Wellbeing Award
I am absolutely delighted to inform you that our school has achieved the Wellbeing Award for Schools. The award has helped us to evaluate the current practices we have in place and enhance them to make sure we are providing the best possible support for our children, families, staff and community.
I would like to thank our Personal Development Leader, Mrs Bates, our Wellbeing Governor, Mr Pott, our Well Being Champions and all the children and staff at St Thomas’, Halliwell CE Primary School. Their hard work and commitment has enabled us to develop a school environment where the mental health and wellbeing of everyone is at the heart of everything we do. I feel so proud to be the Headteacher of such a wonderful school. Here are some excerpts from the report:
- An embedded vision and ethos, based on the schools Christian values ‘Our community united in love and learning where all can shine and school motto ‘Let your light shine’, developed in consultation with all stakeholders, are central to the success of the school, are shared by everyone, and has created a sense of autonomy, belonging and shared responsibility.
- Children feel extremely safe and happy in school, have many friends, and articulated well how the school supports them with their emotional wellbeing and mental health and how they are confident to express their feelings, to ask for support and actively help each other.
- An open door policy, stakeholder voice, listening to the needs of others, breaking down barriers, effective communication and implementing change are very much part of how the school has achieved a shared sense of family where pupils, families and staff are confident to ask for or seek support, and staff are confident in identifying those who require support and signposting and/or providing support.
- Outstanding leadership, effective stakeholder voice and consultation mechanisms, clear communication, the school vision and strategy has led to a shared responsibility and ownership that promotes everyone to take responsibility of their own and others wellbeing and mental health.
- Whole school community initiatives have increased awareness and understanding of mental health and wellbeing, resulting in open conversations, using shared language, and everyone recognising when they are not mentally well, and are able to ask for support or to support themselves and others confidently to improve their wellbeing by using a range of techniques, contributing to improved resilience.
- An embedded happy, caring, respectful, empathetic, inclusive, diverse, positive school culture and ethos, investment in highly trained, committed and nurturing staff, alongside the new PSHE curriculum, excellent pastoral care, a creative and varied curriculum, extra-curricular activities and targeted interventions has resulted in all pupils, including those with additional wellbeing and mental health needs, being provided with a safe space and for interventions to be delivered, enabling their needs to be met.
Please click the link below to read the full report:-