Mental Health

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Throughout the school year, each class will be taking part in mental health class sessions. These are held on notable days, including; World Mental Health Day, Time to Talk Day and World Autism Awareness Day.

While each session has a focus, many of these sessions are informed by SMILE – an idea based on the NHS Five Steps to Wellbeing. Each letter of SMILE outlines an area that is important for wellbeing: socialise, move, interest, learn, and engage. SMILE posters can be found around the school and in each classroom as a reminder to our students. Within these sessions, we explore how each of these areas can positively impact our mental health, whilst allowing students to find the activity most suited to their own preferences and abilities.

Through these targeted sessions we aim to help our students to better understand their emotions and to provide them with strategies to improve their mental health and wellbeing in future.

For students who would benefit from additional mental health support, weekly 1:1 sessions are offered and can target areas such as anger, emotional regulation and self-esteem. These sessions can be tailored to each individual pupil and are reviewed termly.