Your child’s emotional wellbeing and mental health is very important to everyone at Dane Royd Primary School. Good mental health plays a vital role in your child achieving their full potential in all aspects of their life and we would like to support you with this. As well as developing ways to support the mental health and wellbeing of our young people, we also want to help them to understand the importance of looking after their own mental health and wellbeing, and to develop strategies they can use to support this. In school, we teach children about what it means to have good mental health and wellbeing throughout our curriculum and daily practice. Our PSHE curriculum focuses specifically on developing children’s social and emotional skills which can prevent mental ill-health from developing and help all children cope effectively with setbacks and remain healthy. It is about helping children to understand and manage their thoughts, feelings and behaviour and build skills that help them to thrive, such as working in a team, persistence, and self-awareness. Our goal is to raise happy, healthy and resilient children who are prepared for later life.

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