Everyone here at Our Lady & St Philomena’s Catholic Primary School has an important role to play in supporting the wellbeing and mental health of our whole school community.

We offer pastoral care throughout the school to support our pupils and staff to develop effective coping skills and resilience. We support our pupils and staff and help them build positive relationships both in our school community and out in the community and within their family units. Within school, we work closely with Education Mental Health practitioners as well as external agencies such as Beautiful New Beginnings to ensure our pupils get the correct support for their individual needs. Here at OLASP, we work with pupils on a one-to-one basis or in small groups to raise aspirations and ensure all our pupils can reach their full potential. Our pupils’ safety and emotional wellbeing is paramount. We want to help our students to come to school to achieve and will endeavour to help them get the most out of school.

Some of the areas we can offer support with are:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapies
• Emotional regulation
• Anger Management
• Counselling
• Drawing and Talking
• Anxiety Workshops
• Mental Health Workshop
• Bereavement Counselling
• Kindness Workshops
• Self Esteem Workshops
• Self Harm & suicide support
• Domestic Abuse support

What else do we do?

We are closely linked to Beautiful New Beginnings support service ;

• Provide 1:1 sessions for low level mental health needs.
• Work with groups on emotional regulation/ worry management /low mood.
• Deliver workshops to small groups of up to 10 pupils on self-esteem, sleep, transition, and managing emotions.
• Deliver assemblies and whole school approach activities to support both staff and pupils.
• Help children and young people get the right support at the right time, e.g. signposting to services
• Work directly with parents to manage worry and behaviour with children. 
• Provide ‘drop in’ support for parents/carers

What to do next? 

If you feel that your child may benefit from support, please contact Mrs Dwyer – Designated Mental Health Lead and Mental Health First Aider.