At St.Hugh’s we recognise that each and every child is made perfectly in the image of God. We care for and prioritise not only children’s education but also the Spiritual, Social, Emotional, Mental Health and Wellbeing of our whole school community. We take a whole school approach to promoting positive mental health, aiming to help children become happy and successful and to work in a pro-active way to avoid problems arising by learning coping strategies.
Developing crucial life skills such as resilience, confidence and self-esteem enhances children’s ability to make choices and enables them to engage with their learning through their school life and beyond in a positive manner.
St. Hugh’s strives to provide the children with opportunities to develop further knowledge of how to care for themselves physically and mentally through the curriculum set and through additional opportunities to draw awareness to the importance of looking after ourselves and be proud of their achievements. This can be done through dedicated assemblies, workshops and curriculum time.
The appointment of a School Mental Health Lead, Schools Mental Health Team and Well-being Champions demonstrates our commitment and dedication to creating a happy holistic child.
We offer positive mental health and well-being through the curriculum and dedicated extra-curricular opportunities. The knowledge and skills they require in order to become healthy and responsible citizens is taught through specific lessons in PSHE/RSHE or “Life to the Full”, in additions to our RE curriculum and in other subjects such as Science and PE.
The creation of a Mental Health Hub or Forest Room has been designed in order to cater for those who require additional help acquiring the skills needed to help make careful and informed choices. In addition to supporting the pupils in school St. Hugh’s actively works alongside the MHST who regularly provide drop in sessions and workshops for parents.
