all the time. All the teachers had an opportunity to use resources, such as live talks, presentations, videos, lesson plans or games which our team collected on one common platform. Our activities aimed at raising awareness of human destructive behavior included: 

  • Lessons focused on discussing steps we ourselves can take to protect the Earth resources
  • Discussing ways of implementing changes in our families
  • Brainstorming ideas on how to inspire others 
  • Writing down commitments 
  • Contests of knowledge
  • Calculating our carbon prints
  • Making recycled toys 
  • Games, quizzes, making posters 

‘Every one of us needs a healthy Earth to support our jobs, livelihoods, health & survival, and happiness. A healthy planet is not an option — it is a necessity’ (by EARTHDAY.ORG) https://view.genial.ly/607bfa2d33338f0d2474e48a/presentation-earth-day-4-5 https://view.genial.ly/607b28786dd96a0d4b4b5596/presentation-earth-day-6

You were born to be a player

A Frog’s guide to mindfulness

For people who practice sport on a daily basis, as they do in our school, motivation is the vital element which pushes them forward. It is a key factor which helps them to fulfill their potential. This time we invited a psychologist from Gdansk Universityof Physical Education and Sport, Dominika Wilczyńska, who conducted a lecture for parents of young sportsmen to help them understand the complexity of motivational techniques.

Parents were told how to help their children:

  • Practice mindfulness 
  • Manage psychological pressure
  • Set achievable long-term goals 
  • Find a sense in repeating mundane drills
  • Overcome feelings of incompetence 
  • Come to terms with the failure 
  • Find and establish relation between their behavior and expected outcome 
  • Define challenges which will stretch them a little bit further than they have been stretched previously. 

All the parents taking part in the workshops found the tips useful and convenient. They asked many practical questions about positive self-talk, the role of extrinsic prize in a process of shaping motivation and specific problems such asinjury, non-selection or amotivation.