Mental Health Resources
Where to find help:
The Happy Maps website has information about where to find help for all sorts of questions and issues around supporting children's mental health and well-being.
Children's Mental Health Resources
Place2Be's Children's Mental Health Week has a theme of "express yourself" this year. The focus is on ways to share feelings, thoughts or ideas through as many creative ways as we can.
They have published a range of resources to support this, some of which we will be using in school and for remote learners.:
There are also activities designed specifically for those children at home, click below to visit their webpage:
Children's Mental Health Week 2021
There are some lovely short videos on Youtube to get us all thinking and talking about our mental health and to encourage us all, adults and children to express ourselves:
Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg - helps us to see that mistakes can be good
Express yourself, made with Pond5 - Ways to express yourself
The Squiggle Game - a simple but great fun way to get creative
During the first lock down, some of the teachers shared short videos about their hobbies and how they look after their own mental health.
Mr McQuade talks about how walking helps him to be kind to himself: Watch via Facebook
Mrs Scott explains how gardening helps her to appreciate the world around her: Watch via Facebook
Mrs Browne talks about how painting helps her to have some time to think: Watch via Facebook
Mrs Keast talks about how she and her children enjoy doing yoga to help them to relax: Watch via Facebook
If any pupil or parent would like to do the same, we'll share them here and hopefully inspire each other.
ELSA support
Mrs Bryan, our ELSA, has put together a pack of activities to help children who are feeling isolated during lockdown:
BBC Bitesize Top Tips
Five ways to support children’s mental health - BBC Bitesize
SCARF Resources
The company who organise our Life Education Bus visits have a webpage and several resources dedicated to supporting children's mental health:
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families - parent guide
Health for Kids! by Leicestershire NHS Partnership
Leicestershire County Council Support Available
LCC have produced information for parents with links and advice to support both children's and adults' mental health.