MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING

The summer holidays can be a time to relax, recharge and take a break. However, young people may struggle with the loss of structure and not seeing their friends every day. It’s important that young people look after their mental wellbeing during the break. The summer can also be a great time to develop good self-care habits, so that when term starts again, you have techniques you can turn to in stressful times. This toolkit contains activities, teaching materials and guidance to help support and boost mental wellbeing over the summer and beyond.

Anna Freud, a world-leading mental health charity for children and families has produced two toolkits - one for primary schools, one for secondary schools & FE settings - with resources to help support and boost mental wellbeing over the summer and beyond.

Please see the link below:

Self-care summer toolkit : Mentally Healthy Schools

 

Hub of Hope is a mental health support database. It is provided by national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma, and brings local, national, peer, community, charity, private and NHS mental health support and services together in one place.

Mental Health Support Network provided by Chasing the Stigma | Hub of hope

 

FURTHER SUPPORT AND RESOURCES

These are all recommended by NHS Berkshire.

Helping Your Child with Fears and Worries: A Self-help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques – reading materials for parents and carers. Overcoming Your Child's Fears & Worries

CAMHS Resources website -designed for young people, carers and professionals. HOME | CAMHS Resources (camhs-resources.co.uk)

MoodJuice – an online resource designed to think about emotional problems and work towards solving them. It has information and advice for those experiencing troublesome thoughts, feelings and actions. Moodjuice - Oxfordshire Mind Guide (oxmindguide.org.uk)

YoungMinds are a mental health charity for children, young people, parents and carers. YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young People | YoungMinds

YoungMinds guide on supporting children and young people with anxiety. Supporting A Child With Anxiety | Tips and Advice | YoungMinds

Teenage Depression – a CBT guide for parents Teenage Depression - A CBT Guide For Parents | Overcoming

KOOTH – an online accredited mental wellbeing community for young people aged 10 to 25. Kooth offers free, safe and anonymous online support. Home - Kooth

Number 22 – a registered charity providing free and confidential counselling to adults and young people in Windsor, Maidenhead and Slough Number22 | Free Counselling in Windsor, Slough and Maidenhead

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If you are made aware of a safeguarding concern out of hours, the following action must be taken:

If the pupil is in immediate danger call 999.

If the child is not in immediate danger, refer the pupil to the out of hours RBWM MASH Team (01344 786543) for further action. 

Please report the incident to the DSL once school has reopened.

If you are concerned about online abuse you can report this to CEOP

 

 

At Newlands, we continually promote the importance of Personal Safety. However, much of the learning comes through our PSHE programme, which is organised around three key themes (Relationships; Health and Well-being, and; Living in the Wider World) and is intrinsically linked with the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development (SMSC) and the promotion of British Values.

Below are some useful links and resources which will support you, as Parents, in reiterating the important messages we give to pupils regarding their Personal Safety. Please do not hesitate to contact us here at school, should you have any questions or concerns.

Alcohol, Smoking, Drugs (including County Lines) and Knife Crime

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/drug-trafficking/county-lines www.knifefree.co.uk

https://www.talktofrank.com/

www.fearless.org (Report crime to Crimestoppers)

www.victimsupport.org.uk

Mental Health and Wellbeing

https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/support-for-parents/children-s-mental-health/

https://www.kooth.com/

www.youngminds.org.uk

Healthy Eating and Exercise

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life

Sex and Relationships

https://parentinfo.org/article/lgbtq-glossary-for-parents

https://parentinfo.org/article/talking-to-your-teenager-about-consent-0

https://parentinfo.org/article/why-you-should-talk-openly-with-children-about-sex-and-relationships

www.relate.org.uk 

www.brook.org.uk

General Support

An essential part of the online planning process will be ensuring children who are being asked to work online have very clear reporting routes in place so they can raise any concerns whilst online. As well as reporting routes back to the school or college this should also signpost children to age appropriate practical support from the likes of:

www.childline.org.uk - Childline for support - (Telephone: 0800 1111)

www.samaritans.org (Telephone: 116 123)

UK Safer Internet Centre - to report and remove harmful online content

CEOP - for advice on making a report about online abuse

 

Personal Safety Booklet

Cyberbullying advice for Young People

Cyberbullying advice for Parents and Carers

 

Please see below the latest online safety news and resources from Childnet

 

 

E-Safety describes a school’s approach to protect and educate pupils and staff in their use of technology and to have the mechanisms in place to intervene and support where appropriate. Our approach to E-Safety is continually evolving, in response to society’s changing use of technology and the internet.

Content: ensuring that girls are not exposed to illegal, inappropriate or harmful material; for example pornography, fake news, racist or radical and extremist views;

Contact: ensuring that girls are not being subjected to harmful online interaction with other users; for example commercial advertising as well as adults posing as children or young adults;

Conduct: supporting girls in ensuring that their personal online behaviour does not increase the likelihood of harm, or causes harm to others; for example making, sending and receiving explicit images, or online bullying.

 

The Governing Body and Headteacher have overall responsibility for ensuring that Newlands   has effective E-Safety policies and procedures in place, with the day-to-day management of   this delegated to the E-Safety Officer.  However, it is good practice to view E-Safety as being     a shared responsibility between Governors, Staff, Students and Parents.

Newlands will endeavour to ensure that you, as parents, have access to current information. This will support you in acquiring the skills and knowledge required to ensure the safety of    your daughters outside the school environment. A list of useful website links and resources     can be found below. These will be reviewed and regularly updated.

Pupils are permitted access to the school network and IT equipment after they and a parent/carer have signed our Acceptable Use Agreement. The rules set out in this agreement are in place to support everyone to stay safe online.

Please do not hesitate to contact the school, should you wish to discuss E-Safety further.

The E-Safety Officer for the school is Mr A. Morbey, Deputy Headteacher

Leaflets for Parent/Carers:

• Supporting Young People On-line
• Facebook Safety Checklist
• Instagram Safety Checklist
• Snapchat Safety Checklist
• Twitter Safety Checklist

Websites

• CEOP Safety Centre
• Eliminating Child Sexual Abuse Online – Internet Watch Foundation (iwf.org.uk)
• In-Game Help And Support – Cybersmile
• Stop Homophobic, Transphobic, Racial, Religious & Disability Hate Crime - True Vision (report-it.org.uk)
• http://www.education.gov.uk/ukccis/ - UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS)
• http://ceop.police.uk/ - Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)
• ttp://www.saferinternet.org.uk/ - UK Safer Internet Centre
• ttp://www.childnet.com/ - Childnet International
• http://www.swgfl.org.uk/ - SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning)
• ttp://www.theparentzone.co.uk/ - Parentzone;
• http://www.digizen.org/glossary/
• https://www.getsafeonline.org/
• https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
• https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers/parent-and-carer-toolkit
• https://nationalonlinesafety.com/resources/wake-up-wednesday/
• https://www.esafety-adviser.com/parentengagement/
• https://www.vodafone.co.uk/mobile/digital-parenting/resources-category - Digital Parenting (Vodafone)

At Newlands, we place great value on the well-being of our pupils.  Students are supported with any emotional, mental health, disability and health related issues that they may encounter at school.  Our staff are experienced and take a holistic and multi-disciplinary approach, to ensure that pupils get the best help and advice possible.

Form Tutors

Students have contact with their Form Tutors weekly; they are a good point of contact for any questions or issues, and will do their best to resolve a problem or signpost further help. Pupils have regular Academic and Personal Mentoring meetings with their tutors, ensuring their pastoral needs are met.  This is also an opportunity to refer students elsewhere if additional support is required.  

Heads of Year

The Heads of Year take on the role of overseeing the welfare of each year group, so that their development is supported at every level. They can help with academic concerns, emotional worries, friendship issues and general well-being.

Student Focus Centre

All Newlands pupils are able to access support and guidance through the Student Focus Centre (SFC). The Student Focus Centre promotes positive mental and emotional well-being to help everyone develop into confident and ambitious young people.  Anyone visiting the SFC will have access to a confidential and non-judgemental space, offering practical Solution Focus support and signposting to specialist advice and services if required.  During the current lockdown, the SFC will continue to support pupils whilst working remotely from home, via Teams or a telephone call.  If a pupil would like to speak to a member of the SFC, they should email Wellbeing@newlandsgirls.co.uk and one of the team will get in touch.

Counselling

Newlands works closely with Number 22 Counselling Service in Marlow Road.  A qualified counsellor from Number 22 runs regular groups, which offer pupils a safe and confidential space to discuss any issue that is worrying them and in turn, help one another.

Our volunteer counsellor provides one to one support for up to a maximum of 10 sessions.

Learning Mentors

Our Learning Mentors work with students from Years 7-11.  Heads of Year refer students to the Learning Mentor who will carry out an initial assessment to identify the area of need and then assist pupils individually, in groups or in the classroom, helping with issues such as organisation, homework and revision strategies.  

Sixth Form Learning Mentor

The Sixth Form Learning Mentor works with Year 12 and 13 students, helping them to develop both their academic and interpersonal skills.  The role involves both group and individual mentoring, which is designed to strengthen independent learning, as well as raising the aspirations of students by encouraging their progression into Higher Education, training or employment.

Safeguarding

• Newlands is committed to ensuring the welfare of our students and require all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment.  All Safeguarding and Child Protection issues are taken very seriously.  
• We work closely with relevant support services, including those agencies involved in safeguarding children who may be experiencing or at risk of significant harm. We also strive to identify quickly any families who may benefit from Early Help intervention.
• The school will not tolerate any discriminatory, rude, aggressive or threatening behaviour towards any staff, students or members of our wider community.
• Newlands promotes a caring, safe and positive school environment

Further Help and Guidance

Helping children and young people to manage anxiety

Five Ways to Wellbeing

10 Top Tips Parent Resource - This resource is designed to offer practical advice on how parents can        safeguard their mental health and promote their wellbeing.