Mental Health and Wellbeing

At Berridge Primary School, we are committed to emotional health and wellbeing. We aim to promote positive mental health and wellbeing for our whole school community and recognise how important mental health and emotional wellbeing is to our lives, in just the same way as physical health. We recognise that mental health is a crucial factor in our overall wellbeing as well as for learning and achievement. We aim for our school to be a nurturing and supportive environment with the potential to develop self-esteem and give positive experiences for overcoming adversity and building resilience. We believe that our school offers positive role models and relationships which are critical in promoting children’s wellbeing and can help create a sense of belonging and community.

Children at Berridge Primary School have access to different support systems which is provided by our Learning Mentor, such as; afterschool clubs, group support sessions, 1:1 support and drop in support at breaktimes and lunchtimes. Our Learning Mentor is ELSA trained which means Emotional Literacy Support Assistant.

What is an ELSA?

ELSA-Leaflet-PDF-.pdf

PDF File

Safe spaces

At Berridge Primary and Nursery school we understand and value the importance of having safe spaces for our children. We ensure each child has an opportunity to have time in a comfortable safe space to regulate their emotions and express their feelings.

Fun low cost summer activities to do with your family:

Library visit (Free)
Picnic in the park (Free)
Building a fort (Free)
Baking a cake
Making play dough
Stonebridge Farm (Free)
Make a fairy garden
Family movie night at home (Free)
Make pizza
Grow a herb garden
Build an obstacle course
Watch the clouds move
Make paper aeroplanes

Home challenge link

Wellbeing Activities For at Home

Keeping busy

Keeping busy and moving our bodies every day. It is recommended that every child should exercise forone hour a day.It helps with the circulation of your blood around your body. Moving your body keeps you healthy and improves your mental health and wellbeing.

Try these videos below with your brothers, sisters or even your parents. Lets try and keep the whole house busy moving around:

"The Wiggle Dance!" �� /// Danny Go! Brain Break Songs for Kids

Gotta get some wiggles out?? Then it's time to get up and dance! This high-energy song will have you dancing like a wiggly worm, jiggly Jell-O and more! Wanna keep dancing? Here's some of our other favorite Danny Go dance videos!

You have not allowed cookies and this content may contain cookies.

If you would like to view this content please

"The Floor is Lava Dance!" �� /// Danny Go! Kids Brain Break Activity Songs

It's time to play the floor is LAVA! Dance along with Danny and his friends as they pretend the floor is slime, trampolines, ice and more. But when it turns to lava, you better get off the floor...or get burned! �� Wanna keep dancing? Here's some of our other favorite Danny Go dance songs!

You have not allowed cookies and this content may contain cookies.

If you would like to view this content please

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is important for helping us to breathe correctly. When we feel stressed, angry or worried we often do not breathe correctly. Having a moment of mindfulness helps regulates our emotions. Mindfulness can be; meditating, going for a walk, resting, listening to calming music.

Being mindful helps us focus on ourselves and less on our environment.

Here is a mindfulness video:

10 mindfulness exercisesTry these simple mindfulness techniques with your children if they are feeling anxious at home – they will help keep your family calm.

Learn To Bring Down Stress | Guided Meditiation For Kids | Breathing Exercises | GoNoodle

This exercise teaches how to gain control of your stressful energy when it becomes to hard to handle.This video comes from GoNoodle's Flow channel. Flow gets...

You have not allowed cookies and this content may contain cookies.

If you would like to view this content please