We recognise that feelings of wellbeing are fundamental to the physical and mental health of an individual, often enabling them to overcome difficulties and achieve as much as possible.
We believe that by improving the health and wellbeing of our school communities, we are not only supporting a pupil’s quality of life, we are also helping to create motivated and high-performing schools where organisational success impacts everyone positively.
Our school is also committed to embedding the Department for Education’s Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. This presents a set of commitments to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone working in education. By using the Charter we aim to:
Wellbeing is about our thoughts, feelings, emotions and ability to react to life. A good sense of wellbeing is feeling ok and able to cope, even when life or situations are challenging.
There are some simple ways to help yourself manage your own well-being day to day in the form of ‘five ways to well-being.’
This important message gives us permission to take time for ourselves and be in the moment and focus on the positives. This is similar to mindfulness. If you can try to follow these 5 ways throughout your daily life, you will find it much easier to cope with stress.
Children can also follow the 5 ways to well-being. This will give them long lasting skills to grow with them through adulthood to hopefully reduce the risk of them developing mental health issues.
Sometimes our wellbeing is affected by things out of our control: illness, a stressful family situation or crisis. When our wellbeing is affected and we don’t feel able to cope, this can lead to mental health concerns: sadness, depression and unhelpful thoughts that can stop us from enjoying and coping with daily life.
Mental health Illness
Sometimes, people are born with a mental health illness which affects them throughout their lives. They might have different ways of being supported and coping with their mental health illness; they might take a medicine or they might have a doctor or counsellor that they talk to, to help them cope and regain a sense of wellbeing.
Mental illness is often invisible, but that doesn’t mean it should be hidden. Statistics tell us that most people suffer from a mental health concern at some point in their lives and that one in ten young people struggle with their mental health. People with any illnesses, whether they affect our mental or physical health, deserve support, help and understanding
Breaking the stigma
Understanding and responding to our mental health, and wellbeing needs, is something we believe in at Paganel Primary School. We aim to take away the stigma and negativity and help our pupils and families to talk openly.
In this section of our website, we hope to share our activities and learning in school, as well as helpful advice, websites and contacts.
We believe in promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing.
At Paganel Primary School, we believe in promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing to ensure that the school is a community where everyone feels able to thrive. Our school ethos and values underpin everything that we do.
Things that can help keep children and young people mentally well include:
Other factors are also important, including:
In school, we teach children about what it means to have good mental health and wellbeing throughout our curriculum and daily practice.
Our PSHE curriculum focuses specifically on developing children’s social and emotional skills which can prevent poor mental health from developing and help all children cope effectively with setbacks and remain healthy. It is about helping children to understand and manage their thoughts, feelings and behaviour and build skills that help them to thrive, such as working in a team, persistence, and self-awareness.
At Paganel we promote positive mental health and wellbeing for every member of our school community. This includes children, staff and people within our wider families. We have a supportive and caring ethos model of respect and kindness, where each individual is valued.
Our commitment includes ensuring that we actively nurture our children’s physical and mental health. As a school we ensure our priority is to keep our children safe, and to provide the best possible environment in which every child is cared for and able to learn and grow. This ethos underpins all of our teaching and learning.
Although school staff are not qualified to diagnose mental health conditions, we work in collaboration with external agencies and can help support you in accessing the support needed.
If you are concerned about your child’s wellbeing, please contact your child’s class teacher in the first instance with your concerns.
The links below are to websites that have activities and resources to help children’s well being and mental health.
https://www.youngminds.org.uk/
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