Wellbeing Information

Wellbeing at Morningside

At Morningside we are committed to ensuring the mental health and wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do.  As our WAMHS project continues to develop, we strive to provide the very best support for the mental health of our whole school community: school staff, pupils, parents and carers. Our mission is to sustain a happy and healthy school where we all have the ability to thrive in a positive, calm and trusting working environment. 

Click here to read the Morningside Wellbeing and Mental Health policy.docx

Summer Unplugged Challenge

The Wellbeing Ambassadors and Digital Leaders have launched a new challenge ahead of our summer holidays. We have been learning about how spending too much time on devices or watching screens is not good for our wellbeing and mental health. Each child has received the unplugged challenge card to take home today. You can also print this one below if you have misplaced it. Talk to your children about how they felt both whilst doing the activities and afterwards and compare this to how they feel if they are watching a screen. This is not to say that children should not have any screen time over the summer but that we should all remember to prioritise time with our families and friends doing sociable activities too.

Tick each one that you have completed. How many of these activities can you complete over the summer holiday?  Return your completed card to the main office between Tuesday 3rd and Friday 6th September to be entered into a prize draw.

Summer holiday challenge

The Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools (WAMHS) Programme

The WAMHS programme was introduced in City and Hackney following the 2017 publication of the Government green paper called “Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper”. 

The green paper set out an ambition for earlier intervention and prevention, a boost in support for the role played by schools and colleges, and better, faster access to NHS services. The WAMHS project seeks to meet some of these aims by supporting our staff and parents to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all children at Morningside 

Who am I?

My name is Magdalena Wydra and I am a CAMHS Clinical working for First Steps CAMHS Community in Hackney the CAMHS Worker in School (CWIS) for Morningside.

I visit the school twice a month (Tuesdays) to provide support and advice on children’s and families’ emotional well-being so that we can support all children to thrive and achieve. We would like to offer some sessions for parents if you have any questions about your child’s emotions, relationships or behaviour, want ideas for supporting a child or would like a space to think about your own well-being, you can drop in for a chat.

Guided by you, I could:

• Provide advice about how to support a child’s emotional well-being or behaviour. For example, discussing ways to help your child to feel more confident or improve their behaviour. Discuss your child’s worries and anxieties, perhaps sleep difficulties, or discuss strategies on how to manage your morning routine.

• Provide information on local services that provide additional support for children. For example, First Steps or Young Hackney.

• Provide a space for you to speak about the challenges of being a parent. Being a parent can be both incredibly rewarding and challenging and having a space to share these challenges can be helpful.

• Provide information and advice if you are considering accessing support for yourself. As a parent, it is really important to prioritise your own well-being too. I can provide information on services for parents such as parent groups, counselling and bereavement services, Mindfulness courses and coffee afternoons.

Please contact the school office if you would like to arrange an appointment.

Tender Project

RE:SET – Relationships Education: School’s Equality Toolkit

Morningside Primary is proud to be working towards becoming a Healthy Relationships Champion Setting this year.

We’ve partnered up with Tender Education and Arts (www.tender.org.uk) to complete RE:SET; an online toolkit and whole school campaign to award our school for promoting a culture of healthy, equal and respectful relationships. 

Since September 2020, it is statutory for all schools to teach relationships education and it’s a fantastic opportunity to acknowledge the incredible work we already do as well as ensuring the whole school community takes on the responsibility of preventing gender-based violence and keeping our children safe, healthy and prepared for the modern world.

During this year Tender will be delivering training, workshops and creative campaigns alongside our children and staff, as well as offering sessions to families and parents. We are excited to start this journey with the RE:SET team, and to see how it will benefit both our school culture and our children’s futures.

We are keen to hear the perspectives of parents and carers, and we are inviting you to take part in a short survey (below), so Tender can create bespoke parent/carer sessions for Morningside Primary.

Scan this QR code or click on the weblink below. Morningside Unique ID Code: 04534

https://forms.office.com/e/jrzy93Am2F

Upcoming Events

Here are some handouts from the first anxiety session:

Handout_Parent workshop _anxiety worries and fears

Overcoming-your-Childs-Fears-and-Worries-Handout-with-referrence

The next session will be on Tuesday 12th March at 9am

The next session will be on Tuesday 27th February at 9am and will focus on sleep. The focus of the following sessions is led by the parents and carers that attend the group

The final session for Spring term will be on Tuesday 26th March at 2:15pm

Dates for summer term:

Tuesday 30^th April

Tuesday 4^th June

Tuesday  2^nd July

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