HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Central to every school in Scotland’s improvement planning is the wellbeing of our young people. Future Fridays enables pupils to decide what sessions they want to participate in; allowing personalisation and choice. Pupils are invited to help shape their own activities. Across all 23 secondary schools in North Lanarkshire there are currently over 100 different sessions running on a Friday afternoon with wellbeing at the forefront.

Partners from Impact Arts engage with pupils from Bellshill Academy to understand how art can affect mood and wellbeing.

Kilsyth Academy pupils being put through their paces in a boxercise class to help with their physical wellbeing.
Pupils from Our Lady’s High School Motherwell working with Winning Scotland to think about mindset and how we can develop as people and how this can impact our outlook towards future opportunities.
Bellshill Academy pupils had inserts from local partners in helping to understand the benefits of good mental health and strategies which can help to identify poor mental health and how they can help to combat this.
Some of our young people from Cardinal Newman High School used their Future Fridays time to redesign and rebuild their garden areas in the school. With help from departments pupils created a more welcoming space and discovered how learning new skills can impact on wellbeing.

All of our schools have lots of sporting opportunities for young people every week. Pupils can come along to try new things, there is no need to be a professional. Future Fridays is all about empowering young people to try new things, meet new friends and improve their general fitness.

Kilsyth Academy pupils completed their MVP training at Future Fridays. Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) is a peer mentoring programme that gives young people the chance to explore and challenge the attitudes, beliefs and cultural norms that underpin all forms of gender-based violence in our society.

Brave Junior partners provide opportunities for young people across a number of schools to come together and compete in E-sports. These tournaments have been hosted in person and online across schools and have provided gaming opportunities for all pupils.

Cardinal Newman High School pupils working together as part of their youth group which takes place on Friday afternoons. They are working on ways to help the community and wellbeing of others.

Pupils from Kilsyth Academy taking part in wheelchair basketball sessions. These inclusive sessions allow all pupils to participate in competitive sporting events in school. Encouraging pupils to stay active and have fun.