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Ethos and Wellbeing

Learners, Believers, Friends

Learners, Believers, Friends

We are a community of learners, believers and friends rooted in the values and teachings of the Gospel.  We seek to enable every individual to develop to his or her full potential in the knowledge that they are uniquely created and loved by God.

Safeguarding
 

Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. For more information, please click here

Wellbeing

Parent Wellbeing Service - for more information click here. A helping hand for a healthier family flyer click here

'Supporting your Child's Wellbeing' workshop - Please click here for the presentation from the workshop given by Dr Alison D'Amario, Educational Psychologist for the Xavier trust

Emotional Coaching Webinar

This is an excellent webinar which parents of all children will find very useful Emotion Coaching - YouTube

CAHMS - Back to school resource click here

Distraction Activities - how to distract your child from difficult feelings  click here

Relaxation Activities - for children feeling anxious which includes how to make your own stress toy!

click here

Staying Connected ; help for your child to feel more connected to friends and family they are missing  

click here

Emotion Coaching

Please see information about Emotion Coaching here

Anxiety for Parents and School Staff

Please find a link below to a webinar by Dr Ali D’Amario EP on Anxiety for Parents and School Staff.  It focuses on how to support children and young people of all ages, but the strategies all apply to adults too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHaB4teA7QI

It's 40 minutes and covers;

  • -What is anxiety?
  • -What happens in the body and brain when we feel anxious?
  • -Anxiety and COVID-19
  • - How to initiate conversations about emotions
  • - Strategies to support children with anxiety
  • - How to support mental health more generally

Zones of regulation

This is an approach to help children self regulate their emotions and therefore have greater self control. This is being rolled out throughout the school.  The aim is for children to know the 4 different colours and which feeling words are associated with each colour. Please click here

Wellbeing for children

Nuffield Health resources for children please click here 

Self Isolation

Please click here for information on maintaining your emotional well-being and mental health whilst in self-isolation

Surrey Central Health Advice

Surrey Central Health advice line: Providing useful information on a variety of issues such as sleep hygiene etc. Tel: 01883 340922

 

 

Tips for children