Giving children an understanding of #mentalhealth and #wellbeing from an early age is crucial for our children to thrive and #flourish. Throwing back to the wonderful week that was #childrensmentalhealthweek2023 #Letsconnect #dessmindsyoungminds @MHWBLeads @KHDA

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#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek2023 Launch Day-Connect with creative clothing #dessconnects

From our littlest learners right up to Year Six, we are exploring the importance of reaching out to one another this week #AntiBullyingWeek  #reachout 

Our #ReachOutRocks are ready to go to classes. How will you reach out this week? Will you pass on a smile, a compliment or an invitation to play? We can’t wait to see all the different ways our students #Reachout this week #dessmindsyoungminds #beingwelldubai #AntiBullyingWeek

All set and ready to #Reachout As we celebrate #AntiBullyingWeek our Student Wellbeing Leaders are taking action to reach out during play times and make sure their peers feel included #dessmindsyoungminds #leadersofthefuture #compassion #beingwelldubai

Building resilience while bonding through breathing, we would like to say a huge thank you to Kad at Heal Hub Rehab, one of our #DESSalumni for welcoming us and giving us an unbelievable dopamine boost yesterday morning #wimhof #coldtherapy #staffwellbeing #Dess60

DESS staff prioritising health and wellbeing as we were welcomed to the incredible @HealHub_rehab to engage in a Wim Hoff breath work session and immersed ourselves in the ice pool for an invigorating cold therapy experience. #DESS60 #beingwelldubai #wellbeing

What a privilege it was to have @AdrianBethune join our staff for #DESSBookClub to discuss all the wonderful strategies and approaches we can use to nourish and provide for our students and their wellbeing @DESSDubai

Some very happy steppers this morning! As we drew the #GreatDESStepChallenge to a close, we have our individual and team Top Steppers! Fantastic to see our wonderful staff prioritising their wellbeing through physical activity #beingwelldubai @DESSfs1 @DESSperform @DESSDubai

What would you include in your #friendship tower? These Year 3 and Year 4 students explored the characteristics of a good friend to build their towers strong #dessmindsyoungminds

Another great Tuesday at #MindfulMe ECA today. We explored some #yogaposes with the help of @MeddyTeddyLA then discussed our top super #strengths using @mindfulmissg beautiful #CharacterStrength cards

We had lots of fun creating our mindful jars in #MindfulMe ECA today. The perfect tool to help calm our minds and enjoy noticing the present moments #mindfulness #dessmindsyoungminds

What are the characteristics of #effective #teamwork? Exploring the #characterstrength of Teamwork @DESS_Year3 engaged in some challenging STEM tasks to understand what #skills they required to effectively contribute to the team goals @UAEMoralEdu #beingwelldubai @VIAstrengths

Wow! Look at the wonderful #EmotionalIntelligence in @DESSfs2 Red! These groups were incredible at recognizing different feelings and emotions that occur in the four #zonesofregulation #emotionalliteracy #DESSmindsyoungminds #DESSGrowingTogether

Connecting with one another to share ways which we have grown in the past and ways we hope to grow in the future. @DESS_Year3 are busy using creative expression to respresent the many ways that they #grow #learn #connect #DESSGrowingTogether #waystowellbeing

We are really looking forward to creating lots of opportunity for #growth with our new partners in Wellbeing @bouncetogether #beingwelldubai

As part of the focus on #GrowingTogether, @DESSyear1 had a wonderful time developing their #growthmindset with the story The Magical Yet. They got creative and had a go at making their very own Yet character, to help them when times are tricky and they face their challenges!

Our @DESSfs2 are benefitting from our additional week of exercise to release feel good hormones each and every day #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek2022 #DESSGrowingTogether