Mental Health
Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing
At Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School, we believe it is vital that all members of our community know how to look after their mental health. We teach our children strategies to support them in the development of positive mental health and ways to cope when times get hard.
Mental Health is “the emotional and spiritual resilience which enables us to enjoy life and survive pain, suffering and disappointment. It is a positive sense of wellbeing and an underlying belief in our and others dignity and worth. It is influenced by our experience and our genetic inheritance.”
- World Health Organisation
Mental health affects all aspects of life and behaviour.
We are committed to making ARH a mentally healthy school. In 2021 we were awarded the Gold Award from the Carengie Centre of Excellence for our commitment to mental health.
Mrs Lawes and Mrs Afflick-Goodall have both attended Place2Be's Mental Health Champion training and our school has taken part in both the Worth-It resilience project and achieved the Routes to Resilience accreditation. We currently have ten Mental Health First Aiders in the school. Miss Milligan and Mrs Afflick-Goodall are our children's MHFAs.
Miss Reynolds is our school's interim Wellbeing Lead.
Mr Gregory is our school's interim Senior Mental Health Lead.
Please read our Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing policy for more details.
We teach our children the 5 ways to wellbeing as the key ways to take care of our mental health. These are:
- Connect
- Give
- Take notice
- Keep learning
- Be active
These strategies are embedded in the ethos of our school and we build them into the way we do things at ARH.
Have a look below at ways that you can help your child to develop their wellbeing:
Wellbeing Surveys
2020-21
You may find it helpful to create a wellbeing action plan with your child. This can also be a great chance for you to explore your own wellbeing and how you can look after yourself. The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust wellbeing action plan template is a great place to start but a simple conversation with your child can help.
2021 - 2022
Parent Wellbeing Survey - 2021 - 2022
Concerned about your child?
The first thing to do is seek support from your GP. They are the best placed person to direct you to support and refer you to the most appropriate services. Please share your concerns with your child's class teacher or directly with our SENDCo, Mrs Nanda.
Local and National Support Directory
Positive Emotions
At ARH, we feel it is vital for children to have knowledge and experience of the 10 key positive emotions and we build this in to our every day teaching. At the beginning of the academic year, each year group focuses on one of these positive emotions and all learning is focused around understanding and developing this emotion.
