Mental Health and Wellbeing | Crowlands Primary School

SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING AT OUR SCHOOL

At Crowlands Primary School, we are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of our pupils and staff.

We have a supportive and caring ethos and our approach is respectful and kind, where each individual and contribution is valued.

At our school we know that everyone experiences life challenges that can make us vulnerable and at times, anyone may need additional emotional support. We take the view that positive mental health is everybody’s business and that we all have a role to play. We are actively promoting positive mental health and wellbeing via our school values.

These consist of:

We are PROUD

Persevering - We keep trying and never give up!

Resilient - We cope when things are tricky or don't go our way!

Outstanding – We are the best that we can be in all that we do!

Unique – We celebrate how special and individual we are!

Determined- We can achieve anything when we put our mind to it!

PROUD - Recognising all our successes in everything we do.

At our school we:

Help children to understand their emotions and feelings better.
Help children feel comfortable sharing any concerns or worries.
Help children socially to form and maintain relationships.
Promote self-esteem and ensure children know that they count.
Encourage children to be confident and ‘dare to be different’.
Help children to develop emotional resilience and to manage setbacks.

We promote a mentally healthy environment through:

Promoting out school values and encouraging a sense of belonging.
Promoting pupil voice and opportunities to participate in decision- making.
Celebrating academic and non-academic achievements.
Providing opportunities to develop a sense of worth through taking responsibility for themselves and others.
Providing opportunities to reflect.
Access to appropriate support that meets their needs.

We pursue our aims through:

Universal, whole school approaches.
Support for pupils going through recent difficulties including bereavement.
Specialised, targeted approaches aimed at pupils with more complex or long term difficulties including attachment disorder.