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Hello, Children. Happy Friday and I'm here for your weekly Friday assembly.

We're going to do a series of assemblies about mindfulness this term,

and I want to really help you to understand why mindfulness is

so important and how it can help you in your life.

So let us begin by being really, really still and calm,

and we're going to do a little breathing exercise first and want you to imagine

that you have got a cup of hot chocolate.

So this is called the hot chocolate breathing exercise.

Again, pick up a cup of hot chocolate

and all you're going to do is try and smell the aroma of the hot chocolate.

And then it's really, really hot. So you're going to blow on the hot chocolate. Now.

The key is to spend longer on the blowing out than the inhaling.

In case you already do it with me. See, go

and again.

Yeah,

teachers, just pause the video and just do that five times with your Children.

Five times should be enough to make you feel energised and calm and in a happy place A.

Because breathing really helps with that. Just pause the video.

Hi, Hopefully, you're you're back with me. Okay? So I'm going to talk to you.

First of all,

about the difference between the brain and the mind you might think you may be.

You know a little bit about this already.

So the brain is the organ, the physical organ that's inside your head.

But your mind is like magic because your mind can travel in time,

your mind can wander.

Your mind can travel to places that your brain cannot travel to,

just to see what I mean.

Are you ready? I went to your hands ready?

And in a minute, I'm going to ask you to really, really hard. You ready? 123 up.

Okay.

What does that feel like? Is it hurting on your hands yet?

At the moment, your mind is on your hands and on how sore your hands are.

Yeah, but your brain still in your head.

And if I asked you to think about the things that you did yesterday and really

make the movie in your head and close your eyes and the same again tomorrow,

you can see that your brain is your mind is capable of try and travel.

So That's the difference between the brain and the mind.

The brain is the physical organ,

and the mind can travel around, but it's still part of your brain.

They're still interconnected. Okay,

now what actually is mindful this, then all mindfulness is is using our five senses,

and I've listed them here for you.

Taste, hearing

site,

smell

and touch. It's really using the senses to experience the world that you're in now.

Not tomorrow, not yesterday. It's being mindful of what you're doing right now.

Okay,

Um,

so let's move on. Okay, So what mindfulness can look like?

It can be, um, doing some breathing exercises. It can be doing some meditation.

It can be a walk in nature and just really being present while you're there

can be when you're eating a meal and showing gratitude for that meal,

it can be spending time with loved ones have

been really present And not having your mobile phone

or your iPad or anything like that with you

so mindfulness can look like lots of different things.

It can be jotting down in a journal. I do a lot of journal and it really helps me

now. How do we get better at mindfulness.

Well, it's a little bit like learning to play an instrument.

The more you practise it, the better you will get.

But why should we? Why should we practise mindfulness? Well,

mindfulness can really help you to be happier in life.

And here I've got little poster that shows you.

All of the scientists have done lots of research on mindfulness,

and it can make you feel more confident can make you feel more calm.

It can help you get better academic results so it can help you with your learning.

It can help you feel at peace and so so many benefits and improve concentration,

lots and lots of things.

That's why we've been doing lots more mindfulness in school.

Right then,

it's your turn.

So we're going to start off by playing a game that I'm sure you've played before.

And it's the mirror game.

I'm going to use your senses. So in a minute,

when I say go, I want you to get with a partner

and you're just going to practise, mirroring what the other person is doing.

So using your senses,

really looking at your partner decide who's

going to forgive person who's going to lead

and then swap over.

And I just want you to spend a few minutes just mirroring each other. Okay? Ready? Go.

Hopefully

you're back with me now. Okay? You may have found it was easier when you were copying.

Or maybe you found it easier when you were leading.

But the Keith purpose of this exercise, Children, is when you're mirroring,

you have to release your senses to be present and really, really watch.

And be careful.

I can. Now we're going to try some mindful eating.

Your teachers have got something to give you and we'll

pass that round and we'll do that exercise together.

They'll read the instructions for you. So do that now.

Okay, Hopefully you are back.

Really proud of how hard you've all worked this week and

the wonderful things that I've seen happening in your classes.

I've I've loved seeing some meditation. I saw some gorgeous French lessons.

I've also seen some amazing drawing and planning of Roman catapults in year five,

which it was very exciting.

Um,

so it's great to see you really making the

most of all your learning oxygen opportunities at school.

I hope you have an amazing weekend. Please bow your heads and close your eyes.

Heavenly Father, help all these dear Children to be grateful

for all of the amazing opportunities that we have in school

and help us always remember to work hard

to be kind,

to do the right thing

and to make a difference.

Our men have an amazing weekend, everyone by

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