Wellbeing promotion is a fundamental focus in our school and we are committed to promoting positive wellbeing throughout our school community. We understand the importance of maintaining a positive wellbeing and the role it plays in creating an environment where all are healthy, happy and achieve their best. Wellbeing has been our School Self Evaluation focus for the past three years and as such, wellbeing promotion is at ‘the core of the ethos of our school’ and we endeavor to embed whole school practices which promote a culture of wellbeing.

Each month we now have a wellbeing focus in school. The student council helps promote our theme each month, through whole school announcements  & class visits.

Our focus in April was Mindful Minutes. Some of the activities & exercises we concentrated on are here. We looked at a different mindful minute each week as a whole school. 

May’s focus was gratitude; we worked on a daily gratitude practice, gratitude yoga, guided meditations for gratitude and gratitude scavenger hunts. Supportive document here.

For the month of June we are concentrating on kindness. We are practising kindness to ourselves through kind self-talk & affirmations and acts of kindness towards others. The Weaving Wellbeing programme highlights kindness as a character strength and acts of kindness as an evidence-based intervention to cultivate positive emotions.

Wellbeing Week 2023

Here at GETNS, we endeavour to promote mental health in the classroom, to teach children about wellbeing and to instill positive attitudes towards mental health in our pupils. While well-being activities are integrated into the school day throughout the year, we take some extra time to highlight the importance of wellbeing during this special week.

The aim of this week is to foster positive mental health and wellbeing in our wider school community. Our student wellbeing committee visited each classroom to get some ideas from pupils for our Wellbeing Week and each classes voted on how they would like to mark our fundraising day, as part of the Amber Flag initiative we are working towards. A pyjamas day was the clear winner!

As part of our Wellbeing Week, children have no homework for the week. We have a Wellbeing menu here in case pupils choose to practice some optional wellbeing activities at home. Alternatively you may like to just spend this week as a family engaging in any enjoyable activities of your choice that enhance your physical and mental health.

We would like to take this opportunity to remind our whole school community to prioritise your wellbeing too and  try to take some extra time this week to focus on what makes you feel happy & supports your own wellbeing. Have some well earned ‘me’ time and prioritise your own self-care. 

Please find some resources to support parent wellbeing below:

1. Bernardos – Wellbeing for Parents
2. Mental Health Podcasts and Apps
3. Mental Health Resources