Wellbeing

 

Our aim is to create a “joined-up” approach to mental wellbeing across the school, through PSHE, PE and SEND, leading to:

• All children having increased awareness of their own emotions; most children to be able to label simple emotions within themselves and others; some children to use strategies to work through their emotions and return to a calm-alert state.

• All children to have knowledge of ways to improve their mental wellbeing i.e. talking, acts of kindness, physical exercise etc.

• Stigmas surrounding mental health are challenged in our school with everyone recognising that mental health is just as important as physical health and that it is OK to not be OK. Mental wellbeing to be given the same priority and status as physical wellbeing in our school.

Link to British Values

We encourage children to understand the links between British values such as respect and tolerance with 5 Ways to Wellbeing such as CONNECTING and LEARNING. for example;

When we talk and listen to each other we CONNECT. When we CONNECT we understand each other. When we understand what makes us similar and different, we can RESPECT our similarities and differences and be TOLERANT

Our school council have made a video about the '5 Ways to Wellbeing'. Watch the video below to take a look:

 

We have introduced a new Relationships Education curriculum to structure learning at whole school level.

Our PE curriculum uses the REAL PE resources a component of which focuses on emotional intelligence and communication as well the development of children’s understanding of the impact of physical health on well being.