WELL-BEING AND SEMH

Well-Being and Mental Health at Floreat

At Floreat we promote a culture of empathy amongst the children and staff.  We focus on ensuring every child’s voice is heard and put wellbeing, resilience and mental health at the centre of our work.  As a Character school we take huge pride in supporting the whole character of a child and spend time modelling, reading and debating the 18 virtues. We know that happy children thrive academically and socially.

Floreat Wandsworth received a Kitemark Award in June 2022 for recognising commitment to children’s well-being

Our offer to pupils at Floreat

• Character lessons that enrich our children holistically
• Calm school code
• Zones of regulation across our KS2 classes
• Mindfulness boxes are in every classroom and accessible for all the children
• Strategies and techniques to support children’s mental well-being
• Our behaviour policy focuses on positive reinforcement and supporting the children to show their best selves
• ELSA with fully trained members of staff

Our offer to staff at Floreat

• CPD sessions on children’s mental health
• Training for all staff on zones of regulation
• Mind up training

Our offer to families in our community

• Service Learning projects
• PTA coffee mornings
• Members of the community to share relevant and requested topics with parents
• Family learning sessions every term
• ELSA Newsletters (for children receiving ELSA Support)  

Helpful links for families

We know that from time to time families will be going through difficult periods. As a school we encourage parents to keep us informed of anything that they may be experiencing and we aim to support them wherever possible. 

If you feel that your child requires support for social, emotional and mental health we advise you to contact our Assistant Head of Inclusion and SENDCo Mrs Styles. Referrals to CAMHS can be made by the Mrs Styles and support from the ELSA Team can be arranged.

Our ELSA offer can be found below:

ELSA Leaflet

Areas we have supported families with at Floreat

• separation / divorce
• bereavement
• an illness within the family
• worries about the future e.g. Year 7
• sleeping concerns
• eating concerns

Links to some local support networks can be found below:

Support with Bereavement

www.wandsworthbereavement.org.uk

Support for Mental Health

www.mind.org.uk

www.samaritans.org

www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters

Unwell family members

www.rainbowtrust.org.uk

https://hopesupport.org.uk