Wellbeing Day Activities
Sign up: Please refer to SOCS to see which activities are included for your year group.
Community
Board Games
Challenge your friends to a game of Battleships Cluedo, or Scrabble.
Bracelet making
Make one-of-a-kind clay bead bracelets – using small, disc-shaped round beads with a flat profile, made from polymer clay.
Card making for the Greenwood Centre
An opportunity to create cards for the local community.
Croquet
A fun team game to test your co-ordination!
Cryptic Crosswords
Disco
Hammered! (4,3,4,2,3,4)
Put on your dancing shoes and dance like no one is watching at the LEH disco.
Escape Room
Family Games
The aliens have trapped you in their spaceship. You must solve the clues and puzzles to crack the code and escape before it’s too late.
A range of collaborative games that will test logic, memory and creativity – humour and teamwork will be essential.
Farm
A chance to see, touch and learn first-hand about some of these cute and furry farm animals.
Herb pots
A relaxing and rewarding hands-on session outside by the vegetable beds. Everyone will take home a pot of live basil/parsley that will live and thrive on their window- sill at home ready to be used in various dishes (soups, pasta sauces, etc)”.
Hula Hoops
Get fit and have fun in a beginner hula hoop workshop! You’ll learn how to hoop on your waist plus lots of simple but fancy tricks.
Karaoke
Sing along to your favourite song using a microphone
Litter Picking
Litter picking contributes to improved wildlife habitats and healthier ecosystems, encourages teamwork and benefits both the community and local flora and fauna.
Tea with elderly care home residents
Tea Tasting
Come meet OAP residents from local care homes and chat about your LEH experience.
We will sample a variety of loose-leaf teas from Mr Mangion’s selection, such as Chocolate Brownie tea, and enjoy some scones and homemade greengage jam.
Creative
Badge making
Come along and get creative in designing your own badges that you will be able to take home and keep for yourself or share with family and friends.
Balloon animals
Try your hand at sculpting balloons to make amazing animals.
Bracelet making
Make one-of-a-kind clay bead bracelets – using small, disc-shaped round beads with a flat profile, made from polymer clay.
Bulb Planting
Planting flower bulbs for the elderly who will be joining us on the day. These will make a lovely take away gift that hopefully will grow into beautiful flowers. They should be collected at the end of the day.
Card Games
Enjoy card games from Snap to Bridge and anything in between.
Card Making
Come and liberate your inner creative self by making cards for any and all occasions while listening to some top tunes! All materials provided.
Digital Photography and Printing
Come and learn to create your own photos using DSLR cameras to be edited and printed.
Drama Games
Join us for a fun-filled session with all your favourite drama games. Expect lots of improvisation, unique characters with props, and so much more!
Festival Headwear – Tataki-Zome
Workshop
Learn the art of Tataki-Zome making your own unique fabric print from natural materials such as flowers to create a festival headscarf/bandana.
Gardening
Spend time in the fresh air, helping to design and plant out some garden beds in the school grounds. No prior knowledge needed!
Happiness Jars
A creative and practical activity to practise gratitude daily, enabling you to appreciate the small, sacred events and experiences that we tend to easily ignore.
Indigo Dyeing
In this session you will learn about beautiful natural dye indigo and have a go at dyeing your own apron using indigo. You will cover a variety of methods to create patterns on your apron, which will be yours to take home after the session.
Knitting
Knitting is a very creative mindful activity, which gives much enjoyment and a sense of calmness.
Lego
Relive your childhood with some relaxing and imaginative Lego
play. Get together with your friends or create something by yourself – the possibilities are endless!’
Pamper Yourself
Mini manicures and hair styling.
Physical Computing
Explore physical computing activities where you connect the hardware and write programs to control it. We will use a Raspberry Pico microcontroller and Python code to control LED strips. Advanced users can add buttons, buzzers, motion sensors or potentiometers.
Pop Art bags
Explore the impact of Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol’s art on the designs you create for your own tote bag. You will be using the heat press and posca pens.
Pretzel Making
Join us for a hands-on-pretzel making activity where you’ll learn to twist and bake your own delicious pretzels from scratch. Whether you’re a seasoned baker or a complete beginner this activity promises a tasty treat and a great time!
Tie dye t-shirts
Come along and explore the technique of Tie Dye to create your very own t-shirt. You will be preparing your t-shirt and dying it, ready to take home to rinse and dry.
Solving the Rubiks Cube
Learn how to solve the Rubiks cube.
Watercolour Painting
A tutorial that concentrates on painting loose watercolour flowers and possibly bees. Your paintings will be perfect to use on a greeting card. The aim of the session is to produce at least one greeting card that you can take home and send to someone!
Mindful
Carlisle Dog Walk
Dog walk to Carlisle Park.
Candle Making
We will be making scented candles. You can choose the colour and the scent and even add extras to make them beautiful. They should be collected at the end of the day.
Creating Flowers with Mindfulness
Make beautiful power flowers using a variety of papers. Simple to make but impactful and all with step-by-step instructions.
Folded Book Art
Join us to make beautiful creations out of old books. They are surprisingly simple to construct and there are lots of different designs for you to choose from. These make special presents for family and friends, or you may want to make one for yourself!
Gong Bath
Sophie will play gongs and other therapeutic instruments as you lie down and do nothing. Their soothing and atmospheric sounds remove anxiety and stress and put you into a calm and relaxed state.
(If anyone is epileptic or has an ear infection it is not advised to attend as the sounds of the gongs make the fluid vibrate in the ears).
Lose yourself in a Book
Quiet reading in the comfort of the LRC.
Mindful Colouring
Calming, increases concentration, helps you to focus, and to see the big picture!
Mindful Jigsaws
Finding the right piece of a jigsaw puzzle can be so satisfying! Come and enjoy making some beautiful jigsaws with your friends.
Sudoku/ Wordsearch
Time to enjoy a variety of puzzles with your friends.
Physical
Archery
Do you want to learn a new skill? Come and try out archery and have a go at shooting some arrows!
Bushy Park Run
Get some fresh air and go for a group run in Bushy Park.
Capture the Flag
A fun but competitive outdoor game with your friends.
Cheerleading
Have fun learning cheerleading routines.
Croquet
A fun team game to test your co-ordination!
Kingball
Rounders
Use your skill and tactic to win at Kingball in the sports hall!
A game of Rounders with your friends.
Tennis
Local tennis coaches will be coming into school to deliver a fun, sociable group fitness class set to music on a tennis court. Bring your rackets.
Football
A game of football with your friends.
Novice rowing
Trampolines
A fun way to work out.
For anyone interested in the sport to gain knowledge on the basics!
Yoga
An ancient form of exercise that focusses on strength, flexibility and breathing to boost your physical and mental wellbeing.
