At Sudley primary School we are totally committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of our children. We recognise how important mental health and emotional wellbeing is to all our lives in the same way as our physical health. Our school’s Mental Health Lead is Mrs S O’Rourke.

We also recognise that mental health and wellbeing has arguably the biggest impact on children’s learning and achievement, as well as their quality of life in general.

What we can offer

At our school we:

• Work with children to help them to understand their emotions and feelings better through our PSHE scheme
• Encourage children to be open, honest and confident in talking about their emotions and we link this to our behaviour management where appropriate
• Help children to create and maintain positive relationships with friends, family and staff
• Promote self-esteem and ensure children know that they are all important to us all
• Encourage children to see their own strengths and talents and recognise those of others; we take lots of opportunities to publicly and privately praise the children as well as the adults around the school.
• Help children to develop emotional and academic resilience through plentiful opportunities to try difficult tasks
• We use the ROAR response to Mental Health

Further support in school

If parents or class teachers are concerned about a child we can refer to outside agencies such as:

Beautiful New Beginnings (BNB) Mental Health Support Team (MHST) CAMHS

OSSME

To help in supporting your child's mental health the following resources may be useful:

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/advice-for-families/safety/activities-safety-kids/wellbeing- box/

Wellbeing-box.docx

https://www.gonoodle.com/videos/0YZV0Y/rainbow-breath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEuFi9PxKuo

External Organisations

Further advice and support may be found through these organisations and websites: https://cfmerseyside.org.uk/grants/liverpool-one-foundation https://www.liverpoolcamhs.com/

https://www.liverpoolcamhs.com/support/young-persons-advisory-service/ https://fsd.liverpool.gov.uk/kb5/liverpool/fsd/family.page?familychannel=5 https://www.youngminds.org.uk/ https://www.liverpoolcamhs.com/support/kooth-camhs-support/ https://merseyplay.com/mental-health-support-2/ https://www.beautifulnewbeginnings.co.uk/

https://www.addvancedsolutions.co.uk/services-for-families/families-in-liverpool/

The Liverpool ASD Training Team are providing a series of virtual drop-in advisory sessions via zoom. They are for parent/carers wishing to talk in a private one to one setting about any questions or concerns they may have about their child.

To book your place please email asdtrainingteam@liverpool.gov.uk With a choice of your date and time and you will be emailed a zoom link. 

For more information about the sessions or the service please view the Liverpool Local offer Page / Liverpool ASD training team for future training and workshops.