Emotional Health & Wellbeing

In this core theme, the school promotes positive emotional health and wellbeing to help pupils understand and express their feelings and build their confidence and emotional resilience and therefore their capacity to learn.

The Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) curriculum supports this core theme.  Many Swindon schools have embraced this curriculum and now there are ten leading SEAL schools in Swindon.

SEAL in the primary school is at the heart of this core theme, but not to the exclusion of all else. Consideration needs to be given to behaviour and rewards policies, support mechanisms for staff and pupils and opportunities to participate.

The DCSF has lots of ideas and techniques to tackle bullying on its Don't suffer in silence website, as well as an anti-bullying pack.  In Swindon, we have been running an Anti-Bullying Accreditation Scheme since 2007.  Already five Swindon schools have achieved Full Accreditation and there are over thirty schools engaged in the scheme.

The Teachernet website has collected some materials to help counter homophobic bullying in schools.

A caring and respectful school ethos

Through Jenny Mosley's Quality Circle Time programme, children and teachers are empowered to create a caring and respectful school ethos. The website provides lots of resources, free games and other materials. 

Personal safety

Protective Behaviours UK is a charity promoting a practical down to earth approach to personal safety for individuals, families and communities of all ages and backgrounds. The Protective Behaviours website gives resources, details of training and much more.