BCB began the new term with a meaningful celebration of Children’s Mental Health Week, reinforcing its commitment to nurturing confident, balanced and happy learners. Throughout the week, the campus was filled with a spirit of warmth, movement and emotional awareness, creating a positive and supportive atmosphere from the very first days of term.
Each morning, students were welcomed with upbeat music as they arrived on campus, helping to establish a routine grounded in energy, connection and wellbeing. In classrooms, teachers introduced five-minute dance breaks that quickly became a valued part of the daily schedule. These short, intentional moments of movement offered a refreshing pause in learning, lifting students’ moods and supporting focus and concentration.
More than moments of fun, these active breaks are supported by educational research, which shows that brief periods of physical movement can help reduce stress, improve focus and strengthen engagement with learning. Such benefits are essential to children’s mental health and were enthusiastically embraced by the BCB community.
This year, Children’s Mental Health Week placed a special focus on the Zones of Regulation, an internationally recognised framework grounded in cognitive behavioural science. The approach organises emotions into four colour-coded zones, providing children with practical tools to recognise, name and understand their feelings. By developing these skills, students build strong foundations for self-regulation, empathy and emotional wellbeing.
From Wednesday to Friday, each day focused on exploring a different colour zone. Through age-appropriate, interactive activities designed by BCB’s Primary team, students were encouraged to reflect on their emotions, express themselves and practise regulation strategies. These experiences offered valuable opportunities to develop essential emotional skills that support balance, confidence and readiness to learn.
The week concluded on Friday, 30 January, with a simple yet symbolic gesture: students were invited to wear something green, the colour associated with Wellbeing in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This visual reminder reflected BCB’s ongoing commitment to nurturing healthy, emotionally aware young people who are prepared for the future.
Children’s Mental Health Week has become an important tradition at BCB, reinforcing the belief that learning flourishes when wellbeing comes first. By placing emotional health at the heart of school life, BCB ensures that every child feels supported, understood and ready to thrive from day one.
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