Children’s Mental Health Week 2021
Dear Parents/Carers,
This week is ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’ and the theme this year is ‘Express Yourself’. Our children regularly discuss, learn about and reflect on their own mental health in our weekly Relationships and Health Education (RHE) sessions. This is another opportunity for children to learn about and understand their emotions – something which we prioritise everyday at St. Stephen’s. This week, our teachers will be discussing and setting relevant tasks (stories, writing, art, meditation) about this topic at an age appropriate level in order to help prepare children for the wider world. This will of course compliment the learning done in our RHE sessions. Mental Health is such an important topic everyday but in the current circumstances we may need more help than we usually would.
We have created a list of resources in a previous post linked here:
https://www.ststephensce.lbhf.sch.uk/mental-health-matters-updated/
We have also included this link below which can be a helpful tool when discussing this topic below.
https://mindedforfamilies.org.uk/Content/talking_to_my_child/#/id/59c0f796928ba1116a891716
Should you and your family need it we are here to support you, so please reach out to us.
Emma Mahon
Relationships and Health Coordinator
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Coordinator
Year Five Teacher
