Promoting psychological wellbeing in primary school pupils

Abstract

It is possible to monitor well-being from diff erent points of view - physical, social and psychological. In the post, we will focus primarily on psychological well-being, we will present small activities supporting psychological well-being that teachers can use in their work with the class.
The deterioration of children’s mental health is a phenomenon that the Czech education system, especially teachers, must respond to. In the following article, we want to emphasize the fact that pupils’ well-being can be improved with the help of small activities that lead children to a healthy coping with stress. Th is is a part of everyday life, i.e. also life at school, and pupils can therefore already from an early age encounter the fact that with the help of just simple exercises they can withstand ordinary stress well.