Mental Health and Wellbeing
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Emotional Health and Wellbeing at Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School
At Darrick Wood Infant & Nursery School, we are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of all our pupils. Promoting wellbeing, building resilience, and developing good mental health are central to improving outcomes for our children. With such a large part of their day spent in school, we recognise that our classrooms provide an ideal environment for fostering emotional wellbeing and identifying early signs of anxiety, stress, or emotional distress.
We understand that everyone experiences challenges at times, and some children may need additional support. For our Key Stage 1 pupils, we provide age-appropriate strategies and interventions to help them recognise and manage their feelings. These include emotional check-ins, wellbeing stories, circle time discussions, mindfulness activities, and the use of emotional literacy resources to help children communicate how they feel.
Through nurturing relationships, inclusive teaching, and strong pastoral care, we aim to give every child the social and emotional skills they need to thrive. The knowledge and habits they develop now will help build resilience and set the foundations for lifelong mental wellbeing.
Meet our Mental Health and Wellbeing Team
Helping children with anxiety
Please click here to view advice from Bromley Y.
Useful Links
A public health England and NHS site to help people take simple steps to look after their mental health, improve their mental wellbeing and support others.
The Anna Freud National Centre
The Anna Freud Centre shares quality-assured information, advice and resources to help primary schools understand and promote children’s mental health and wellbeing.
The coronavirus has disrupted the life of every child in the country. Feeling anxious or overwhelmed is completely understandable at a time like this, especially if you are struggling with mental health or are concerned about someone with a physical illness. Our mental and emotional health resource vault is full of advice on issues that may be worrying young people.
YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people. Advice on depression, anxiety, ADHD & self-harm
YoungMinds Parents Helpline
0808 802 5544 (9.30 to 4.00pm, Mon- Fri)
web: www.youngminds.org.uk
We offer free, confidential online and telephone support, including information and advice, to any adult worried about the emotional problems, behaviour or mental health of a child or young person up to the age of 25.
The wonderful organisation who promoted Children’s Mental Health
Call – 020 7923 5500
Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity with over 25 years’ experience working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools.
The Mental Health Foundation is a charity specialising in research and policy development, with a focus on preventing mental health problems. They provide a range of content designed to give you more information about mental health and to help you to look after your mental health.
Telephone: 116 123 (24 hours a day, free to call)
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Website: www.samaritans.org
Provides confidential, non-judgemental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those that could lead to suicide. You can phone, email, write a letter or in most cases talk to someone face to face.
Rethink Mental Illness Advice Line
Telephone: 0300 5000 927 (9.30am – 4pm Monday to Friday)
Email: info@rethink.org
Website: http://www.rethink.org/about-us/our-mental-health-advice
Provides expert advice and information to people with mental health problems and those who care for them, as well as giving help to health professionals, employers and staff. Rethink also runs Rethink services and groups across England and Northern Ireland.
Telephone: 0800 1111
Email: http://www.childline.org.uk/Talk/Pages/Email.aspx
Website: www.childline.org.uk
Childline is a private and confidential service for children and young people up to the age of nineteen. You can contact a Childline counsellor for free about anything – no problem is too big or too small.
