Mental Health & Wellbeing at Rosliston CE Primary School

Mental Health Lead: Mrs J Daniels

Mental Health First Aider: Mrs A Flatt

At Rosliston CE Primary School, we take the mental health and emotional wellbeing of our whole school community very seriously and work diligently to support pupils, families and staff.

We use the Entrust PSHE scheme to deliver quality PSHE lessons to all of our pupils.

You can find more information about our approach to PSHE here: https://www.rosliston.derbyshire.sch.uk/pshe-and-rse/

Our Headteacher, Mrs Daniels, has completed the Department for Education 'Mental Health Lead' course and proudly holds this qualification. Both Mrs Daniels and Mrs Flatt wear their 'Mental Health Champion' badges on their lanyards with pride, so that all children, staff and families know that they can speak to them regarding their mental health and wellbeing. They have shared their knowledge and expertise with all of the school staff and everyone works together to ensure there is no stigma, no shame and no concerns around speaking about our mental health and wellbeing. 

We recently invested (and undertook training) in the Hamish and Milo scheme. https://hamishandmilo.org/ We're proud to be Hamish and Milo Wellbeing Champions! More information on our Hamish and Milo support can be found at the bottom of this page.

We're dedicated to supporting our pupils not only through the PSHE curriculum but in devoted, tailored interventions with research-backed, high quality resources. We closely monitor and evaluate our mental health and wellbeing sessions to ensure they are valuable and impactful. Our special wellbeing sessions take place in our newly renovated and affectionately named 'Nook', in which we've made a cosy, comfortable intervention and meeting space which is away from the main school building, offering privacy and peace. We've acquired a comfortable bean bag chair, cushions, a sensory light and lots of lovely, wellbeing-centered decorations to make this a truly calming and welcoming space. In The Nook, you'll even find cuddly toy versions of Hamish and Milo themselves!  

We're also proud to work with our friends at Compass: Changing Lives and have fostered a strong, working relationship with experienced colleagues there. You can find more information on this service here: Compass

You can also access the Compass: Changing Lives app, information below. 

All of the wonderful training, professional development and opportunities undertaken by our staff make the team at Rosliston passionate, empathetic advocates for our pupils and families. Some of our awards, accolades and services that we work with can be seen below.

Early Help Offer

If you ever have any questions, queries or concerns related to your mental health and/or wellbeing or that of someone you know, please seek advice and support from the reputable services below. School staff will always be happy to signpost you to support and offer any help they can. The list and contact details below have been provided by Derbyshire County Council (direct link).

If you're experiencing a mental health emergency please seek support in a crisis.

We have information on how to start a conversation about mental health, tackling loneliness and getting connected, and the 5 ways to wellbeing.

Derbyshire mental health support line

Derbyshire mental health support line, telephone: 0800 028 0077. Mental health support line for Derbyshire people of all ages. Open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

Derby and Derbyshire emotional health and wellbeing

Derby and Derbyshire emotional health and wellbeing

Samaritans

Email: jo@samaritans.org
24 hours per day, telephone: 116 123
Samaritans

Mind infoline

Email: info@mind.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 123 3393 from 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.
Mind

Mind legal line

Telephone: 0300 466 6463 from 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday. Legal information and general advice on mental health related law.
Mind help lines.

Saneline

Telephone: 0845 767 8000 from 6pm to 11pm.
Sane.

Rethink mental illness advice line

Email: info@rethink.org
Telephone: 0300 5000 927 from 10am to 2pm Monday to Friday.
Rethink

ChildLine

You can email a Childline any time by signing up for an account.
Telephone: 0800 1111 24 hours per day.
Childline
Contacting Childline when you are deaf.

Eating disorders

BEAT offer information, help and support for anyone affected by eating disorders. They also run online support groups and message boards.

You can also call them on Monday to Friday evenings from 4:30pm to 8:30pm and Saturdays from 1pm to 4:30pm, telephone: 0345 634 1414.

Derbyshire First Steps offer support to people with an eating disorder. They also offer training and advice if you care for someone with an eating disorder, telephone: 01332 367571.

Bereavement

If you've suffered a bereavement or other traumatic event in your life, this can sometimes lead to depression or anxiety.

Find out where to go for emotional support and counselling.

Talking therapies

A common treatment for mental health issues are talking therapies, including counselling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

There's a choice of talking therapy providers in Derbyshire which you can access for free.

Other help for common mental health problems

You'll find a comprehensive list of telephone helplines on the NHS Choices website.

Health and wellbeing zones in our libraries include collections of self help books.

The Community Directory provides a list self help groups in Derbyshire. You can also find information about support in your area.

The Derbyshire Directory has a list of local mental health services, organisations and groups.

Reading Well provides books on prescription that helps you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using self-help reading.

For the past couple of years Derbyshire libraries have been running a project called reading for health and wellbeing encouraging people with mental health issues to read and talk about reading with others.

You can also get advice and help from housing related support which helps people to live more independently and maintain their homes.

Carers in Derbyshire has details of services for carers including mental health carer support groups, carers rights and advice specifically aimed at mental health carers.

"Our approach is built within the theoretical landscape of relational connection and the comfort and emotional safety in feeling you ‘belong’ as part of a social group. We know that nurturing relationships create a safe and trusting connection and this is at the heart of Hamish & Milo for children to feel happier, heard and connected.

The framework for Hamish & Milo therefore comes from a range of theoretical contexts which hold the quality of relationship at the core of support work and togetherness with peers as a social group. Hamish & Milo is based on attachment aware theory and the importance of early social and emotional development, as well as understanding the emotional stress that many children with SEMH needs experience and the impact on the developing child."

We have currently bought-into four of the Hamish and Milo schemes after auditing our pupils and feeling that these will meet the needs of our pupils best:

If you feel your child/ren would benefit from interventions on any of the themes above: Resilience, Exploding, Amazing or Calming, please speak to your child's class teacher in the first instance. You can contact them via their class email address.