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Children in Year 5 and Year 6 have been given a child friendly version of the reporting form that parents and staff have access to, and this will be accessible by scanning the QR code  on their phones or tablets to raise any concerns they may have.  They will of course be able to raise these in school through various ways, but it is important to give all children a voice and some children may prefer to do this at home.  We have discussed in detail with them in class what can be recorded on the system, for example:  any concerns for friends, any bullying that they have not felt safe to raise in school (this can be direct bullying or over hearing someone being bullied), any prejudice language used to either themselves/others or any worries that they have and may need our support for.

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Mrs Penn - SENCO emma.penn@firstfederation.org.uk

Mrs Ingram-Richards - Family and Nurture Support Worker laura.ingram-richards@firstfederation.org.uk

Mrs Smith - Family and Nurture Support Worker clare.smith@firstfederation.org.uk

Miss Heslop - THRIVE Practitioner

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Our pastoral team are available for Year 5 and Year 6 to 'drop in' and talk to us if they have anything they need to discuss or any advice/support needed. This also encourages our children to take ownership for how they are feeling and helps them become secondary school ready.

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The Zones of Regulation - A whole school approach

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The Zones of Regulation - A whole school approach

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All children are taught within the classroom the language of Zones of Regulation and encouraged to use the strategies taught to help them manage their difficult emotions.  Please see the information provided for ways you can help support your child at home with this therapeutic tool

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We have recently trained five members of staff to be qualified Level 3 Forest School Leaders

Forest school will be available to all children within our school.  We will let you know via parentmail when your child will be taking part to ensure they come to school dressed appropriately.

There will also be small Forest School groups throughout the school to enable Forest School to also be used as another Therapeutic tool.

Benefits of Forest School...
•Improves motivation and concentration

•Builds confidence

•Gain independence

•Reduce anxiety

•Builds resilience

•Improves communication skills

•Improves problem-solving skills

•Helps develop physical skills

•Helps develop motor skills

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Drawing enables a child to express, in a visual form, worries and preoccupations from deep in the mind that they would not be able to talk about.

Expressing old hurts and present worries through drawing with someone who is receptive to the emotions being expressed in the pictures, activates a powerful healing mechanism in the psyche.

Sessions are 30 minutes and last for 12 weeks.

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Thrive is a neuroscience and psychology-based approach to help our children thrive.

All of our staff have had training using the Thrive approach and whole class Thrive assessments are used in all of our classes to promote positive mental health across the school and improve children's ability to learn and open their doors to a brighter future.

We have two fully qualified Thrive practitioners who also offer

1:1 or small group therapeutic intervention

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Liana is our Mental Health Practitioner who works with staff, children and parents within our school to offer extra emotional and wellbeing support.

Liana works 1:1 with children in our Nurture and Support base.

Liana also delivers, with others from her team, various workshops within our classrooms depending on the need of the class.

Workshops include...
·       Stress & Relaxation

·       Problem Solving

·       Sleep

·       Unhelpful thinking

·       Friendships & Anxiety

·       Goals & Motivation

·       Transitions

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How do I Access Pastoral Support for my child?

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How do I Access Pastoral Support for my child?

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Referrals for pastoral interventions can either come from the class teachers, the parents or the child themselves.

If you notice a change in your child's behaviour, there is a change in your family environment or you have any concerns about your child, please come and talk to us, our door is always open. Alternatively, please complete the attached referral form and send it back to l.ingram-richards@chickerell.dorset.sch.uk

As you can see, we have a wide range of therapeutic interventions to support your children and early intervention is key to help all our children to be emotionally available for their academic success.

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Pastoral referral form 2022 - Parent referral

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Drop in sessions will be for any parent/career to come in and have an informal chat to a member of the pastoral team.

We will also be joined by our Mental Health in Schools Team, our school Link worker from Early Help and occasionally the School Nurse who will be available to offer any advice or guidance you may need.

These sessions will be 8.45 - 9.30am in the Nurture and Support base on...

4th October 2022
1st November 2022
6th December 2022
10th January 2023
7th February 2023
7th March 2023
2nd May 2023
6th June 2023
4th July 2023

We look forward to seeing you then.

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Stormbreak is purposeful participation in movement to shape and support mental health.

Stormbreaks are focused on concepts supporting good mental health including resilience, self-worth, relationships, self-care and hope and optimism.

Through regular stormbreaks children learn skills to positively shape and support their mental health.

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We have an extensive range of Therapeutic Stories to help children with emotional difficulties such as loss, anger, self-esteem, anxiety, separation anxiety to name just a few.  These stories are shared on a 1:1 basis and involves 6 weeks of intervention to complete a workbook after sharing the story.  The children then bring the workbooks home so the therapeutic process can be continued at home.

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ELSA supports social skills, emotions, bereavement, social stories, anger management and self-esteem.

Depending on the need of the child, this could be weekly check ins or fortnightly check ins for a 6 week period.

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The pastoral team run a lunch club to support children with Diversity on Wednesday 12 - 12.50.  This club is currently for Year 5 and 6 children.  Anyone is welcome to join the club that would like further support for 'who they are'.

Mel Lane, a qualified primary teacher and teacher trainer (PGCE) currently working for Space Youth Project, joins us yearly to help deliver our PSHE curriculum along side the class teachers in Years 5 and 6. For further information, please contact c.smith@chickerell.dorset.sch.uk or l.ingram-richards@chickerell.dorset.co.uk.

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This intervention is for groups of three children.  Sessions last for up to 45 minutes and run for 6 weeks.

Lego therapy helps children with...

•Joint attention

•Collaboration

•Joint problem solving

•Turn taking

•Sharing

•Enjoyment

•Negotiation

•Compromise

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We also run small group interventions depending on the need within the classroom.  Here are just a few that we currently have in place...