Mental Health & Wellbeing
ROAR Response
What is the Roar Response Programme?
Childhood should be a carefree, fun time, but sometimes children and young people face emotional and even traumatic experiences that may be related to school and educational situations. Being expected to deal with problems and challenges life presents can become quite overwhelming for some, leading to anxiety, stress and even depression. We can’t control life’s situations, but being able to thrive despite these challenges comes from having strong skills of resilience.
The ROAR Response to Mental Health in Primary Schools is a tool which aims to help staff recognise and address the signs of mental health problems in children. It is a first line response aimed at equipping front line professionals with the tools to provide early intervention, and support to children experiencing mental distress.
The ROAR response also recognises the importance of building resilience in children.
What does ROAR stand for?
R - Recognise the signs and symptoms
O - Ask Open questions (try to spot the BIG thought)
A - Access Support, Services and Self-care
R - Build Resilience
ROAR helps the children in our school to talk about their mental health and feelings.
Roar Response Guide for Parents & Carers
The Sleep Charity |
The importance of sleep.
Quality sleep is essential for children’s growth and development. A decent night’s sleep will help them to do better at school, allow them to react more quickly to situations, have a more developed memory, learn more effectively and solve problems, plus it will make them less susceptible to colds and other minor ailments, less irritable and better behaved.
More information can be found at Children - The Sleep Charity
| Beautiful New Beginnings |
Please find below upcoming events (fully funded or donation based events) run by Beautiful New beginnings.
All events must be booked. To book visit www.beautifulnewbeginnings.co.uk/events
Children’s Wellbeing Events | Date |
Wellbeing Warriors, children age 8+, fun wellbeing activities |
1st Tuesday each month, St Mary's Millennium Center, L12 5EA 6.30pm |
Children's Only Yoga age 8+ |
1st Tuesday each month, St Mary's Millennium Center, 7.30pm |
Girl’s Only Water Wellbeing age 10+ |
Thursdays 7.45pm, term time only. Dixons Broadgreen School |
Children’s Water Wellbeing age 8+ boys & girls. |
Saturdays 1.45pm, term time only. Dixons Broadgreen School |
Stay and Play |
Thursday 2nd April 9am Rainhill Village Hall |
Adult’s Wellbeing Events | Date |
SEND parents and carers coffee evening |
Last Tuesday of each month 7-9pm. St Mary’s Millennium Centre, West Derby. |
Family Mindfulness sessions |
Third Tuesday of each month, St Mary's Millennium Center, 6.30pm |
Family Yoga for parents and children aged 4+ |
Third Tuesday of each month, St Mary's Millennium Center, 7.30pm |
Full information and future dates for all events can be found on the Beautiful New Beginnings website. Please note that most events are limited in numbers.
| Outside Agencies |
We are aware that mental health difficulties can be extremely hard to talk about but urge you to speak to someone if you or your child need any support.
Useful websites to support your child with mental health and wellbeing:
https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/
https://www.annafreud.org/parents-and-carers/
https://parentingsmart.place2be.org.uk/
https://www.liverpoolcamhs.com/
