💚Mental Health & Wellbeing at Moore Primary School
At Moore Primary School, we are dedicated to developing the whole child—educationally, emotionally, spiritually, morally, and physically. We recognise that caring for a child's mental health and wellbeing is just as vital as their academic journey, and we empower our students with the knowledge to make healthy choices.
🌟 Our Commitment & Expertise
We prioritise mental health with a dedicated, trained team and proven frameworks:
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Senior Mental Health Lead: Mrs McWatt oversees and directs the school's comprehensive wellbeing strategy.
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Trained Staff: Mrs Taylor - Mental Health First Aider & Thrive Practitioner. Mrs Campbell - ELSA & Thrive Practioner. Mrs Stokes - Mental Health First Aider. Mrs Shaw - ELSA. Mrs Watcham - ELSA. Mrs Beever - Thrive Practitioner. Ensuring immediate, skilled support is available.
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Accreditation: We proudly achieved the MAHRS Award (Marsh Awards for Mental Health Peer Support) in 2019, demonstrating our excellence and commitment to mental health provision.
📚 Curriculum & Enrichment for Wellbeing
Our approach integrates wellbeing into daily school life through a rich array of lessons, activities, and experiences available to all children:
Health Education:
- PSHE (Personal, Social, Health, and Economic) lessons focused on Health and Wellbeing.
- Halton Healthy Schools programs: Fit4life, drug and alcohol education, first aid, and smoking education.
- School Health initiatives, including dental care.
- Healthy eating education integrated into Design Technology (DT) and Science.
Physical & Outdoor Activities:
- The Daily Mile to promote physical activity.
- Forest School education.
- Bike-ability training.
- A wide range of after-school enrichment activities including sports, music, and computing.
Personal Development & Safety:
- Wellness sessions with external providers
- Junior Safety Officers program.
- Trips, visitors, residential visits, and community events to broaden horizons and build social skills.
We believe that by investing in our children’s mental health and providing a nurturing environment, we help them to thrive in all areas of their lives.
🤝 Specialised Support Roles
We have specialised roles to provide bespoke emotional and social care:
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ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant)
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Providing bespoke emotional support to children with social, emotional, and mental health needs. | Support topics include: sustaining relationships, communication, managing conflict, emotion coaching, grief and loss, and supporting developmental trauma. ELSAs receive regular clinical supervision from the Educational Psychology Service (EPS). |
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Thrive Practitioners
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Using the Thrive Approach to identify and meet children's social and emotional needs. | Practitioners use the Thrive-Online® (TOL) assessment tool to systematically identify needs and suggest specific strategies for adult-child interaction to meet those needs. |
💚Support
Do you know anyone within our school community who you feel may need support.
Please contact Mrs Smith (confidentially) either by telephone: 01925-740326 or by email head.moore@haltonlearning.net who can help support or signpost you to other services.
