Monks Orchard Primary School - Mental Health & Wellbeing

“ Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community.”
World Health Organisation - 2022

Within our Academy Trust, we aim to promote good mental health and well being for our whole community: children, staff & families.

We aim to develop protective factors by being a community in which all:

are respected
have a sense of belonging and feel safe
are able to talk openly with trusted adults
see good mental health as something to be valued and nurtured

We want all members of our community to:

feel confident in themselves
be able to express a range of emotions appropriately
be able to make and maintain positive relationships with others
cope with the challenges of everyday life
manage times of stress and deal with change
thrive and achieve

We aim to achieve this through:

PHSE curriculum, including the Dot Com programme
raising awareness (wellbeing assemblies, events)
listening to our students
providing support through our mentoring team
providing support through SPIL, our school based counselling service
working in partnership with parents/carers & families where there are concerns about mental health
signposting sources of external help and advice
making referrals and working with external agencies to provide additional support to those who need it
recognising the importance of staff mental health and wellbeing.
encouraging & modelling healthy attitudes and habits such as healthy diets and exercise
having strong links with the local community

Mental Health & Wellbeing - FACT Offer

Information to support children's mental health and wellbeing

Information to support Parent/Carer & Family mental health and wellbeing

Information to support staff mental health and wellbeing