Teachers Actively Discussed on School Health and Wellness – Day 1

“A good education can change anyone. A good teacher can change everything!”

Teachers actively discussed on school health and wellness under the Mentorship of Principal Ma’am today at the Chennai branch.😇 Teachers addressed three topics, that were distinct.

• Session 1: Growing up healthy – Ms.Gracy & Ms.Sasikala

‼️‼️This session helped us to understand the different bodily changes that would happen in adolescents including nocturnal emission and menstruation, how the alteration in sex chromosomes cause gender change and the need for teachers to be aware of all the bodily changes of adolescents and also the practices that are common among school children such as addiction to substances, cool lips, vaping etc.

• Session 2: Emotional well-being and mental health – Ms.Vidhya lakshmi

‼️‼️This session helped us to understand the real meaning of emotions, how to name our emotions based on our situation, on how to channelize our emotions in a positive way. We were made clear of what mental health and well-being, Distress and Mental illness is and were engaged with many real life scenarios. We were made aware of our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and thoughts using SWOT analysis.

• Session 3: Interpersonal relationship – Ms.Yuvaragha & Ms. Victorya.

‼️‼️This session helped us to realise the importance of interpersonal relationships and the need for maintaining a good interpersonal relationship. It helped us to understand the meaning of differences of opinions, disagreement and conflicts. It helped us to understand how to resolve a conflict. We were given real life conflicts to come to a better understanding of the concept. It helped us to realise the true importance of resolving a conflict between our peers and colleagues in order to have a healthy relationship with the opposite person.