Emotional and Mental Health
Our curriculum has a strong emphasis on developing our children emotionally and mentally through working on our core framework and providing them with a wide range of emotional and mental health strategies and interventions. We are trauma informed school and hold the Attachment and Trauma Sensitive School Award (ATTSA) at Gold level. Our awarding letter in 2023 recognised...
"The commitment to the steps you have taken at Rock Ferry Primary Schoool to develop a culture of compassion and nurture, and to become a truly attachment and trauma responsive setting... successfully removing barriers to learning." Dr Jennifer A Nock 2023
We offer a wide range of support and curriculum provision aimed at developing and supporting young people's and families mental health. This begins with our My Happy Minds Curriculum in F1 up to Y6.
We are proud to be a part of the myHappymind Family and hold their Bronze level accreditation.
As a whole school program grounded in science and dedicated to building positive mental wellbeing, myHappymind helps children understand how their brains work and supports them in developing the skills and habits to be their very best selves!
Learn more here: https://myhappymind.org/programmes/school-programme/
We also offer small group and 1:1 counselling through weekly sessions with the Wirral Mental Health Support Team. The MHST team can also support parents and have offered training to staff and other adults.
We access further support to young people through our in house counselling service which we access through a highly skilled provider named Brighter Horizons. For more infomration the link to their website is here http://www.brighterhorizons4u.co.uk/work-with-schools/
Our full time learning mentor Mrs Pagan is avaiable for children to speak to and offer support in a range of ways. She is a trained ELSA practitioner.
The whole school teaches children to recognise their feelings and grow in resilience through use of the Zones of Regulation . Mrs Reeve runs workshops for parents about how you can also use this approach at home.
