Health and Wellbeing Web
Our target sheets are slightly different this year. Beside your comment section you will also see the SHANARRI wheel that we have discussed in class. It would be amazing if you could fill this out with someone at home, being honest about how you feel in each area.
Each indicator has 4 different levels that can be coloured in to let me know how you feel. The box nearest the centre of the web means “I never feel this way,” the next box means “I sometimes feel this way,” the third box “I often feel this way” and the final box, at the outside of the web, is if you “always feel this way.”
The eight wellbeing indicators are commonly referred to by their initial letters – SHANARRI.
Safe
Protected from abuse, neglect or harm at home, at school and in the community.
Healthy
Having the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health, access to suitable healthcare and support in learning to make healthy, safe choices
Achieving
Being supported and guided in learning and in the development of skills, confidence and self-esteem, at home, in school and in the community.
Nurtured
Having a nurturing place to live in a family setting, with additional help if needed, or, where possible, in a suitable care setting.
Active
Having opportunities to take part in activities such as play, recreation and sport, which contribute to healthy growth and development, at home, in school and in the community.
Respected
Having the opportunity, along with carers, to be heard and involved in decisions that affect them.
Responsible
Having opportunities and encouragement to play active and responsible roles at home, in school and in the community, and where necessary, having appropriate guidance and supervision, and being involved in decisions that affect them.
Included
Having help to overcome social, educational, physical and economic inequalities, and being accepted as part of the community in which they live and learn.
How are the indicators used?
Each child is unique and there is no set level of wellbeing that children should achieve. Each child should be helped to reach their full potential as an individual.
The wellbeing indicators help make it easier for everyone to be consistent in how they consider the quality of a child or young person’s life at a particular point in time.
Families and people working with children and young people can use the wellbeing indicators to identify what help a child or young person needs in order to help them access the right support or advice.
All services working with children and young people, and those who care for them, must play their part to promote, support and safeguard children and young people’s wellbeing
