Mental Well-being
Supporting the well-being of our children and staff is of paramount importance at Smitham.
How do we promote well-being through our curriculum?
We place a great emphasis on the teaching of well-being. Our staff follow the 2020 RSE curriculum intentions and use a mix of resources from the 'PSHE Association' and '1decisions' to help us deliver the curriculum. We deliver a weekly session to the children giving parents advance notice of the topics being covered, through the weekly Year Group Newsletter.
Other ways we support good mental health
The class teacher is the first contact for children who need support with their wellbeing. If we feel that pupils require further support, then they will be put onto a Wellbeing Pathway. Part of this Pathway support could be offered through our Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA); timetabled to support children across the school. Another way we support children's well-being is through our Learning Mentor who supports children in the classroom, out on the playground or through group interventions.
A member of our Senior Leadship team has been trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid.
We also have a School Home Support worker who supports families in a range of ways tailoring bespoke support for individual families. For further information about this support please see the School Home Support worker tab below.
Some of our children create a termly Well-being Magazine. Please see the PDF documents at the bottom of the page.
Recently we have been developing our Outdoor Provision to support the delivery of the Forest School approach. We now have 3 trained Forest School Leaders who deliver the Forest School programme across the school.