Wellbeing - Monksdown Primary School

Monksdown Primary School take a whole school approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing and are dedicated to ensuring that Monksdown children leave school with the best possible outcomes, having good emotional, physical and mental health to secure a bright future.

‘Mental health is defined as a state of wellbeing in which every individual recognises his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her own community.’ World Health Organisation, August 2014

Liverpool’s Whole School Approach – Liverpool CAMHS

Our core values of : Respectful, Resourceful, Resilient and Responsible help us to grow as a family of learners and shapes our values for the wider world and future aspirations.

Evidence suggests there are 5 steps you can take to improve your mental health and wellbeing. Trying these things could help you feel more positive and able to get the most out of life.

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5 steps to mental wellbeing – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

5 ways to wellbeing poster (2).pdf

wellbeing booklet (dpt.nhs.uk)

Pupil Voice Take a look at what our children have to say about Mental Health and Wellbeing

and how the process began. https://vimeo.com/721428498

EVENTS

We want our Year 6 children to have a great Transition to High school:

Transition Livestream Events

Year 6 transition livestream events are taking place on the following dates. These free hour-long interactive virtual sessions will be hosted in 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools this year. The sessions will be streamed through YouTube and via Zoom to allow access for all. lease sign up using the links below:

Year 6 transition livestream option A, Tuesday 14^th June, 10:00-11:00

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/294478612457

Year 6 transition livestream option B, Thursday 16^th June, 13:00-14:00

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/337142270607

Mental Health Awareness week is 9th – 15th May. There are lots of activities you can join in with to improve your Mental wellbeing.

Loneliness is about feeling disconnected from the people around you to the point it affects your mental wellbeing.

You can feel it in a crowd of friends or by yourself.

Tips if you are feeling lonely:

Reach out and talk about it with someone – a friend, or family member, or you can speak to someone anonymously and in confidence at Kooth
Be kind to yourself – give yourself a break and do something you love
Connect with your community – join a club or volunteer at a local community group, or you can join one of YPAS Groups
Try not to compare yourself with others.

More help available:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/MentalHealthAwarenes Click here

MHAW-2022-Lets-Connect-flyer

Loneliness Guide for Parents and Caregivers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mc0S7x91Bs&t=1s

Loneliness Posters

Mental Health Support Team : Click here

Mental Health Support Team : Polish: Click here

Mental Health Support Team : Urdu: Click here

Past events

PAS, LLP & the Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) are running a virtual coffee event for parents/carers of children in primary school on 6^th April 10:00-11:30. This is an opportunity for parents to discuss any general concerns they may have around their child’s wellbeing and learn about the support available through the local CAMHS partnership.

As we are close to SATs there will be a focus around managing worry around schoolwork and tests.

Parents/carers can sign up for this free event using the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/295166419707

The MHST have developed a leaflet for schools to share with any families that they want to refer to the teams.

Children’s Mental Health Week – 7.2.21 – 13.2.21

The theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is Growing Together.

Growing Together is about growing emotionally and finding ways to help each other grow. Challenges and setbacks can help us to grow and adapt and trying new things can help us to move beyond our comfort zone into a new realm of possibility and potential. However, emotional growth is often a gradual process that happens over time, and sometimes we might feel a bit ‘stuck’.

As parents and carers, you play an important role in your child’s mental health. Check out some free resources for families below.

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The MYA RAISE Team will be returning with their XPRESS YOURSELF Live sessions. Five live sessions will go ahead across the week for Key Stage one, Key StageTwo, special schools. There’s a resource pack for secondary schools and Early Years.

Monday 7^th 10.15am – Key stage 1 Click here to join
Monday 7^th 1pm – Key stage 2 Click here to join
Wednesday 9th 11am – Key Stage 1 Click here to join
Thursday 10^th 1.30pm – Special Click here to join
Friday 11th 11am – KS2 Click here to join

The sessions and resources will be ‘tree-themed’ exploring how we grow together using evidence-based practice from; the formulation tree, tree of life narrative work, blob trees, post-traumatic growth research and more. Each session will be fun and interactive, followed by an activity for the children and young people to complete in the lesson.

In school our Wellbeing Warriors from the Pupil Learning council have organised packs for each class of some of their favourite Mindfulness activities . Click here to try at home.

Below are some helpful websites to keep our Body and Mind Healthy:

GoPlay (liverpoolfc.com)

8 tips for healthy eating – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Lunchbox ideas and recipes – Healthier Families – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Mindful Breathing Exercise – YouTube

Stories read by EYFS staff for Children’s Mental Health Week

Mrs Thornton – Ruby’s Worry: https://youtu.be/HSJlQJ4fzH4

Miss Richardson – The Colour Monster: https://youtu.be/HQYUVofQMn0

Mrs Balmer – The Worrysaurus: https://youtu.be/059XEBAN6RY

Miss Wright – The Lion Inside: https://youtu.be/ltAE77IC8N8

Awa – reading a story in French: https://youtu.be/GEBf80O6dN4

Miss Hodgson – I am Enough: https://youtu.be/iQ1kC2gcbg0