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Wellbeing and Mental Health Awareness
Welcome to our school’s Wellbeing page!
"Children's mental wellbeing is so vitally important. Happier children learn more and are much more likely to reach their potential" - @actionforhappiness
At Preston CofE Primary School, we aim to promote positive mental health and wellbeing for our whole school community (children, staff, parents and carers), and recognise how important mental health and emotional wellbeing is to our lives in just the same way as physical health. We recognise that children’s mental health is a crucial factor in their overall wellbeing and can affect their learning and achievement.
Our Positivity Video
Hornbeam class have been working on a project to give others ideas to keep positive. The children brainstormed different techniques they use to cheer themselves up when they are feeling down.
HelloYellow
Our school has enthusiastically celebrated Hello Yellow day in support of mental health awareness. Our Wellbeing Ambassadors led special assemblies for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2, where they discussed the importance of looking after our mental health. They shared a heart-warming fictional story, emphasising that it's okay to experience a range of emotions and feelings. They also introduced practical strategies for maintaining good mental health, such as giving compliments to friends and practising calming breathing techniques. Across the school, children engaged in various mindful activities to mark the occasion. A big thank you to all the parents for their generous charity donations and for ensuring the children were dressed in yellow to help us celebrate this important day.
Youth Mental Health Day: Control Your Scroll - 19th September 2024
In celebration of Youth Mental Health Day, our school focused on the theme "Control Your Scroll." Our dedicated wellbeing ambassadors and digital leaders took the initiative to visit each class, delivering insightful talks on the importance of managing our online presence. They emphasised how excessive screen time and constant connectivity can affect our mental and emotional wellbeing, encouraging students to take control of their digital habits. Through these discussions, we aimed to empower the children to find a healthy balance between their online and offline lives, promoting emotional resilience, self-awareness, and mindfulness. By learning how to "control their scroll," students are better equipped to navigate the digital world in a way that supports their overall wellbeing.
Children's Mental Health Week - February 5th 2024
This year's theme is "My voice matters".
To celebrate Mental Health Week, we have engaged in meaningful discussions about the importance of mental health and well-being. We explored the concept of mental health, discovering what contributes to a healthy mindset and how it is just as crucial as physical health. Emphasising the connection between a balanced diet and mental well-being, we delved into the significance of eating healthily for both our bodies and minds. As part of our activities, we had the pleasure of reading Charlie Mackesy's heartwarming book, "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse." Through this enchanting tale, we explored the characters' emotions, their unique ways of expressing themselves, and the profound messages that the author, Charlie Mackesy, aims to convey. This week served as an opportunity for our students to foster a greater understanding of mental health, emphasising the importance of empathy, self-expression, and overall well-being.
Talking to your child about mental health
As the world is becoming more and more online, we have signposted below helpful websites for you to visit.
We have also found wellbeing apps that may be appropriate for you to show your children at home.
The following website shares a variety of apps for learning about emotions, managing anxiety, aiding sleep, keeping well physically and general wellbeing. There are also specific SEN wellbeing apps.
First produced by the New Economics Foundation in 2008, the #FiveWaysToWellbeing research resulted in 5 steps that we can all take to improve our wellbeing.
Summer Term - Let's be more mindful...
The Wellbeing Ambassadors have been thinking about our 5 Wellbeing values on our school website and this term they wanted to raise the profile of the ‘Take Notice’ one. We have therefore come up with some ideas and then found or made posters with things to do to help when you are feeling stressed or want to take more notice of what is around you.
We hope they can help...
Wellbeing Ambassadors' Spring Term Challenge
Learn Something New Challenge!
Researchers found that learning new skills makes us happier and healthier. By challenging ourselves to learn new things (even if we might not be very good at them at first), we actually feel better about ourselves.
The Wellbeing Ambassadors asked all pupils to challenge themselves to learn something completely new in the Spring Term! So many children took up this challenge and did brilliantly. The Wellbeing Ambassadors were very impressed and many children got their 5 Team Points and a certificate!
We want to ensure that pupils, parents and staff can easily access resources to support their well-being.
There are numerous links to advice and tips that cover many aspects of mental health. Therefore, we have selected a range of resources to direct you to the appropriate support to help your children and family. We recognise that emotional health and wellbeing has a significant impact on everyone’s lives. Hence, during the current climate, the element of uncertainty and change to usual routine has been unsettling for many.
As a result, you may find yourself dealing with different behaviours or want to know how you can help the people around you. These resources can help you in: supporting anxiety, calming techniques; tips to support mental health and support services.
As a school, we aim to help our community by understanding how we can maintain and look after our well-being so please don’t forget that we are available via the Year Group emails as well as the usual school contact number to help you with any concerns you have regarding wellbeing. We hope the following links provide quick access to clear advice.
