Health and Wellbeing

The purpose of health and wellbeing is to help every child and young person to feel cared for and valued as an individual. Learning about health and wellbeing will help them cope with uncertainties in life, have confidence to try new and different things and make the most of opportunities that come along.

Health and wellbeing teaches your child about:

mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing
planning for choices and changes
physical education, activity and sport
food and health
substance misuse and relationships
sexual health and relationships.

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Understanding Mental Health

This guide gives more information on what Mental Health is and how we can help support children to understand their own mental wellbeing and what can be done to support it.

Growth Mindset

We encourage children to think with a Growth Mindset. We all make mistakes and find learning new things difficult at times. If we give up every time something is difficult we cannot achieve our best. By viewing mistakes as an opportunity to learn and get better at something we are developing a positive mindset about the process of learning. Marvellous Mistakes allow us to learn and get better at a new skill.

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Get Active!

One of our goals in school is to ensure all pupils have the opportunity to get active and involved in a sport or activity of their choosing. Participation in sport is good for developing all aspects of health and it supports the formation of strong friendship groups.

Active Schools host a wide range of clubs both during the day and out of school. Further information about how to sign your child up for Active School sports and clubs can be found on the Parent Information page.

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RSHP

RSHP stands for Relationships, Sexual health and Parenthood education. This presentation will give information about how it is taught in primary school and what parents can expect from ELC - P7.

Top Tips for Parents

Encourage your child to try a club or join a group. If you can, follow up on their learning in Masterclasses; especially if they have developed a new interest or passion.
Talk to your child about RSHP and become familiar with this nation-wide resource.
Be vigilant with social media/device usage and try to model appropriate use. Be mindful of age restrictions. Cyber bullying is now the most common form of bullying and is particularly prevalent over text messaging apps.

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