Emotional Health and Wellbeing

 

 

Over the course of their education, children spend over 7,800 hours at school.  With such a huge amount of time spent in the classroom, schools provide an ideal environment for promoting good emotional wellbeing and identifying early behaviour changes and emotional disregulation. The social and emotional skills, knowledge and behaviours that young people learn in the classroom can help them to build resilience and set the pattern for how they will manage their mental health throughout their lives.  Emotional wellbeing is a clear indicator of academic achievement, success and satisfaction in later life. Evidence shows that good emotional health and wellbeing programmes in schools, can lead to significant improvements in children’s mental health, and social and emotional skills. Wellbeing provision in schools can also lead to reductions in classroom misbehaviour and bullying.

School Curriculum

At Lydgate we take emotional health and mental well being very seriously.  Every class provides a wide range of activities that promote emotional health and mental well-being through our PSHE and PE curriculum. Children are given responsibilities to organise and work with their peers and younger children across school to develop self-esteem, resilience and act as role models.

Targeted Support

Our Learning Mentor, Mrs Tasker, is being trained as an ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) and offers targeted support to children and families on a weekly basis.  ELSA develops and delivers emotional literacy support programmes for children who have difficulties understanding, identifying and managing their emotions so that they can develop these skills and subsequently become more emotionally resilient. Mrs Tasker works closely with MHST (Kirklees Mental Health Support Team) and Northorpe Hall.

Please know that we are here to support. If you're struggling or just need to talk please come in and talk to us and we will try our best to support you and your family.

Kirklees Mental Health Support Team

Our Kirklees Mental Health Support Team (MHST) support children and their families when they need it.

Please meet our team:

Northorpe Hall Child & Family Trust is an independent  charity, working closely with NHS and Kirklees Council health and care services.  Staff and volunteers provide essential services supporting the health and wellbeing of Kirklees children, young people and families. 

Emotional Health and Wellbeing

The last year has been extra stressful, especially if you’re a parent or a carer.  It's normal and entirely understandable if you're feeling overwhelmed frustrated, worried or exhausted about the situation.

You might be finding it harder than ever at the moment to know how to best look after your child’s mental health and wellbeing, as well as your own. If you’re struggling, you are not alone.  Please know that we are here to support. If you're struggling or just need to talk please come in and talk to us and we will try our best to support you and your family.

Here are some additional resources that can also really help. Please click on the picture link to access the resources.

  

Night OWLS is a confidential support line for children and young people in crisis. Helping them and their parents and carers.

 

Please click on the picture link to access the resources.

  

Young carers support, click below.

 

Support for those affected with substance abuse, click on the image below.