Wellbeing
At Elmstead, we offer wellbeing hubs that operate as an after-school club at which children are provided with additional structured support. The project is aimed at children with emerging difficulties and those that do not reach the threshold for statutory services. The programme objectives are:
Develop resilience skills
Encourage each child to recognise and express emotion
Empower children
Enable children to start to develop their self esteem
Equip children with a set of skills and choices to tackle things that cause anxiety
To gain a “rucksack of skills” to take them forward into secondary school and beyond into the world of employment.
Thrive
As a school, we offer in-school support for children from a Thrive-trained practitioner. Teachers are already accessing support for individuals, however, as a parent, you may feel that your child would benefit from learning strategies to help them reduce anxieties or increase their self-confidence. Maybe you feel they would benefit from having someone to speak to about their concerns/worries in school or perhaps just have someone to talk to that is not emotionally attached to a situation. If you feel your child would benefit from Well-being please speak to your child's class teacher or Miss Matthews.
Wellbeing ambassadors
Wellbeing Ambassador Job Description
Wellbeing Ambassadors are pupils who have shown a real interest in championing positive mental health and wellbeing. These pupils are keen to share their learning around mental health and advertise the importance of self-care. The Ambassadors have a responsibility for leading and promoting wellbeing throughout school, they drive the message forward and release the stigma around talking about challenging feelings and encourage people to talk. Wellbeing Ambassadors provide feedback on what’s working well and highlight any gaps in whole-school approaches to wellbeing.
The job of a Wellbeing Ambassador involves the following:
- Are you committed to wellbeing?
- Do you have a positive attitude?
- Are you interested in learning more about mental health?
- Are you willing to help others with their feelings?
- Are you kind, caring, responsible, brave, helpful and interested to understand more about healthy minds and bodies to help others?
Websites and resources:
Below you will find links to relevant well-being resources - videos, book recommendations, web pages, information packs, apps and more.
Just click on the link and you will be redirected to the relevant web page.
The content aims to provide support for both parents and children.
I hope you find them useful.
Miss Matthews
Place2Be - Improving Children's Mental Health