Well-Being
Please scroll down the page to find more information about ELSA, Nurture and support from HEST (Havering Emotional Support Team)
Senior Mental Health Lead for Rainham Village Primary School -
Mrs Ashley
The UK government have recommended that all schools in England appoint a Senior Mental Health Lead by 2025. Mrs Ashley is the Senior Mental Health Lead for Rainham Village Primary School and has completed the relevant training with The Anna Freud Centre.
Alongside the senior leadership team, she is responsible for leading a whole-school approach to supporting mental health and wellbeing and developing an open culture in which staff and students alike can discuss their mental health and wellbeing openly.
Part of her role is to ensure that staff can recognise signs and symptoms of mental health needs in pupils and know what to do should they have a concern. If you have any concerns about your child’s mental health or wellbeing, please contact your child’s teacher or Mrs Ashley to discuss this further.
HEST - Mental Health Awareness
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HEST - Havering Emotional Support Team
Rainham Village Primary School and Nursery welcomes the opportunity to host the Havering Emotional Support Team (HEST).
The team can support the emotional wellbeing and mental health of pupils. See below for more details.
HEST - Havering Emotional Support Team
Brain Buddies
ELSA - Emotional Learning Support Assistant
Emotional Literacy can help children to understand, identify and regulate emotions which is an essential part of well-being and maintaining good mental health.
ELSAs are trained and supervised by Educational Psychologists and they can support children with:
- loss and bereavement
- self-esteem
- social skills
- friendship issues
- relationships
- anxiety
- conflict and resolution
Mental Health links
HSSW - Home School Support Worker
Miss S. Hill
Our HSSW provides support, advice and information to the families within our school community.
Support for pupils includes:
- promoting good attendance and punctuality
- promoting self-esteem and confidence
- promoting positive behaviour and positive attitudes to learning
- providing one-to-one support
Support for families includes:
- providing information and signposting to other services in the local area
- liaising with a range of external services such as housing and Social Care
- assistance in completing paperwork and forms e.g. housing, special educational needs, school places and benefits
- attendance and support at school and other agency meetings
- advice and support in promoting positive behaviour at home
Nurture Groups
Mrs Maguire runs a range of nurture groups across the school.
As a Nurturing School, Rainham Village uses the Nurture Principles to enable children to develop socially and emotionally throughout all learning. Our Nurture Groups, offered to children from Year 2 to Year 5, build on these principles in a more relaxed setting with a smaller group of children.
Our Nurture Groups support children with their social, emotional and mental wellbeing. Nurture principles are based on Attachment Theory – the idea that developing positive relationships with family, peers and other adults from an early age facilitates healthy development. Nurture practices aim to give children the social and emotional skills to do well at school and with peers and develop their resilience.
Our Nurture Groups are smaller than a usual class size and children visit for varying amounts of time based on their individual needs, remaining with their class for the rest of their learning. There is plenty of time for speaking and listening as communication and development of language is key to Nurture practices.
Nurture Principles:
