Children’s Mental Health Week

Hello everyone,

Next week, 3^rd-9^th February 2025, is Children’s Mental Health Week.  This year’s theme is ‘Know yourself, grow yourself’ with a particular focus on the importance of self-awareness and expressing emotions.  Throughout the week, children will be taking part in assemblies as well as activities in their classrooms to celebrate this week.  We will also be introducing ‘The Five Ways to Wellbeing’ initiative to children.  This is a researched backed initiative (NEF 2008) designed to offer simple ways to improve children’s wellbeing every day.  This will be introduced in Children’s Mental Health Week through a story, a song and activities.  In this week and beyond we will also see continued learning incorporating the ‘Well-being Way’ both inside the classrooms and out in our playground! 

For more information and to check out the ‘Well-being Way’ yourself please visit: https://wellbeingway.co.uk/  Not only does this website have resources for schools but also includes lots of resources you can use yourself at home!

The Place2Be website also has lots of resources for you to access at home.  Please visit: https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/families/