Mental Health & Wellbeing
Over the course of their education, children spend over 7,800 hours at school. With such a huge amount of time spent in the classroom, schools provide an ideal environment for promoting good emotional wellbeing and identifying early behaviour changes and emotional dysregulation.
The social and emotional skills, knowledge and behaviours that young people learn in the classroom can help them to build resilience and set the pattern for how they will manage their mental health throughout their lives. Emotional wellbeing is a clear indicator of academic achievement, success and satisfaction in later life. Evidence shows that good emotional health and wellbeing programmes in schools, can lead to significant improvements in children’s mental health, and social and emotional skills. Wellbeing provision in schools can also lead to reductions in classroom misbehaviour and bullying.
School Curriculum
At Palterton Primary School we take emotional health and mental well-being very seriously. Every class provides a wide range of activities that promote emotional health and mental well-being through our PSHE and PE curriculum. Children are given responsibilities to organise and work with their peers and younger children across school to develop self-esteem, resilience and act as role models.
Further Information and Support
The Education Hub - Mental health resources for children, students, parents, carers and school/college staff.
