Mental Health & Wellbeing

At Eagle School, we are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of our pupils and staff to ensure that our school is a community where everyone feels able to thrive. We know that everyone experiences life challenges that can make us vulnerable and at times that anyone may need additional emotional support. We take the view that positive mental health is everybody’s business and that we all have a role to play.

We aim to promote the positive mental health and wellbeing of every member of our school community and recognise how important mental health and wellbeing is to our lives, as is physical health. We recognise that children’s mental health and overall wellbeing can affect their learning and achievement. Positive wellbeing is promoted through the curriculum and through school activities.

At Eagle School we:

Help children to have a strong sense of self and their own identity.
Help children to understand their emotions and feelings better and to be able to express a range of emotions appropriately and safely.
Help children feel comfortable sharing any concerns or worries.
Help children to develop emotional resilience to manage times of difficulty and to be able to deal with change and setbacks.
Help children to be able to make and maintain positive relationships with others.
Help children to have an awareness of other pupils’ feelings and how individuals’ actions/behaviours can have an impact on the wellbeing of others.

Support	Type of Support	Link	Age Group
Calm Zone	Online support to feel calm- breathing exercises, activities, games and videos to support.	https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/calm-zone/	Whole School
Caring for each other - Sesame Street	Videos, activities and tips for the whole family, especially parents, to care for themselves and others during this time	https://www.sesamestreet.org/caring	Early Years and Key Stage One
Anna Freud Centre- Self Care section	Long list of strategies that can help (self-help style)- you can click through and find more information and then links to things such as online CBT	https://www.annafreud.org/on-my-mind/self-care/	Key Stage Two
Well-being Wednesday	Superhero online teaching a skill each week.	http://tpet.co.uk/wellbeing-wednesday/	Whole School
Winston’s Wish	Website to support bereaved children	https://www.winstonswish.org/	All
	Growth mindset for young children	https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/help-your-child-try-new-things https://www.understood.org/en/friends-feelings/empowering-your-child/building-on-strengths/download-growth-mindset-activities-for-kids	EYFS and KS1 Whole School
	Managing worries – fun digital therapy	Lumi Nova - Free for families in Lincolnshire — Lumi Nova: Tales of Courage	Adults
	Lincolnshire families: Emotional resilience for the everyday	Lincolnshire \| Togetherness - Togetherness	Adults
	Tips for parents and carers for talking about mental health	tmh-parent-leaflet-final-all-approved-laid-out-for-web	Adults
NHS Every Mind Matters	Looking after your mental health. Having good mental health helps us relax more, achieve more and enjoy our lives more. We have expert advice and practical tips to help you look after your mental health and wellbeing.	https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/	Adults
NSPCC	Recognising the signs that a child may be struggling with their mental health can be really hard. The NSPCC has got advice to help you support children who may be experiencing depression, anxiety, suicidal feelings or self-harm.	Support & advice for families \| NSPCC	Adults
Kooth	Kooth is a free online counselling platform for children & young people Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people aged 10-18 year old with trained counsellors as well as articles written by young people, a supportive online community forum and the function to record online journals.	https://www.kooth.com/	Children & young people
Childline	ChildLine is a private and confidential service for children and young people up to the age of nineteen. You can contact a ChildLine counsellor for free about anything – no problem is too big or too small. Telephone: 0800 1111	https://www.childline.org.uk/	All
Anna Freud	Work in collaboration with children and their families to transform children and families’ mental health.	https://www.annafreud.org/	All
Mentally healthy schools	Quality-assured information, advice and resources to help primary schools understand and promote children’s mental health and wellbeing.	https://www.mentallyhealthyschools.org.uk/	All
Internet Matters	Provides a range of support for families to enable all family members to stay safe.	https://www.internetmatters.org/	Adults
The Lily Jo Project	Information and help on mental health issues	https://www.thelilyjoproject.com/parents	Adults