Wellbeing
At St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, we aim to promote positive mental health and wellbeing for our whole school community (children, staff, parents and carers), and recognise how important mental health and emotional wellbeing is to our lives in just the same way as physical health.
We recognise that children’s mental health is a crucial factor in their overall wellbeing and can affect their learning and achievement. Children can face difficulties from time to time with some facing significant life events during their school journey.
We take a whole school approach to promoting positive mental health that aims to help children become more resilient, happy and successful and to prevent problems before they arise.
Below are some websites which you may find helpful:
Helping your child deal with stress and build resilience: information for families
The Kent Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Service (CYPMHS) who provide emotional wellbeing and mental health support for children and young people.
Headspace
https://www.headspace.com/
Headspace is an app which promotes positive responses to stress, promotes resilience and uses mindfulness as a strategy to deal with life’s problems.