Nursery World - Treverbyn Community Primary School near St Austell

(Photograph) - Photo: Nick Gregory Year one pupils at Treverbyn Community Primary School near St Austell in Cornwall start the day by giving each other back, shoulder, head and neck massages before lessons. Children aged three to eight take part with parents' permission. Instruction was paid for by a grant from the Children's Fund and there are plans to extend it to the school's nine- to-11-year-olds. Head teacher Sheila Lee said, 'It improves the children's social skills and because it's calming, it helps put them in the right frame of mind for learning.'

Year one pupils at Treverbyn Community Primary School near St Austell in Cornwall start the day by giving each other back, shoulder, head and neck massages before lessons. Children aged three to eight take part with parents' permission. Instruction was paid for by a grant from the Children's Fund and there are plans to extend it to the school's nine- to-11-year-olds. Head teacher Sheila Lee said, 'It improves the children's social skills and because it's calming, it helps put them in the right frame of mind for learning.'

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