Pastoral Care
Our Pastoral care is a strength of the school. This starts with the offer of home visits for all children entering our school and we value working in partnership with families throughout your time with us. Mrs Bryan-Smith is our Pastoral Lead and Designated Safeguarding Lead who is a point of contact for parents/carers and pupils alike.
WEB TEAM
Our Wellbeing team is made up of:
Mrs Ross
Mrs Tempest
Mrs Gargiulo
They work across the school to support wellbeing.
HUB
HUB stands for ‘Helping Us Belong’. This is a designated safe space in school where children can talk to a safe adult and resolves any problems they may encounter.
Wellbeing In Mind Team
Meet our newest recruits who are specialist mental health practitioners to add a further layer of support to staff, pupils and parents.
Talk to your children about what triggers their worries:
- Use questions like “Can you tell me how you feel…?”, “Can you explain how you feel….?”, “Can you tell me what makes you feel this way?”
- Changes in routine, loss of connection with certain people such as friends can cause anxiety. Could your child write a letter to a friend? Can they use social media to make face to face contact with them? Could they make a card and send it to a relative or friend?
- Consider other behaviours that might increase anxiety – e.g. watching a lot of news. Children see and hear things that they don’t always fully understand, they may need it explaining to them in simpler terms alongside plenty of reassurance.
Talk to your child about their emotions:
- Talk openly about what makes you happy and sad – be honest with them.
- Talk about what makes them happy and sad
- Talk about other people you know, what makes them happy and sad.
- Talk about a range of emotions and “shades” of emotions – there are varying degrees of happiness…
- Model appropriate responses to challenges and healthy ways to express emotions. e.g. its ok to cry, to acknowledge sadness and also to look forward to things… to get excited etc.
- Make sure your children can recognise differences between boredom, isolation and loneliness – these are very exceptional times.
Suggested websites:
- Dr Barnados’ resource for children, teenagers and families struggling with anxiety or their wellbeing in the current climate. Barnardos Emotional Wellbeing
- NHS advice – 5 steps to mental health and well being. NHS Mental Wellbeing
- Family Matters York – https://fmy.org.uk/
- Other useful contacts in York Click here to download contact details
