Parkend Primary School
The small school with BIG ideas!
Mental Health and Wellbeing
'It's ok not to be ok!'
At Parkend Primary School, we are committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of our pupils and staff. We know that everyone experiences life challenges that can make us vulnerable and at times, anyone may need additional emotional support. We take the view that positive mental health is everybody’s business and that we all have a role to play.
https://www.gloucestershireccg.nhs.uk/about-you/your-views/you-said-we-did/young-minds-matter-gloucestershire-trailblazer-programme-mental-health-support-teams/
At our school we:
Young Minds Matter (Trailblazer)
We are delighted that our school has been given the opportunity to take part in a new, national program to help make mental health support for children and young people more available when they need it.
We are one of 72 schools from Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Forest of Dean to work with the NHS in Gloucestershire to introduce Mental Health Support Teams into schools.
We hope that these teams will provide valuable support to our pupils to help them with life’s ups and down, for example, with issues such as anxiety, friendship concerns, exam stress and challenging behaviour.
This may involve group work and/or individual, one-to-one support, either at school or elsewhere. Where appropriate, the Mental Health Support Team will also link up with the specialist mental health services in Gloucestershire. They will also support parents and teachers to help children and young people who are experiencing difficulties.
Our mental health leads in school are Jasmin Marangon and Nadine Smith and they are more than happy to support.
If you have any questions or concerns or would like to make a referral to the service, please contact: admin@parkend.gloucs.sch.uk