Lynburn Nurture
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We are a nurture classroom based at Lynburn Primary School. Child centered, connection led, trauma responsive and attachment aware practice.
Dunfermline, Scotland
Joined August 2018
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We have created an entire classroom based upon the Neurosequential Model of Dr Bruce Perry. The Lighthouse classroom is designed to steer pupils towards emotional and physical safety through Regulate, Relate, Reason. A thread 🧵
@BDPerry
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I've created a booklet for parents to support family wellbeing. Core topics include Emotional Regulation, Containment, Regulate Relate Reason, Attachment, Boundaries & Rupture/Repair. Filled with information, strategies, tips, QR codes to videos and space to reflect.
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Name it to tame it - by expressing the emotion and physical sensation causing havock inside us, we can reduce the power it has over us. Move it to lose it - by rhythmically moving our bodies, we calm our nervous system = ready to learn
#RegulateRelateReason
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A display for children to get curious about their the science of Regulate, Relate, Reason
@MrsS_85
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We have co-created a display on rupture, repair, reconnect with some of our children (based on the work of
@suzannezeedyk
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#connections
#nurture
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Glimmers are the opposite of triggers. They bring moments of joy and happiness. Noticing glimmers has a soothing effect on the nervous system and increases life satisfaction. We were exploring them today 🌟✨🌟
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Positive affirmations on our chairs to foster love, belonging, and self belief ❤
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Developing emotional literacy is central to understand ourselves and contributes towards mental wellness
#EmotionalLiteracy
#MentalHealthMatters
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Another set of signs installed that will scaffold restorative conversations in the playground.
#RestorativePractise
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The hammock has been a big hit with many of our pupils. Children who normally zoom around the room slowly rocked themselves, soothing their nervous system which has supported a successful transition back to school *sound on for full experience*
#RegulateRelateReason
#BacktoSchool
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Developing a Staff Well-being Planning Toolkit to support mental wellness. The booklet contains information about thoughts, behaviours, physical sensations and emotions that stem from stress. Protective steps around well-being centre around the 3Rs (Regulate, Relate & Reason)
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We are absolutely passionate about normalising, verbalising, and validating mental health & anxiety. I've designed a reflective and informative workbook for children to support their understanding and help them develop healthy coping mechanisms
#MentalHealthMatters
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I'm updating our relationship policy, so it's more reflective of our practice. What's included? Nurture, restorative practice, mediation, emotional regulation, family wellbeing, staff wellbeing, containment, rupture/repair, SZ quote "Love is never wasted"
@BDPerry
@suzannezeedyk
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Giving children the gift of emotional literacy can have a lasting impact on their well-being. Let's normalise, verbalise, externalise, and validate emotions to prevent the detrimental effect suppressing them has ⬇️
#MentalHealth
#EmotionalLiteracy
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We are developing whole school scripting at Lynburn. I've created some visuals to support and remind colleagues. Inspiration taken from
@pauldixtweets
Fiona Jeffrey
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"There is no guaranteed way to avoid mental health difficulties, but it certainly helps to instil in us a belief that, whatever emotion we experience, we are still acceptable and, however bad we may feel, it will pass." This book is unputdownable
@Philippa_Perry
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I asked
@suzannezeedyk
for advice about a child who struggled with a particular transition. There was increasing upset, distress, and aggression. She suggested introducing a ritual to the transition. It has been a game changer. Here's what we did...
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I forgot what a brilliant resource conversation jenga is. A creation of the wonderfully talented Mrs Mac ❤
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Today we looked at de-escalation scripting to support distressed children. We have chosen some key phrases to use throughout the school. I dipped into this gem of a book to give a clear understanding of how important it is to avoid shame induced language
@theyellowkite
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Great session today supporting children to understand anxiety and how it produces physical sensations in our bodies. Our new booklets are going down a treat
#MentalHealthMatters
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"Why I am rude". This is a powerful 2 minute poem about feelings, emotions, and circumstances behind behaviour
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
#AllBehaviourIsCommunication
#BeThatPerson
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"And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow." ❤🥰❤
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If you want to learn more about how we implemented Regulate, Relate, Reason in education, then sign up to a free webinar. Wednesday 17th January, 4pm - 5pm. I'm putting together a free supplementary resource pack. Sign up here ⬇️ (wellbeing & nurture)
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Every movement from door to door was planned. Lots of laughter took place in the process, which buffered the fear. Then something remarkable happened. The child began to look forward to the transition. Instead of distress being communicated through behaviour, it's joy ❤
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Sharing our learning and the work we have developed with parents on Regulate, Relate, Reason
#EmotionalWellbeing
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Currently working from home in self isolation. I love making displays in school, which will be one of the many things I will miss over the next few months. We made this window display today to spread a little hope.
#MondayMotivation
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"If we are to make changes to the children we must start with the adults in the room."
@suzannezeedyk
setting the scene at
#ACEAwareNation
#GaborImmersive23
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I'm busy preparing slides for a presentation in Glenrothes next week. I'm creating a classroom booklet to support teachers to implement regulate, relate, reason in a classroom setting.
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I've created these boxes to support emotional literacy. Each box has prompts inside to facilitate discussions in groups or working with individuals. A thread🧵
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We have timetabled The Lighthouse for children who communicate their distress through behaviour. They have responded positively and enjoy making circuits or making up games.
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"Your connectedness to other people is so key to buffering any current stressor - and to healing from past trauma. Being with people who are present, supportive, and nurturing. Belonging."
@BDPerry
@Oprah
#healing
#connection
#PositiveRelationshipsMatter
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Today, we looked at understanding our anxious thoughts and shared some simple strategies to help reduce the power they have over us
#Anxiety
#ThoughtsAreNotFacts
#MentalHealth
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Delighted with our trauma informed plaque that we have displayed in our foyer
#traumainformed
#AllBehaviourIsCommunication
#ConnectBeforeCorrect
#CoRegulation
#relationships
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We have suggested activities to promote proprioceptive and vestibular activities.
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Our in-house talented Boardmaker guru has completed the Neurosequential symbols. The 3Rs became 4Rs
#Regulate
#Relate
#Reason
#Reflect
@anniebananiemac
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Here is the link to the pre-recorded webinar I did earlier this year. It is all about how we have implemented the science of Regulate, Relate, Reason to support well-being.
You can also sign up for a free resource pack created to support the webinar
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We are using a swimming pool to create a ball pit for our lighthouse classroom. Ball pits create opportunities for gross motor development & core strength. Moving around gives the sensation of buoyancy. Children get proprioceptive feedback which calms the nervous system 👍
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This brilliant book puts the work of Winnicott, Klein, Freud, Bion and others into a (teenage) therapeutic context. Lots of relevant information relating to the increasing mental health issues currently facing children & young people. Well worth a read 👍
@jeanine_connor
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I genuinely feel so touched by this.
@LewisCapaldi
has shown the world courage and bravery getting through his
@glastonbury
set. In return, the crowd showed compassion. I have made a donation to
@TouretteScotl
to show my support 💙
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A new visual ready to support children to understand anxiety. Verbalising, normalising and validating emotions is so important to help maintain and understand emotional wellbeing
#anxiety
#mentalhealth
#emotions
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We have introduced a self referral process for primary 6 & 7s. I'm glad we are giving our pupils a voice and opportunities for support.
"I'm not good at explaining my emotions, I need help controlling my emotions."
"I've been crying a lot, I don't know what's happening to me."
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Today, we examined anxious thoughts. Pupils were open, honest, and reflective. Understanding and challenging anxious thoughts can help us to remember that thoughts aren't facts
#Anxiety
#CopingStrategies
#AnxiousThoughts
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We have many opportunities for pupil leadership at Lynburn. Mrs Raeburn created a fantastic board that shows some of the projects we are undertaking. A great visual to demonstrate how we listen to, celebrate & take forward pupil voice 🎊
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I'm training up a new cohort of "the Calm Club" who support emotional regulation in the playground. One pupil asked if we could get stress balls with emotions to support children expressing emotions. Pupils have the best ideas
#Genius
#PupilLeadership
#EmotionalLiteracy
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Our pupils made memory jars during today's Seasons for Growth session. Each layer represents a happy memory. Trauma and stress is stored in our bodies, and so is "The good stuff" ❤
#SeasonsForGrowth
#Bereavement
#Loss
#Grief
#Memories
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Balloons are a great regulatory resource that I've used with many children. Here is a short thread exploring links with Regulate, Relate, Reason🧵
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Our first Family Wellbeing group using the toolkit to support learning & reflecting on
#DaringVentures
concepts. Looking forward to the journey we are embarking on fuelled by curiosity & compassion
@suzannezeedyk
@TIGERS_UK
@paulinescott222
@mcvay_laurene
@yvonnestanley21
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Our survival brain doesn't communicate through words, it communicates through our senses. Sight, sound, touch, smell, taste, proprioception, vestibular and interception feedback can soothe or trigger us. We can use a child's sensory seeking behaviour to help them REGULATE
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With thanks to
@Mr_Minchin
for "The Relief Reef" idea. It allows pupils to share their worries or concerns with their chosen trusted adult.
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A display that shows how using Regulate, Relate, Reason supports the healthy development of children' skills.
#RegulateRelateReason
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Our lighthouse classroom is all about guiding children towards emotional and physical safety
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Helping children to externalise the big feelings on the inside reduces the power an emotion has. It also prevents the internalisation of shame. We use the 5 Point Scale and Emotion Works to validate, empathise and normalise emotions.
@EmotionWorksCIC
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Every piece of sensory information is first processed through the survival brain. The incoming information can be ignored safe/tolerable, over stimulating/dysregulating/unsafe, or comforting/soothing/a coping mechanism. Pay attention, lots to learn from
#Stimming
#SelfRegulation
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If you're interested in learning about some of the work going on at Lynburn, inspired by Bruce Perry's Regulate, Relate, Reason model, I'm running a free webinar on January 17th, 4- 5pm ⬇️
@SEICollab
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How we speak to our children becomes their inner narrative ❤
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Visual timetables provide children with predictably that helps them through daily transitions. They help reduce anxiety by giving structure and predictably. Here are some visuals I have created for parents to use at home
#BoardMaker
#VisualTimetable
#Routines
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I've created a wall display to support workshops on family wellbeing. All stemming from learning from
#DaringVentures
@suzannezeedyk
@TIGERS_UK
@cisweb
Photo thread🧵
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For those who requested the Family Wellbeing booklet, I'm delighted to say I've sent it this morning. The booklet covers concepts such as attachment, containment, boundaries and emotional regulation. Inspired by the work of
@suzannezeedyk
and
@TIGERS_UK
#DaringVentures
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We are over the moon to be the second school to receive this award, recognising all the work our Aquarium Ambassadors and Calm Club have contributed towards the emotional well-being of all Lynburn pupils
#Proud
#MentalHealth
#EmotionalWellbeing
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"Why you matter." An inspiring visit from Suzanne Zeedyk has left us understanding the impact/imprint COVID has left on the biology of children. So much to take in from today and so much to move forward with. Thank you
@suzannezeedyk
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@suzannezeedyk
One pupil asked to create "the calm club" to support children in the playgrounds who might be upset. Pupils must apply for the job, they are trained, there is a rota system in place. The peer support offered is valued by our children.
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We are loving the new look of our staircases. There are still more to do. Watch this space...
@lynburnPS
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The infant staircase was finished off today, completing our staircase transformation 🤩
@lynburnPS
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Language matters. I put our updated Relationship & Behaviour policy into a word cloud. Well-being, relationships, support, emotion, environment, understanding, restorative, rights, support, needs, calm, safe, sensory, attachment - the shame-free language embedded in our culture.
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"Love them instead." 💞
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Once a child feels physically safe (regulate), emotionally safe (relate) they can communicate, play, think, plan, organise and successfully learn in school. We have accessed the cortex and can REASON 🧠
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Proprioceptive activities have a soothing effect on the nervous system. Pushing, pulling, deep pressure, & cardiovascular movement accumulate in the body. This provides a sense of physical safety, and therefore regulation, allowing us to access the limbic (emotional) brain 🧠
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A very happy 50th birthday to our Headteacher. Mrs McIlhatton has always believed in the power of relationships and nurturing approaches in education. She encourages and inspires leadership in both children and adults. We hope you enjoy your special day 🎂🥳🎊
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A wee display to support the work we are doing on The Decider Skills.
@deciderskills
@WellbeingInFife
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Little items in our staffroom to promote self-care, wellbeing and emotional safety. From paracetamol to porridge, coffee to diet coke, hand sanitiser to snacks - sometimes it's the little things that make the big difference
#TeamLynburn
#SelfCare
#Wellbeing
#MentalHealth
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We are embarking upon an exciting project with some of our p1s who (due to the impact of lockdown) simply are not developmentally ready for "traditional" learning. A multi-sensory, relational approach that supports a child neurodevelopment. More to follow...
#RegulateRelateReason
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There is equipment to rhythmically rock and move as well stories and dressing up. Mrs Mac wears a fabulous story telling hat for a bit of fun 👒
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The pupils have the best ideas! A Calm Club pupil asked if they could use Mr. Calm as a mascot (genius). They left a box of them on my table showing initiative. Im so proud of the work they do to support the well-being and regulation of pupils at Lynburn Primary.
@MrMenOfficial
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RELATE is all about positive relationship, safe faces, and connection. This provides the child with emotional safety.
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