Where to go and What to do

O VERVIEW Introductions: The Student Wellbeing Team What’s on over the winter break? Looking after yourself and each other Sources of support Questions Social Time

F EELING F ESTIVE ? What feelings do you associate with Christmas? Some people consider Christmas the best time of the year but for others this is not the case University can seem like a very different place over the winter break with many students having gone home Sometimes feelings of sadness and loneliness can become overwhelming. It’s at times like this that we would recommend a student accesses support

S UPPORT FROM YOUR U NIVERSITY Both Universities have counselling and therapy services during normal University opening times: Newcastle: Northumbria:

O UT OF H OURS S UPPORT Samaritans: NHS Direct: Emergency Services: 999 Newcastle University Chaplaincy: Northumbria University Chaplaincy:

W HAT ’ S ON ? DateActivity 17 th DecemberWalk and Film 18 th DecemberChristmas Wrapping 19 th DecemberIt’s the thought that counts (make a gift workshop) 20 th DecemberBuild your own gingerbread house 21 st DecemberChristmas evening at Beamish 22 nd DecemberChristmas ceilidh 23 rd DecemberThe snowman 24 th DecemberThe snowman 25 th DecemberChristmas Lunch

W HAT ’ S O N ? DateActivity 26 th DecemberBoxing day dip 27 th DecemberTV night with hot chocolate and snacks 28 th Life 29th DecemberQuiz night with cheese and crackers 30 th DecemberPanto trip 1 st JanuaryJesmond dene walk

L OOKING A FTER Y OURSELF AND E ACH O THER Host an Online Christmas Do you have online friends? Do you have long-distance relatives? Host an online Christmas by setting up a Skype chatroom or Facebook group. Look Forward Make a plan for something to look forward to. It’s not too late! Sometimes last minute plans can be the best ones. Join up with other people who are on their own over the holiday and arrange to get together. You might enjoy time to yourself and time to focus on work but you also may want to think about some of the opportunities available to you…

A ND F INALLY … Any questions? Please stay, help yourself to food and drink and have a go at the quiz!

Q UIZ 1. Turkey is the traditional English Christmas meal. Which part of the world did turkeys originate from? 2. What is the popular name for little baked sausages wrapped in rashers of streaky bacon? 3. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? 4. In Victorian England what people were popularly called robins because of their red uniforms? 5. In what country, the world's seventh largest by geographical area, is Christmas known as Bada Din (the big day)?

Q UIZ 6. What is the chemical formula of snow? 7. What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland? 8. When did England last have a white Christmas? 9. Which country is the largest exporter of Christmas trees? 10. What present did Harry Potter receive from Albus Dumbledore on his first Christmas at Hogwarts?

A NSWERS 1. North America 2. Pigs in blankets 3. Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Present & Future 4. Postmen 5. India 6. H2O 7. Hogmanay Canada 10. An invisibility cloak