Wellbeing
Wellbeing at St Mary's
“Come to me, all you who are weary, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
Award Report
Vision Statement
At St Mary’s, we are passionate about creating a culture of resilience, positive wellbeing and mental health and are committed to working together with pupils, staff and parents to help build a healthy, calm and happy school.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to create an environment that promotes emotional wellbeing and allows everyone to dream, believe achieve and flourish in our school community.
Wellbeing Documents
What are we currently doing?
St Mary's continues to work hard on improving the long term mental health and wellbeing of our pupils, staff and parents. Below you will find a list of some of the things we have introduced;
- Our children have regular opportunities to take part in yoga PE sessions.
- “Worry boxes” in our classrooms to encourage pupils to talk about how they are feeling.
- Regular wellbeing reports, included in the school newsletter.
- Mindful meditation in the classroom and calming music during lesson time..
- Whole school worships to raise awareness of issues that may impact our pupils mental health or wellbeing, and how they can address them.
- Wellbeing Board for staff which allows colleagues to express gratitude for one another and find useful resources.
- Children's Commando Joe notice board which supports Character Education including Wellbeing.
- We have dressed up and taken part in children's mental health day at school.
- Children in Year 1/2 have been taking part in our Big Moves programme
- Wellbeing Change Team
- The whole school has has various athlete visits during the year including a GB Olympic swimmer and a professional female footballer
- The whole school have enjoyed taking part in different physical experiences including Glow Dodgeball.
- Our live advent on the build up to Christmas is always very popular
The Change Team
As a first step towards promoting Wellbeing to the whole school community, a 'Change Team' was appointed. Not only are they responsible for coordinating the process of achieving the Wellbeing Award for Schools, but key to integrating a collaborative whole-school approach to emotional wellbeing and mental health. What makes the 'Change Team' so special, is that the group is made up of both staff, pupils and parents. With this the team can address a range of areas within the whole school community, plus the shared wisdom of this group will be a key source of insight into the best ways forward.
Our future plans
As St Mary’s celebrates achieving the 'Wellbeing Award for Schools', it is now our priority to ensure that we continue to build on our knowledge and understanding of the importance wellbeing and mental health has on our pupils, parents and staff. Over the coming year, we will strive towards building an even stronger wellbeing and mental health programme, thinking of new and innovative ways to ensure that mental health and wellbeing becomes an integral part of daily life at St Mary’s.
We will ensure to keep you informed of our progress on this webpage and via the monthly newsletters.
Support Services
Useful links
The links below are provided to support you and signpost you to relevant resources that you may find helpful;
Children in Need
Supporting children and young people through the pandemic. For further information visit the website https://tinyurl.com/54tvrcbx