Wellbeing

The wellbeing of our whole school community is a priority at Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary. This page sets out some of the support we have in place as well as our approach to wellbeing in our school and our Trust.

Wellbeing Charter

Our Wellbeing Charter below is our commitment to cultivate a supportive and nurturing environment that prioritises the mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing of our Trust community, fostering a culture of resilience, empathy, and holistic growth.

As a Trust we commit to prioritising wellbeing by:

Ensuring all our schools are well led, well prepared and well equipped.

We prioritise the culture and climate of our schools to ensure that we all understand the connection between being happy, being healthy and successful learning.

Placing wellbeing at the heart of all decision making

We constantly strive to improve ways in which the voice of our staff, students and families is included in decision-making.

Including wellbeing in our induction and professional learning offer

We work to provide leaders with the tools, resources and training to support staff. We ensure that our staff are encouraged, and know how, to access appropriate guidance and support when they need it.

Supporting the reduction of unnecessary workload

We work proactively to reduce any unnecessary work, making use of the Workload Reduction Toolkit for schools. We encourage staff to share their reflections on this, knowing that some requests can have unintended consequences which need to be voiced.

Setting out clearly our communications policy

We are clear to all stakeholders on the importance of positive and constructive communication, particularly with our staff. We set out our expectations for how and when staff can be contacted and will address any behaviour which does not support this.

Holding ourselves accountable in upholding this Charter

We review the impact of this Charter by using recognised tools and metrics and we are transparent about the results. We monitor trends over time and respond where needed.

Building a culture and ethos where people matter

Our mission underpins our practice and decision-making. We strive to ensure that all children and young people in our care are successful at school so that they can be successful in their lives. We want them to enjoy coming to school. For this to happen, our schools need to be great places to work where all staff feel that they can develop and grow. Our People Strategy and our EDI strategy is integral to this.

Children's Wellbeing

At Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary we have elected 15 Wellbeing Champions across Years 5 and 6. These children will offer peer support when they see others struggling and know when they should alert an adult. Wellbeing champions will meet with Children’s wellbeing lead monthly to discuss strategies and ways they can support children. Wellbeing Champions will be using the 5 ways to Wellbeing tools to support their peers.

https://health-in-mind.org.uk/resources/5-ways-to-wellbeing/

To support children in the wider school we have completed a Mental Health and Wellbeing survey and follow SCARF PSHCE curriculum which is interlinked with wellbeing.

Specialist Interventions

We work with partners to provide additional support for some children. These include the Maudsley Hospital and Kings College Team supporting a mental health survey with Years 5 and 6.

We also have a trained Art therapist, an Emotional literacy Support Assistant delivering weekly interventions. The SENDCo supports individual children through a 12 week program of Drawing and Talking.

Miss Mack and Miss Frampton are trained Mental Health First Aiders to support children, parents and staff. Mr Lyons is the Senior Mental Health lead teacher for the school.

Physical Wellbeing

At Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary children do weekly indoor and outdoor PE sessions and a variety of active Enrichment Clubs including boxing, roller-skating and gymnastics. Boys and girls football teams represent the school in local leagues.

New sports such as lacrosse and tag rugby have recently been added to our offer. The school raised money for GOSH through our 2K run in October which all children participated in.