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The Department of Education (DfE) recognises that ‘in order to help children to succeed, schools have a role to play in supporting them to be resilient and mentally healthy’. At Wentworth Primary School, we are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of all our pupils and staff.
Over the course of their primary education, children spend over 8,000 hours at school so schools provide an ideal environment for promoting good emotional wellbeing and identifying early behaviour changes and signs of mental distress.
As a school, we are on the journey to becoming a Nurture School. The six principles of nurture are woven into all aspects of our school life and underpin our approach to building positive relationships and resilience, and improving wellbeing and social, emotional and mental health. To find out more about nurture, click here.
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Pane P Langridge
Zástupce určeného vedoucího ochranného systému
Paní P Hill
Zástupce určeného vedoucího ochranného systému
Paní P Hill
Zástupce určeného vedoucího ochranného systému
Paní C Daviesová
Zástupce určeného vedoucího ochranného systému
Paní C Daviesová
Zástupce určeného vedoucího ochranného systému
Paní C Daviesová
Zástupce určeného vedoucího ochranného systému
Paní C Daviesová
Zástupce určeného vedoucího ochranného systému
Paní C Daviesová
Zástupce určeného vedoucího ochranného systému
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Our role in school is to ensure that children are able to manage times of change and stress, and that they are supported to reach their potential or access help when they need it. Children are taught when to seek help and what help is available. We also have a role to ensure that children learn about what they can do to maintain positive mental health, what affects their mental health and how they can help reduce the stigma surrounding mental health issues. As part of our targeted provision, we access outside help and support for pupils when required.
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Our School Values of Pride, Respect, Empathy, Courage, Curiosity and Resilience allow both staff and pupils to be part of our shared nurturing environment. We promote healthy mental health through these core values.
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We have a PSHE curriculum that helps pupils to build important life skills, such as resilience, relationships, habits of mind and a growth mindset.
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We follow the Zones of Regulation Curriculum across the school and teach our pupils to identify emotions in themselves and others and provide them with a bank of strategies to help regulate their emotions and improve their wellbeing.
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We have a Mentoring Programme which supports identified pupils by buddying them up with a member of staff to guide them through times of difficulty.
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Our Behaviour Policy focuses on promoting positive social behaviour, regulating emotions and restoring relationships.
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Around the school, we have worry boxes and worry monsters for pupils to share their worries with a safe adult.
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We have Upper Key Stage 2 children as Sports Leaders who act as play leaders to support younger children in positive play.
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We have a range of quieter, nurturing lunchtime provision in The Nest and The Sanctuary to promote mental health and wellbeing and support for pupils who find busy lunchtimes stressful.
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Throughout the school year we have mental health and wellbeing assemblies to promote resilience and self-management.
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We have wellbeing drop ins and coffee mornings for parents/carers to attend led by school staff to offer help and advice.
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We have move up days, extra transition sessions and meet the teacher sessions for when a pupil is finding a class move difficult.
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We include World Mental Health Day and Mental Health Awareness Week in the school calendar and plan activities for the whole school.
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When a child is experiencing a time of difficulty, we can provide additional support and coordinate interventions in school for pupils’ mental health and wellbeing. These include:
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Counselling
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Self-esteem individual and group activities
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Nurture Sessions
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Emotional Literacy Support
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Drawing & Talking
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Starving your Anger Gremlin
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Starving your Anxiety Gremlin
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Banish your Self-Esteem Thief
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Mental Health Support at home
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What can you do if you are worried about your child's mental health or wellbeing?
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Talk to someone at school in our Wellbeing Team or your class teacher.
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/parents-helpline/
Young Minds - The Parents Helpline is available to offer advice to anyone worried about a child or young person under 25. You may have questions about a child’s behaviour, emotional well-being, or mental health condition. Call 0808 802 5544 or visit the website. They also have a parent’s guide to survival which might contain some useful information.
https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/service/one-you-kent/looking-after-your-health-and-wellbeing/
Kent Wellbeing Service - Information on local and national services to support wellbeing, and localised hub of information with simple tips and advice during this challenging time.
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https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/early-help-support-for-families Early Help – children and family well-being service.
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For information and resources to support understanding and improving mental health and well-being, contact MIND. Tel: 0300 123 3393 https://www.mind.org.uk/
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Parent’s Guide to Childhood Anxiety - Knowing the symptoms and tips for how to talk to and support your child with anxiety.
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Play Dr Ranj’s mindfulness exercise to help you and your children practise being mindful in everyday life.
Kooth - Online mental wellbeing support with help and advice for young people (10+). Young people can also chat to their team about anything, through their text messaging service or live chat.
Moodspark - learn about mental health and find tips and resources to keep emotionally healthy (10+).
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The Children’s Sleep Charity
The Children's Sleep Charity - Excellent advice for parents on how children's sleep can be better supported.
https://www.parentkind.org.uk/for-parents/health-and-wellbeing/wellbeing-tips?
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Domestic Abuse Helpline Support is available 24 hours a day on freephone 0808 2000 247
Food Banks in Dartford:The Larder 01322 343510. Mary's Child can help with food and home goods; Tel: 01322 382031. Gateway Church - Tel: 01322 292097 St. Edmunds Church, (Reverend Mandy Young) Tel: 07551 993619. Kent Together - Tel: 03000 419 292
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If you have suffered a bereavement and feel that school can support, please contact Mrs Hill at school. These websites might also be of support:
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Mental health helpline for parents-to-be and parents of new babies. Mental health difficulties can occur during pregnancy and up to two years following birth and can affect women, partners and co-parents. Mental health difficulties may need support, so if things aren’t quite right you can talk confidentially to one of our trained advisors. Text KENT to 85258 for free, or phone 0800 107 1060.
Think it requires more help?
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If you have a concern about the safety or welfare of a child please contact the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000 or visit their website. In an emergency, call 999.
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Your GP is a good starting place to gain medical support. They can also support you in accessing local services.
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You can make a referral to the School Nurse service, by filling in an online form here.
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You can refer your child to the Project Salus team for emotional wellbeing support via their link
CAMHS is the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. This is an NHS service that assesses and treats young people with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties. For more information, visit the website.
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Anxiety - an excessive fear or worry that affects daily life. This is more persistent and intense than feeling anxious and usually relates to general worry about life and may not have a particular root or trigger. Anxiety is a mental health disorder that can be diagnosed by a mental health professional.
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Anxious - a child can feel anxious (an emotion) without suffering from anxiety. Anxious is a temporary feeling or worry that usually relates to a particular thing. Feeling anxious is a normal feeling and children will benefit from being able to name it when they feel it.
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CAMHS - NHS funded assessment and treatment service for children and young people relating to moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
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Counselling - a therapy to allow children to learn coping strategies and other skills, often through play or art to encourage talking.
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Early Help (known as Family Wellbeing in Bexley) - a multi-agency approach involving different services to support children and their families and prevent them from escalating.
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Emotional literacy - to recognise, understand, label, and manage emotions whilst also developing empathy for others.
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Mental health - is a wide range of thoughts, feelings and experiences that shape how we think, feel and behaviour, and how we recognise how these things change
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Mentor - a trusted adult in school that can guide and help you through a difficulty by listening and offering advice.
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Mindfulness - being still, calm, quiet and reflective to be able to notice our thoughts and feelings.
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Multi-agency - involving different groups of people, such as schools, health services and charities.
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Nurture - recognising the importance of social and emotional needs (such as self-esteem and confidence) in order to thrive and be ready to learn.
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Referral - making a request for additional support from specialist external services.
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Regulation - being able to identify and name an emotion, and then manage own emotions, drawing on learnt strategies to reset and feel calm again.
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Resilient - the ability to handle, adapt to, and recover from challenges, setbacks, or trauma.
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Self esteem - how someone thinks and feels about themself.
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SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
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SENCO - Special Educational Needs CoOrdinator
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SEND - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
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Wellbeing - having good wellbeing is feeling safe, happy and comfortable in daily life.