At Valley we aim to promote positive mental health for every member of our school community from children to teachers and within families. We pursue this aim using both universal, whole school approaches and specialised, targeted approaches aimed at vulnerable students.

Strategies for...

• if I feel angry
• if I feel worried
• if I am finding my work tricky

 

 

 

 

 

 

Activities to make me feel better

• If I need to feel calm
• Roll a calm activity
• Calming countdown
• Calm Down Yoga

Relaxation Exercises

• Calm affirmations
• Calm exercise cards

 
 
 

Mindfulness Strategies… Watch the clips and try some new ideas! 

• The Listening Game
• Be the pond
• 5 mindfulness exercises for kids
• Breathing Exercises
• Happy dance

Mindfulness activity - Breathing exercise

Mindfulness activity - Grumpy colouring

Books to support children’s emotional wellbeing

Additional Mental Health Resources and Acitivities

• You're never too young to talk about mental health

• PSHE, Mental Health & Kindness activities

• Mindfulness activities

• Relaxation activites

• Mindfulness practice for kids who can't sit still!

• Mindfulness calendar

• Nuffield Health Wellbeing Journal
  Nuffield Health have developed a lovely journal to help us look after our well-being which you can print and use at home.

The Pastoral Team

On both sites we have a pastoral office that is used for interventions such as Emotional Literacy Support and Zones of Regulation. This is also a quiet space for individuals to sit and talk to the Pastoral team. 

The Starlight Rooms

On both Old Lode Lane and Fallowfield Road, we have a sesnory room that are called our Starlight Rooms. These rooms provide children with the opportunity to manage their sensory needs and can help to support transitions throughout the day including from home to school.

Display boards in School to prompt the children to think about Mental Health

5 Tips to promote positive well-being...

Children's Mental Health Week 2024- My Voice Matters