Emotional Health and Resilience Charter

Glade Hill have signed up to the Emotional Health and Resilience Charter with Nottingham City Council. This means that as a school, we recognise that our children have to thrive emotionally before they can thrive academically and achieve.

Our school is committed to:

• Having an inclusive ethos and culture which promotes emotional wellbeing

• Recognising our strengths and weaknesses in the area of emotional health and identifying development opportunities with partner agencies

• Having knowledge and understanding of local support services and how to refer

• Working alongside support services and assisting them to support children in our school in an appropriate environment

• Measuring wellbeing of our staff and children through using nationally recognised measures/toolkit

• Providing opportunities for children to develop responsibility, build confidence and self-esteem

• Knowing what emotional health training and resources are available nationally/locally

• Promoting the willingness to talk and build positive relationships

• Engaging and responding to ‘The Child’s Voice’

• Having arrangements in place in order to support transition, coping with change and loss

• Listening to children when they have concerns or worries

• Teaching social/emotional skills and how to manage and express feelings

• Teaching strategies to build and maintain emotional wellbeing and resilience

• Enabling staff to be positive and resilient role models by supporting them to maintain their own emotional health and wellbeing

• Ensuring staff have access to training in awareness of emotional health and resilience

• Providing appropriate emotional health and resilience resources to support staff and children