Emotional Literacy Support (ELSA)

Mrs Helen Cadd is a fully accredited ELSA.

The role of ELSA is to respond to referrals made by class teachers to provide additional support for a child. The role of our ELSA is to support children with challenging circumstances that they may be facing either at school or at home. These can vary considerably, from friendship problems to bereavement; transitioning in and out of school to house and school moves; being equipped with appropriate social skills to self-esteem building.

Other pastoral support programmes we can deliver include R.E.S.T (Resilience and Engagement Scale and Toolkit linked to our Jigsaw PHSE programme) and the Social Emotional Curriculum (from the Mulberry Bush School).

Mental Health Support Team

Our school is linked to a Mental Health Professional.MHST Introduction Letter

Mental Health Peer Supports Project
MHST are working with the school on amazing project where children who volunteer help their peers.

Please see the Peer Mentor information for families
 

A group of Y5 and 6 volunteers have completed their Peer Support training and will be working under supervision from Annmarie and our ELSA, Mrs Cadd, to support others at playtimes.                                            

Healthy Eating

We have a developed a whole school food policy in response to the growing national concerns about children’s health and wellbeing linked to their diet. Our food provisions for  our extended services promote healthy eating.

Our school meals provider ensures all of our school meals comply with the school food standards and are freshly prepared, healthy and nutritionally balanced. They are also very popular with our children and staff!

We are not only committed to providing healthy foods ourselves and educating our children about healthy eating; we wish to support our parents and carers with promoting healthy eating at home. Please see our Whole School Food Policy for more information and guidance.

Being Active

We promote active playtimes. Our break and lunchtimes have sporting activities available to children as well as their free play – with ball games being held in our dedicated ball area inside a SMOOGA, skipping activities, hula-hoops, music for dancing and other fun fitness play.

As part of the Burford Partnership our school takes part in sporting tournaments and festivals. The tournament provides our children the opportunity to compete against other schools and the whole year group festivals mean that all pupils have the chance to try something new.

The whole school has taken part in many fundraising fitness challenges for charities, including our race-for-life in aid of Cancer Research UK,skip-a-thons for the British Heart Foundation and Dance for Diabetes.