Mental Wellbeing
What can we do to keep our minds healthy?
At Cashes Green, we talk to the children in PSHE lessons and assemblies all the time about the steps we can all take to promote our positive mental wellbeing.
As with any aspect of heath education, discussion from an early age gives children the vital skills and understanding they need to draw upon when making life choices as independent young people and into adulthood – something that is really important to us at Cashes.
The NHS suggests the “5 steps to Mental Wellbeing” shown above as little actions we can all build into our daily lives to boost our wellbeing. Click here for more detailed information.
Mental Health and Well Being
At Cashes Green School we are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of our pupils and staff. We know that everyone experiences challenges in life that can make us vulnerable and at times, anyone may need additional emotional support. We take the view that positive mental health is everyone's right and we all have a vital role to play.
We aim to promote positive mental health and wellbeing for every member of our school community including parents. We recognise that children's mental health and wellbeing can affect their learning and their lives and impact on future achievements. A key aspect of our role as a school is to ensure that children get the right support to reach their potential or access help when they need it. We also have a vital role in ensuring that children learn about what they can do to maintain positive mental health, what can affect their mental health and where they can go if they need help and support.
Positive wellbeing is promoted throughout our curriculum and school culture. Through a carefully planned curriculum, our pupils acquire appropriate knowledge and develop the skills and understanding they need to lead confident, independent and healthy lives and to become resilient and responsible individuals. To supplement this, we use My Happy Mind resources across the school - myHappymind - Empowering Children's Mental Health & Wellbeing
If you need help there are a number of places you can turn to for ideas and support. The links on the following pages will be very useful if you feel that you or your child may need extra help.
These pages will also signpost upcoming workshops, meetings, webinars and online wellbeing classes for all over the coming weeks and months.
Support for Parents with wellbeing and positive mental health
Here you will find a range of information and ideas that you may find useful in talking about and understanding wellbeing. These pages will be updated on a regular basis, so keep looking back to check in for extra resources and ideas.
Gloucestershire Early Help
Early Help is about getting effective support so that children and their families who need it, can access it quickly. It also focuses on how families can be supported to build on their strengths and to begin to set goals for themselves.
The links below offer a pathway to advice, guidance and support alongside a range of targeted services.
Parents Mental Health Support | Advice for Your Child | YoungMinds
GHLL (Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning) has some great resources. https://www.ghll.org.uk/covid19/wellbeing-packs/
Facts4Life is another resource we use in school who have some good resources for families on their site https://facts4life.org/for-parents-carers-2/
