Wellbeing is about feeling good and functioning well, which is very important to all of us.
The purpose of this page is to signpost parents and carers to external services that offer support with children’s wellbeing.
If you have concerns about your child’s wellbeing, or would like some advice or support around the topic of wellbeing at St John’s, please contact our Mental Health & Wellbeing lead, Mrs Downes.
What is Mental Health?
The Be Happy Hub and organisation create mental health and wellbeing resources for children. Their aim is to help children understand and learn about mental health. They have produced some really useful guides to read with children.
Click here to read a book which explains what Mental Health is in a child friendly way.
Nottinghamshire Mental Health Support
The CAMHS Nottinghamshire Mental Health Support Team
The CAMHS Mental Health Support Team is a new collaborative service across health and education, available in project schools across Nottinghamshire.
They are an early intervention mental health and wellbeing service in schools aimed at providing support for children, young people and families around low-level emotional wellbeing needs, such as anxiety, low mood, managing emotions, and sleep. They link in directly with Nottinghamshire CAMHS teams and provide in school sessions to promote positive mental health.
Be U Notts
Be U Notts is a free mental health and emotional well-being service for people between 0-25 years of age and their parents/carers, living within Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County Councils. They provide early intervention for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health and emotional well-being needs.
Courses and other online resources on offer from Nottinghamshire County Council
Links to Further Mental Health and Wellbeing Resources:
Anna Freud Centre activities for helping children’s mental health and self-care
Anna Freud Centre #SelfcareSummer activity pack for primary aged children
Place2Be: Improving Children’s Mental Health
NSPCC Children’s Mental Health
“Calming Down” activities for children
Talking to Your Child about Mental Health
“ThinkNinja” is another app which is designed for children and young people (10-18 years old) to help educate about mental health and emotional wellbeing. It also helps children and young people learn and develop a range of skills for when they are experiencing daily life stresses or who maybe feeling anxious or their mood feeling low
Click here for the Android version of ThinkNinja
Click here for the IOS version of ThinkNinja
Be Happy online books
Click on the following links to access different books on different mental health and well-being topics suitable to read with children.
Useful resources to help anxieties around attending school
Click here for a ‘Return to School Countdown’ put together by the Mental Health Support Team. This resource offers ideas of activities to complete together as well as advice for parents/carers.
Click here for a guide about separation anxiety: tips for parents
Click here for a guide on supporting children with anxiety: tools for parents
