{"id":16354,"date":"2020-12-01T16:07:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjosephsfederation.co.uk\/?page_id=16354"},"modified":"2022-05-05T21:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T20:45:41","slug":"wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjosephsfederation.co.uk\/school-life\/wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At St Joseph\u2019s, we are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of our pupils and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":18736,"parent":14433,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/flexible-content-sidebar.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":{"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","columns":"1","content_one":"
At St Joseph\u2019s, we are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of our pupils and staff.<\/p>\r\nWe all have mental health. Our mental health affects how we feel, think and act. It refers to our emotional, psychological and social wellbeing. Our mental health can change on a daily basis and over time and can be affected by a range of factors.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s important to look after our mental health, as we would look after our physical health. Our state of wellbeing affects how we cope with stress, relate to others and make choices. It also plays a part in our relationships with our family, community, colleagues and friends.\r\n\r\nWhen children have good levels of wellbeing it helps them to:\r\n
\u201cJust breathe. You are strong enough to handle your challenges, wise enough to find solutions to your problems, and capable enough to do whatever needs to be done.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>\r\nLori Deschene<\/i><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nAt St Joseph\u2019s we understand the significance of helping our pupils to look after their mental health and develop their coping skills in order to boost their resilience, self-esteem and confidence. This also supports them in learning to manage their emotions, feel calm, and engage positively with their education - which will help to improve their academic attainment.\r\n\r\nOur staff understand the importance of listening to the children, helping them to express how they are feeling and give them the tools to build the resilience that they need. We champion and support mental health and wellbeing for children and staff, both strategically and practically as part of our school improvement planning.\r\n\r\nSt Joseph\u2019s actively supports the national mental health awareness and wellbeing weeks through the course of the school year which help reinforce our philosophy. Our staff are committed to helping your children to develop social and emotional skills, providing them with the coping skills and tools they need to understand and manage their thoughts, feelings, behaviour, goals and relationships.\r\n\r\nClick here to explore the highlights of our Wellbeing week in February 2022<\/a>\r\n\r\nThroughout the Federation, we regularly explore feelings through discussion, role play and art using a variety of literature. Books include Lucy\u2019s Blue Day, The Dot, The Book of Hopes and The Boy, the mole, the fox and the horse<\/strong>. Children have the opportunity to share their ideas about change and resilience, hope and empathy in a creative way. It is in laying these strong foundations that we provide a strong bedrock of opportunities for our children the next generations of children to become happy, purposeful and resilient.\r\n\r\nMiss R Ugbo<\/strong>\r\nWellbeing Lead","content_two":"","section_width":"full","content_width":"wide","section_title":"","align_title":"text-left","section_spacing":"no-spacing-top","separator":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","columns":"1","content_one":"
At St. Joseph\u2019s, we recognise the importance of promoting positive mental health and emotional wellbeing to our children and their families.<\/p>\r\nOur aim is to create an open culture around the discussion of mental health and wellbeing and to empower our children be able to regulate their emotions.\r\n\r\nIn Spring Term 2022, we started to implement the Zones of Regulation<\/em> curriculum in order to help teach our pupils to identify emotions in themselves and others and provide them with bank of strategies to help regulate their emotions and improve their wellbeing.\r\n\r\nThe Zones of Regulation is a curriculum based around the use of four colours to help children self-identify how they\u2019re feeling and categorise it based on colour.\r\n\r\nClick here for a summary of the 4 zones<\/a>\r\n\r\nThe curriculum also helps children better understand their emotions, sensory needs and thinking patterns. The children learn different strategies to cope and manage their emotions based on which colour zone they\u2019re in.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, the Zones of Regulation helps children to recognise their own triggers, learn to read facial expressions, develop problem-solving skills, and become more attuned to how their actions affect other people.","content_two":"","section_width":"full","content_width":"wide","section_title":"Zones of Regulation","align_title":"text-left","section_spacing":"no-spacing-top","separator":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","columns":"1","content_one":"Every year we celebrate the theme of nature in the National Mental Health Awareness Week<\/strong> and actively take advantage of all of our outdoor green spaces as areas of learning and exploration.\r\n\r\nWe are very lucky to have two Forest Schools and learn through first-hand experiences, the wonders of nature in our own corner of the universe. In 2021, we held a nature competition (winners received a hand-signed copy of the brand new book about a bird-watching detective, 'Twitch', by M.G. Leonard<\/a>) among the families and staff alike to share in our appreciation of the awe and wonder of God\u2019s world.\r\n\r\nClick here to see the photo entries for our Nature Competition<\/a>\r\n\r\nAs part of National Mental Health Awareness Week <\/strong>in 2021, Year 1 also recorded this special song below:\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/iXo_OYgSbeQ\r\n\r\n ","content_two":"","section_width":"full","content_width":"wide","section_title":"Other initiatives","align_title":"text-left","section_spacing":"no-spacing-top","separator":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","columns":"1","content_one":"Parents' guide to mental health - Mental Health Foundation<\/a>\r\n2021 Report from Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (Mental health of children and young adults)<\/a>\r\nHow to make a self-soothe box (July 2021)<\/a>\r\nSchool of Kindness<\/a>\r\nMental Health Org<\/a>\r\nWellbeing Policy (January 2021)<\/a>\r\nMindfulness in Schools<\/a>\r\nBrilliant Mindfulness - Teaching Resources<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","content_two":"","section_width":"full","content_width":"wide","section_title":"Downloads & Links","align_title":"text-left","section_spacing":"no-spacing-both","separator":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","columns":"1","content_one":"You may find the following free apps, focused on mindfulness, useful resources to help you relax and achieve balance in your day\r\n\r\nBeing a star of your emotions - Mental Health Foundation<\/a>\r\nInsight Timer (for sleep, anxiety and stress)<\/a>\r\nSmiling mind (exploring mindfulness through creativity)<\/a>\r\nStopBreatheThink (personal mindfulness solutions)\u00a0<\/a>\r\nHealthy Minds Innovations (podcast-based meditations)<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","content_two":"","section_width":"full","content_width":"wide","section_title":"Mindfulness","align_title":"text-left","section_spacing":"no-spacing-both","separator":true}],"override_title":""},"yoast_head":"\n
Wellbeing - St. Joseph\u2019s Federation<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n