Mental Health and Wellbeing

Senior Mental Health Leader: Mrs Shepherd

Mental Health First Aiders: Mrs Melgram and Mrs Kent

Aims

"Wellbeing - The state of being comfortable, healthy and happy."

At Shay Lane Primary School, we believe the wellbeing of staff, pupils and parents is fundamental to the health of the whole school. It encompasses our overall health including our cognitive, physical and emotional health. If our level of wellbeing is good, we are much more likely to be motivated, engaged and productive. Our aim is that we all become more resilient, more focused, less stressed, more open and able to cope with life's pressures, together. We have a supportive and caring ethos and our appraoch is to be respectful and kind, where each individual and contribution is valued.

At Shay Lane Primary School, we have been awarded the School Health and Wellbeing Wakefield Charter Mark for our steps taken to improve the health and wellbeing of our whole school community. The Charter has been developed to set out the vision of a healthy and productive eductaion sector throughout the Wakefield District.

Pupil Mental Health and Wellbeing

Schools have a critical role to play in the mental health and wellbeing of their pupils. At Shay Lane Primary School, the skills knowledge and understanding needed by our pupils to keep themselves mentally healthy and safe are included as part of our PSHE curriculum, which is taught using the Jigsaw scheme of work. Jigsaw brings together PSHE Education, compulsary Relationships and Health Education, emotional literacy, mindfulness, social skills and spiritual development. A specific unit (Healthy ME) is also focussed on emotional and mental health of our pupils. We also heavily focus on problems solving and resilience within lessons and as part of the whole school culture. Staff have been trained to recognise children who may need additional support with their own and our Mental Health School Procedure allows us to act quickly and effectively.

Wellbeing Ambassadors

Our Pledge

To listen to others and be approachable
To have a positive attitude
To have somewhere that you can go when you need to relax
To work hard on attendance
To make people feel happy

Our amazing Wellbeing Ambassadors have created '10 ways to wellbeing'.

This poster is displayed in classrooms to promote positive and healthy minds among staff and children throughout our school.

Which ways have you tried today?

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Parents/Carers Mental Health and Wellbeing

At Shay Lane Primary School, we understand that being a parent/carer can be challenging at times and we encourage everyone to reach out for support. We are here to provide advice and to direct you to organisations that can offer you with additional support without judegment.

Even young children are tuned into how their parents are feeling and will worry about you. They may not be able to explain this. They might instead start to behave differently or seem sad or clingly. The whole family benefits when parents take care of themselves.

Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing

Occupational wellbeing refers to our ability to live our lives as closely as possible to the way we would like to. Good wellbeing at work is associated with meeting potential, developing strong relationships, and doing things we consider important and worthwhile. Our staff wellbeing refers to all aspect of working life, including the quality and safety of the daily environement, the climate at work and how staff feel about both their school and profession. Workload, relationships with colleagues, levels of connectedness and motivation, the work culture and physical environment, and sense of purpose can all help to shape our staff wellbeing. The mental health and wellbeing of our staff team is a priority to us and we do all we can to ensure that staff are and feel effectively supported.

Helpful Contacts

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Single Point of Access - NHS service that assess and treat young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties.

Call: 01977 735865 9am-5pm

24 Hour Mental Health Help Line - A confidental helpline for anyone with mental health needs and their carers.

Call: 0800 1830558

Anxiety UK - Charity providing support if you have been diagnosed with an anxiety condition.

Call: 03444 775 774 9.30am to 5.30pm

Childline - A free, private confidental service where you can talk about anything.

Call: 0800 11 11 7.30am to 3.30am.

Wakefield Family Hubs - A Normanton based service to provide support and to help you find the supporr that you need. Our local Hub is Butterflies Family Hub in Normanton.

Call: 01924 307835

Useful Links:

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