Introduction

Emotional health and wellbeing

• Solution focus approaches
• Whole school - positive behaviour and management
• Teaching through rights and responsibilities
• Nurturing practices
• Nurture group
• Peer mentoring
• Parent club
• Children's club
• Circle time
• Peer massage

Peer massage teaches through rights and responsibilities and is embedded in the school ethos. It is done fully clothed on hands, arms, back and head. Developed to provide empowerment opportunities and to teach respect. Peer massage supports the five outcomes for children building emotional resilience, raising self esteem, Good Fun!

Peer led initiatives

• Is for all children
• Is part of a PSHCE curriculum
• Promotes emotional resilience
• Helps children to learn more about themselves and each other
• Is based upon shared respect
• Is delivered through an active learning model
• Empowers children by enabling them to rehearse Positive Language and Language of Choice
• Helps build Self-esteem
• Improves communication
• Reduces the propensity for aggressive behaviour
• Improves social cohesion

           

Thoughts:

”When things are going wrong in the classroom a change in the relationship is needed”

”A Child needs love especially when you think s/he doesn't deserve it!”