Well-Being and Pastoral Care
Please find below information on our Pastoral Care at Old Sarum Primary. To find out more information on our Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, please click the following link.
Old Sarum Primary Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy
Useful Links
Pastoral care is a big part of our provision here at Old Sarum Primary school. We ensure that the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of all our pupils is cared for. Pupils have access to support from the Pastoral Team when needed and we strive to provide support that enables our pupils to have the best chances at success.
If needed we provide children with safe spaces and self-regulation strategies. The children also have access to worry jars and the brave button on our website as a means to share any worries which are then followed up by a trusted adult.
We want every child to develop safe secure relationships within school which allow them to share and experience feelings in a space where they are acknowledged and supported.
This allows children to build resilience and their own ability to self-regulate.
We do this through
- Pastoral check-ins
- Bespoke 1 to 1 support
- Hamish and Milo interventions
- Forest school
- Sensory breaks
- Drop-ins
- Nurture Room
Hamish and Milo
Hamish and Milo is a trauma informed programme that we use here at Old Sarum Primary school. It provides us with a range of social, emotional and mental health intervention modules. Children are referred for this programme using an established diagnostic tool. This ensures that we are able to deliver impactful sessions which support the children to develop skills they can use back in the classroom and in the future. Please see the link bellow for more details on Hamish and Milo.
Happy Minds
Old Sarum Primary School is committed to prioritising and supporting the positive mental health and wellbeing of our pupils, our staff and our families.
MyHappymind is a programme that is grounded in neuroscience and scientific research. It is a programme designed to support the development of good mental health habits, resilience and self-esteem. It has been commissioned and recommended by the NHS.
We are passionate about delivering a curriculum which empowers children to identify and use what the have learnt in myHappymind sessions to identify and regulate their feelings, and celebrate their individual strengths and achievements.
All of our pupils, from Reception to Year Six, participate in a weekly myHappymind session. This is usually delivered at the start of the school week so that the thinking and strategies can be implemented by children across the school week.
There are 5 modules which will take place through the year, these are detailed below
For more information on the School Programme
