Supporting Wellbeing
Our Minds Matter
The emotional wellbeing of our young people matters.
It’s normal for young people to face emotional challenges growing up and their mental health is as important as their general physical health and wellbeing.
We recognise that everyone has a role to play in supporting young people to keep emotionally well and thinking about what might help when someone needs additional support with their mental health. We think it’s important to think about what we do in a flexible way, with different layers of support and action from different people and services.
You can find out more by clicking here.
There are five key ways of keeping emotionally well. Click here to find out more about some simple things we can all do to make a difference.
HandsOn
The HandsOn website (below) provides help and practical advice for supporting children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. This website is for parents, carers and people who work with children and young people in Fife.
https://www.handsonscotland.co.uk/
Fife’s Educational Psychology Service (EPS)
Fife’s Educational Psychology Service (EPS) provide assessment, consultation and advice to schools and parents about children’s wellbeing, learning and behaviour. Click here for more details.
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
You may find these leaflets from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families useful when talking about mental health with your child.
- You’re never too young to talk mental health
- Talking mental health with young people in secondary school
Solihull Approach Parenting Courses
Solihull Approach Parenting Courses are for all to access online. The Solihull Approach aims to improve emotional health and wellbeing by supporting relationships and helping us to understand young people’s behaviours in a non-judgemental way – developing the most appropriate responses.
You can access the course at: https://inourplace.heiapply.com/online-learning/
Type in the code TARTAN.
Child Protection
All children and young people in Fife have a right to be cared for and protected. We all have a part to play to ensure that you are safe and your needs are met. Here in Fife, we believe that “child protection is everyone’s job and everyone’s responsibility”. Your welfare is very important to us all and we take that very seriously.
The Fife Child Protection web pages offer more detail on child safety issues than is covered here.
The protection of children within our nursery and local community is paramount and is the responsibility of us all.
The Child Protection Co-ordinators for our school/nursery are:
Miss Tracy Malcolm, Headteacher
Mrs Jennifer Peterson, Depute Headteacher
Miss Ashley Grieve, Depute Headteacher
If you have any concerns about the safety of any child in the community you can also personally contact the Social Work Contact Centre on 03451 55 15 03 or SW.ContactCtre@fife.gov.uk
Your Child’s Wellbeing
Parents and Carers wishing to find out more about their child’s wellbeing can access information on alcohol, drugs and smoking on a number of information rich websites.
In particular,
- ParentZone has a Health and Wellbeing section covering Alcohol, Bullying, Drugs, Sexual Relationships, Smoking and other issues
- Childline covers a wide range of advice for families.
Fife Educational Psychologists have created a helpful documents for parents/carers.
