Withycombe Raleigh C of E Primary School
Headteacher Mrs E Jones
Withycombe Village Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 3BA. Tel: (01395 263397)
Emotional Wellbeing Message Board
The information on this page focusses on emotional wellbeing. This is in addition to our Safeguarding page.
If you're worried about your own or about someone else’s safety; please contact the MASH Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub
on 0345 155 1071 or email mashsecure@devon.gov.uk. If you feel there is an emergency please call 999.
If you are experiencing difficulties with housing, or need financial/food support,
or if you find yourself in difficulty and don't know where to turn, please speak with us.
Mental Health Week 10th-14th May 2021
We'll be supporting mental health week in school. In addition here are some resources that your family may find useful.
We regularly revisit our Pick & Mix for Mental Health initiative
and we have some posters around the school as reminders.
Some downloads/resources and links you might find helpful
Wellbeing Action Plan - A simple plan to help keep yourself well and get you through difficult times. Designed in connection with the Charlie Waller Trust for children in Key Stages 2 and 3.
NHS Every Child Matters: Looking after a child or young person's mental health
Resources to boost your child's wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown from Partnership for Children. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we're all feeling less secure and missing our usual routines. But just as doing exercise improves physical health, you and your child can do activities to boost their mental health. Download your FREE Covid-19 children's wellbeing activities for teaching staff and families here:
Top ten tips for helping children to cope with change.
Charlie's Yoga sessions
Charlie provides Yoga sessions for some of our children on a regular basis.
She has put together some videos so that we can all have a try.
For children in KS2:
For children in KS1.
For more information, Charlie's website is: https://charlieyogadevon.com
Exploring Happiness
Click on the heading for some resources about the importance of self help.
Talking to your children about the coronavirus:
The British Psychological Society says it is vital to talk openly to children and reassure
them about the changes they are seeing around them due to Coronavirus.
You can find more from them here
Coronavirus - A Book For Children
Nosy Crow is an award-winning, small, independent children’s book publisher.
We made this free digital book because we felt that children and parents might find it useful. We publish lots of different kinds of books for children aged 0-12.
You can find out about them here: www.nosycrow.com
Dave The Dog Is Worried About Coronavirus
This is another great book explaining what is going on in the world for younger children.
