Emotional Health & Wellbeing
Just like everyone has a body, everyone has mental health. It’s not just about mental illness. When children have good levels of wellbeing it helps them to learn and explore the world, feel, express and manage positive and negative emotions and form and maintain good relationships.
Here at Meltham Moor we acknowledge the high importance of our pupils and staff developing and maintaining good mental health and wellbeing, as well as physical health.
The aim of this area of the website is to provide links to good quality information and guidance on mental health and wellbeing. Follow the links below for advice for families for supporting your children and looking after your own mental wellbeing. We encourage parents and pupils with any concerns to speak to a member of staff. We also work closely with Northorpe Hall and deliver training to parents and carers on mental health topics throughout the year.
We have a team of ten year 6 children who act as Well-being Champions and support staff to deliver assemblies on Well-being and mental health as part of our peer leadership in school.
WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH?
Emotional wellbeing can be described as:
“A positive state of mind and body, feeling safe and able to cope, with a sense of connection with people, communities and the wider environment.”
Links and resources
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Young Minds
Young Minds is a charity fighting for children and young people's mental health. Their website has a wealth of advice and resources.
Parents Helpline: 0808 802 5544 (Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4pm, free for mobiles and landlines)
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Kirklees Local Offer
Information, services and activities for young people 0-25 with Special Educational needs and Disabilities (SEND)
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Kirklees Mental Health Card
A poster signposting the many sources of help and support in Kirklees. It includes help for those experiencing low mood, stress, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts, and support to help you stay mentally well.
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Anna Freud Centre
A leading charity who work to transform children and families' mental health. Their website includes resources for children and young people, families, schools, colleges and nurseries.
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Kirklees Keeping in Mind
Kirklees Keep in Mind helps young people in Kirklees access timely support to improve their mental health and emotional wellbeing
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Parenting Smart from Place2Be
Parenting advice from our child mental health experts at Place2Be. Practical tips to support children’s wellbeing and behaviour.
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Northorpe Hall
Local charity supporting children and young people. A range of support for families including online courses including topics such as autism, anxiety and more.
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Staying Calm when your Kids are stressed out!
This booklet outlines the sort of things that children worry about (and the things that affect their mental health). It illustrates what role parents might play in supporting them through the inevitable difficulties that will come their way as they grow up.
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Family Rules
Here’s a really useful guide on how to resolve problem behaviours in your family whilst keeping your sanity. Living together with no breaks from each other is hard so in this guide it sets out how you can plan ahead to stop problems happening before everyone gets upset.
Worried about a child?
Find out about how we keep children safe and what to do if you have any concerns about the safety of one of our pupils, whether in or outside of school.