We are proud to announce that we are a myHappymind Bronze Accredited school!

This means that as a school we consider the mental health and wellbeing of our children as one of our top priorities. We have created a whole school culture that helps build our children's resilience, confidence and self esteem as well as teaching them how to self regulate in those stressful times.

This Accreditation badge has been awarded thanks to all the effort our staff, children, governors and parents have put in to bring the lessons of myHappymind to life all around our school!

To Learn more about the myHappymind for Schools programme visit their website here - https://myhappymind.org/

myHappymind

We are proud to be a myHappymind school, utilising this whole school programme which is grounded in science and dedicated to building positive mental wellbeing, proactively teaching topics including learning about how the brain works, considering our character strengths, setting goals and developing a habit of gratitude. myHappymind teaches the children how to self-regulate and manage their emotions in stressful times, allowing them to be their best selves.

"This programme combines the latest research, science and technology to help children develop lifelong habits and learn to thrive."

To find out more about the programme click here.

For access to the parent app, ask at the school office for our school code. Click this link for the parent app information video.

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Tasty Tuck award

We take part in the Warrington Borough Council initiative, 'Tasty Tuck Award' which promotes healthy snacks and drinks in between meal times, thus supporting good oral healthcare.

For more information on services in Warrington to support health and wellbeing, visit the Living Well hub, or the Healthy Families website.

Forest School

Every year group at St Monica's takes part in forest school sessions at some point through the year. One of the major benefits of forest school is the time spent learning outdoors, whatever the weather. Pupils give positive feedback that they find forest school supports their positive mental health.

Nurture support

At St Monica's we have a triage system for staff to refer pupils who have support needs around SEMH (social, emotional, mental health). Our in-house triage enables our Senior Mental Health Lead to direct class teachers to the right resources to support, or to refer to our own 'nurture' sessions, or to the Warrington Schools Link practitioner (for mental health support in schools).

Our Senior Mental Health Lead in school is Miss C Williams.