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

Welcome to our Butterfly rooms

Our Butterfly rooms are spaces for our pupils to feel safe and have opportunities to share their thoughts, feelings and emotions. Group and one-to-one sessions happen here. Our rooms are based at both the infants and juniors site.

Home challenge link

Wellbeing Activities For at Home

Challenge:

How many positive things can you think of?

Keeping busy

Keeping busy and moving our bodies every day. It is recommended that every child should exercise for one 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:

9 Min Exercise For Kids - Home Workout

It's all about getting active and exercising everyday at home! Simple, quick moves for kids to help them build their muscles, strengthen their bones, improve...

Hey Duggee & Joe Wicks: The Super Squat Badge | The Workout Badges

Joe Wicks, Duggee, and the squirrels teach kids how to exercise and keep fit! In this episode, they're trying to win a Super Squat Badge - where it's all abo...

KIDZ BOP Kids - Shake It Off (Dance Along)

Dance along to "Shake It Off" with the KIDZ BOP Kids!💿

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 exercises Try 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...