St John Fisher: Our Vision
At St John Fisher, we strive to create a school community where children and adults achieve their full potential and SHINE! We will achieve this through engagement, high expectations and by treating all with respect and dignity.
Children’s Mental Health Week
This week is ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’, we are lucky at St John Fisher that children’s mental health is a key priority. We have a broad and balanced PSHE curriculum that supports the children to deal with their emotions and reminds them of who they can turn to if they need to talk. Please have a read though the attached toolkit with your child and take time to discuss their mental health with them.
If you need any further support Mrs Fillingham is always available to talk.
Children’s Mental Health Week-toolkit
Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health- supporting our children
| School support for Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health- Children | ||
| Level of support | Children who receive this level | Content/ examples of strategies |
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Level 1- In school support All year around |
All children |
PHSCE –Personal, Health, Social and Citizenship Education. This is a key element of our curriculum and is delivered to children by Mrs Fillingham (Learning Mentor) and the class teachers. There is a clear strand which teaches children about their mental health and emotional wellbeing at an appropriate level. An annual wellbeing and anxiety survey will be completed so that target children can work with the Learning Mentor. Learning Powers- these are used to teach children how to learn, be resilient and create good ‘learning habits’. They form part of our positive behaviour strategy. |
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Level 2- In school support May be for a short, focused period or may be longer term |
Children who have been identified by school, home or other agencies as benefiting from more targeted support |
Nurture Groups Friendship activities Recognising emotions in self and others One-to-one sessions with Learning Mentor to focus on particular area to develop (may be one off or part of a longer series of sessions) Behaviour support plan RAMP (Reducing Anxiety Management Plan- completed between school and home) Teach strategies to build resilience and enable children to access learning and friendships successfully |
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Level 3- Outside agencies May be for a short, focused period or may be longer term |
Children who have been identified by school, home or other agencies as benefiting from more targeted support |
Educational Psychologist Butterflies (counselling service) CAHMS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) Behaviour Support Team |
Supporting our Parents/ Carers
| School support for Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health- Parent/ Carers | |
| What we offer: | |
| For all of our parents/ carers all of the time |
Wellbeing Café- half termly with a focus on particular aspect of emotional wellbeing and mental health as well as an opportunity to meet with other parents/ carers and school staff informally Family Learning courses (variety of topics) Regular updates on Dojo/ Twitter (ie focus for PHSCE that week in school/ Wellbeing ‘Tip of the Week’ for families) Regular slot on newsletter Useful links for parents on website |
| For our parents/ carers with concerns about their child |
Open door for you to raise your concerns/ worries with either: · Child’s class teacher · Learning Mentor – Mrs Fillingham · Headteacher- Mrs Forrest Signposting to useful information/ agencies of required A plan to support your child in school or through other agencies Follow up phone calls/ meetings to discuss progress A robust system to monitor your child’s wellbeing within school |
| For our parents/ carers with concerns about their own wellbeing or mental health |
An open door for you to share your worries in school. A non-judgemental listening ear Information/ signposting to practical advice Enable you to access support if you wish Parental course/ learning opportunities |
| We are always aiming to improve the way in which we support our parents/ carers. If you have any suggestions about what else you feel may support you, please do contact Mrs Forrest or Mrs Fillingham 477 8590 | |
PHSCE
We have developed a scheme of work for PHSCE (Personal, Health, Social and Citizenship Education) which is delivered by our Learning Mentor, Mrs Fillingham. The scheme covers areas such as healthy eating, keeping physically healthy, friendships and emotions, mental health and wellbeing. Please contact school if you would like further information about this.
Physical Health
Our Health Champions share with us their reasons for taking on the role and their ideas for how to encourage us all to lead healthier lifestyles.
Healthy Tuck Shop
Since taking on their role, The Health Champions have set up a Healthy Tuck Shop where everyone in school can buy a healthy snack (priced at 20p) every break time. Some of the snacks sold are: water, fruit, crackers, rice cakes, breadsticks, malt loaf, cheese, melba toast, raisins.
Keeping Fit Role Models
Our School Council and Health Champions had an amazing opportunity to meet accomplished Olympic Gymnast, Beth Tweddle. The children had an opportunity to interview Beth and find out a little bit about her. Beth said that it was her dad who inspired her to take up gymnastics at the age of 7. Beth talked to the children about the benefits of maintaining healthy lifestyles and said that when she performed in competitions she felt that she had accomplished the goal that she had set for herself. Beth listened to the children’s achievements and said that they should be proud of their accomplishments. Beth let the children into a secret that when she was a young girl she was a little bit naughty and it was when she signed up for gymnastics she discovered that the routine and training were good for her and felt that Gymnastics was what she was meant to do in life.
Useful Links
Below are some links which may be useful to parents when discussing health and wellbeing at home.
