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“It’s okay not to be okay!”

At Lea C of E Primary School, we are committed to supporting the emotional health and well-being of our pupils and staff. We know and understand that everyone experiences challenges in life from time to time that can make us vulnerable; these challenges can often mean that our children may need additional emotional support. With this in mind, we aim to work as whole community to promote positive mental health amongst everyone in school. We are very lucky to have Mrs Ford - our  Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) - who works very closely with staff, children and parents to provide targeted support where necessary, ALWAYS with the agreement and involvement of parents.

“It’s good to talk!”

We also encourage emotional literacy amongst our children, modelled in weekly PSHE lessons and developed throughout all school of life. Children have opportunities to explore their emotions and are reminded to find trusted people to talk to when and if they need to. Worry boxes are also used in class, to provide a discreet means of children raising issues that concern them in a confidential way.

The Well-being and Emotional Support Team - Steph Brazington (Herefordshire NHS mental health nurse)

At Lea, we are very lucky to have Steph from Herefordshire WEST who comes into school on a regular basis to talk to classes about mindfulness and well-being. With the input of class teachers and our ELSA, Mrs Ford, Steph also works 1:1 with individual children to support their mental health - such support is only ever given after discussion and agreement with parents.