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St Peter's Church of England (Aided) Primary School

St Peter's Church of England (Aided) Primary School

Unlocking the potential in everyone

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Mental Health and Wellbeing

We want our pupils to flourish and achieve their greatest potential at St Peter’s Primary School in all aspects of their lives: intellectually, morally, socially, and emotionally. Our school takes the wellbeing of our children very seriously and through our mission “unlocking the potential in everyone” we encourage a culture that upholds respect, compassion, nurture and understanding.

We take a whole school approach to wellbeing that encourages children to build emotional resilience and helps them to understand the importance of looking after their own mental health, as they face the various challenges that modern life presents.

We deliver this whole school approach using the i-Thrive model, Thrive Approach and Jigsaw PSHE programme.

Further information can be found here:

i-Thrive: http://implementingthrive.org/

Thrive Approach: https://www.thriveapproach.com/

Jigsaw: https://jigsawpshe.com/

Some useful other organisations who may be able to provide further information and support:

Young Minds: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/

Place2Be: https://www.place2be.org.uk/

Anna Freud: https://www.annafreud.org/

Thought-Full (West Sussex): https://schools.westsussex.gov.uk/Services/6073

Our dedicated wellbeing base – The Hub
Inside the Hub

i-Thrive Framework

We follow the i-Thrive framework to ensure support for children is targeted:

At St Peter’s we have a three-tiered graduated approach to support children’s mental health and wellbeing.

Tier 1 Support

The majority of children flourish under our tier 1 provision. This includes class discussions, assemblies, Jigsaw (PSHE) lessons and following the whole school Thrive Approach as outlined in our behaviour policy.

We have three licenced Thrive practitioners (Mrs McNamara, Miss Foster, and Mrs Allen) and all staff are trained in the key concepts of the thrive approach. This enables staff to develop key relationships and helps children recognise, understand, and manage their emotions.

Class teacher’s complete class Thrive assessments once a term to help identify those children that may require additional support. For those pupils who need extra support guidance can also be sought from the Inclusion and Pastoral team by the class teacher and parents.

Tier 2 Support

Thrive Approach support

We adopted the Thrive approach at St Peter’s in 2020. Underpinned in neuroscience, child development theory, attachment theory and creative play the Thrive approach is centre to our school relationships and behaviour policy.

Once children have been identified as needing extra support via the class assessment, licensed Thrive practitioners (Miss Foster, Mrs McNamara and Mrs Allen) and trained teaching assistants deliver group and 1 to 1 sessions and assess individual needs. ​​

Sometimes an Adverse Childhood Event (ACE) or “bump in the road” occurs and we provide SOS support to children. This means we work with them temporarily to help them manage their immediate need. ​

​Mrs Allen, our mental health lead also provides parental support every Monday to support with behaviour, emotional wellbeing and worries at home.   Parents can book a Monday telephone conversation via the school office to explore this support.​

​Thrive support is based in the Hub at the end of the playground. 

Tier 3 Support

Sometimes, children may need a more tailored approach to meet their needs. Where appropriate, the SENCo will refer to outside agencies or seek the support of the educational psychologist who works with our school to offer them further support.

Please talk to your child’s class teacher in the first instance if you have any concerns about your child’s mental health or well-being.

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A great KS1 Sports Day! Well done to everyone who A great KS1 Sports Day! Well done to everyone who took part and a huge well done to Eagles House who won the trophy! 🏆👏👏 Hawks were only a few points behind!
Thanks to our fabulous PTA for water melon 🍉 snacks and ice lollies!
Another one of our 5 steps to WELLNESS in action…LEARNING! Thank you #circusallstars and #stpetersschoolhenfield
Kicking our Wellbeing Week off with a whole school Kicking our Wellbeing Week off with a whole school workout!
Learning how to make a crumble at Toukies! Learning how to make a crumble at Toukies!
We’ve had so much fun watching Duggie Dug Dug’ We’ve had so much fun watching Duggie Dug Dug’s crazy science experiments and singing 🎶 some of his songs!
The massive cart of wooden bricks 🧱 is very pop The massive cart of wooden bricks 🧱 is very popular at Toukies this week! Lots of collaborative play 😀#ToukiesBeforeandAfterschoolcare
Thank you for all the advent calendar donations fo Thank you for all the advent calendar donations for the food bank 🙏 #horshammatters #trusseltrust
Y6s’ clay poppies on display at St. Peter’s ch Y6s’ clay poppies on display at St. Peter’s church in preparation for remembrance Sunday.
Is your child starting school next September? - We Is your child starting school next September? - We are holding an 'open morning' this Saturday, 9th November between 10.00am and 12.00pm to which Parents/carers are warmly invited. 
As well as seeing inside the EYFS unit and meeting the staff team, the morning will give an insight into how our curriculum design and environment enables all children to thrive and achieve their potential. There will be two talks from our Headteacher at 10.15am and 11.15am. Please just come along. 
We look forward to welcoming you to our school.
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