Emotional Well-Being

What does this mean?

Good mental health and wellbeing is essential for children. It helps them to learn effectively, cope with day-to-day challenges, and develop into resilient young adults.

There are a number of things that we do in school to support the mental health and wellbeing of our children. For example, we teach children how to cope with stress and anxiety, we teach wellbeing strategies and create a safe and supportive environment where children feel comfortable discussing their mental health and how to support their own wellbeing.

We also promote positive thinking and resilience by teaching strategies for positive mental health and wellbeing include the ability to ask for help as well as accept support from others. This is combined with many personal resources that include using helpful thinking, having a positive outlook, being resilient during challenging times emotional awareness and having self-confidence.

We have recently introduced Mental Health Ambassadors to the Academy, a role that will continue to develop over time.