At Wheelock Primary School, we understand that children learn best when they feel happy, healthy and supported. Promoting positive physical, emotional and mental wellbeing is a key part of school life, helping every child to feel safe, valued and ready to achieve their full potential.
Physical Wellbeing
We encourage children to develop healthy, active lifestyles through a varied PE curriculum and a range of sporting opportunities throughout the year.
We provide:
- High-quality PE lessons each week
- A variety of extracurricular sports and activity clubs
- Opportunities to participate in competitions and festivals
- Inclusive activities suitable for all interests and abilities
By encouraging regular physical activity, we help children develop confidence, teamwork skills, resilience and a lifelong appreciation of healthy living.
Emotional Health and Mental Wellbeing
The wellbeing of our pupils is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to create a nurturing and supportive environment where children feel listened to, respected and able to talk about their worries.
Our support includes:
- Staff trained to recognise and respond to wellbeing needs
- A caring and inclusive approach across the school
- Pastoral support from our Safeguarding and Learning Mentor
- Access to targeted interventions and external support services where appropriate
- Our Treetops nurture provision
- myHappymind
- Forest School Sessions
We work closely with children and families to ensure support is available whenever it is needed.
Healthy Eating
Healthy eating plays an important role in children's wellbeing, concentration and learning.
We promote healthy choices through:
- Nutritious school meals
- Learning about healthy lifestyles within the curriculum
- Encouraging healthy snacks and balanced packed lunches
- Working in partnership with parents to develop healthy habits
Our aim is to help children make positive choices that support their overall health and wellbeing.
A Safe and Inclusive School Community
Every child has the right to feel safe, respected and included. We are proud of our welcoming school community where kindness, respect and acceptance underpin everything we do.
We achieve this through:
- Robust safeguarding and anti-bullying practices
- An inclusive ethos that celebrates individuality and diversity
- Positive relationships between staff, pupils and families
- A strong focus on respect and belonging
We want every child to feel that they are an important and valued member of the Wheelock Primary School family.
Working Together with Families
We recognise the important role parents and carers play in supporting children's wellbeing and development.
We support families by:
- Maintaining open communication
- Offering pastoral and wellbeing support
- Signposting to local and national services
- Working collaboratively to meet children's needs
Together, we can provide the best possible support network for our children.
Support for Children and Families
A range of support is available for children, young people and families across Cheshire East.
Cheshire East Family Hubs
Family Hubs provide information, advice and practical support for parents, carers, children and young people. Support can be accessed directly or through referrals made by school.
Further information:
- Family Hubs: Family Hubs
- What's On in Your Area: Events in Cheshire East
Parent Wellbeing Support
We understand that sometimes parents and carers may need support with their own wellbeing. Our Safeguarding and Learning Mentor can offer advice, support and signposting to local services, including:
- Cheshire East Family Hubs
- Her Place
- Visyon
- NHS Talking Therapies
- Live Well Cheshire East
Useful Links
- Live Well Cheshire East: Live Well Cheshire East
- Cheshire East Local Offer (SEND): Local offer for children with SEN and disabilities
At Wheelock Primary School, we are committed to supporting the wellbeing of both our pupils and their families, ensuring everyone has access to the help and guidance they need to thrive.
Wheelock's Mental Health Champions
With our Mental health being such an important thing in our lives, at Wheelock, we have appointed an amazing team of Mental Health Champions.
These children have an important responsibility in school. They help teachers to support children across all year groups with their wellbeing. In order to do this, the children have been running Mental Health clubs every lunch time. The children plan these clubs and deliver them to children of all ages. These have been a huge success so far. Children have created Worry Monsters, took part in emotion art, played board games and even run sporting activities on the field.
When they are not leading a club, they are visible on the playground to support, play with and help any children who need it. The Mental Health Champions also check our school Worry Box daily. They deal with any worries that they can and alert teachers if the worry needs an adult. We are extremely proud of our Mental Health Champions and look forward to seeing how they continue to succeed.
The Mental Health Champions love to support and engage children from all across the school.
Wellbeing!
Now more than ever, our mental health and wellbeing is of paramount importance. We need to look after ourselves in order to be the best we can be.
"Over the course of their education, children spend over 7,800 hours at school. With such a huge amount of time spent in the classroom, schools provide an ideal environment for promoting good emotional wellbeing and identifying early behaviour changes and signs of mental distress. The social and emotional skills, knowledge and behaviours that young people learn in the classroom can help them to build resilience and set the pattern for how they will manage their mental health throughout their lives."
Self Care
Children, just like adults, benefit greatly from consistent and deliberate self-care activities. Even if they are not currently stressed or upset, teaching kids to regularly take care of themselves will help ensure that they have the skills to manage future stressors in healthy and effective ways.
Stop, Breathe, Think
Activities to promote good mental health
- Mindfulness colouring
- Doodling
- Going for a nature walk
- Collecting different things from nature and creating a natural collage
- Reading your favourite book
- Listening to music
- Taking part in an active activity like running, dancing or walking.
We are proud to be part of the myHappymind Family!
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As a whole school programme grounded in science and dedicated to building positive mental wellbeing, myHappymind helps children understand how their brains work and creates a culture that helps build children's resilience, confidence, and self-esteem. myHappymind also teaches the children how to self-regulate and manage their emotions in stressful times, allowing them to be their very best selves!
Learn mores here: http://myhappymind.org/
Below is the link to the Parent App Introduction video
https://myhappymind.lpages.co/myhappymind-parent-app-introduction/
If you would like access to the Parent App, please contact the school office for the access code.
'myHappymind is a mental health and well-being programme to support children in learning habits to support their own mental health. It does also cover all the mandatory objectives from the DfE Relationships Education Curriculum and also around 70% of the PSHE objectives.'
At Wheelock, we support children with their mental health and wellbeing to ensure that they leave here happy, confident individuals ready to strive in the community.
Our Mental Health and Wellbeing Pathway
The Mental Health pathway that is followed at Wheelock is attached below. This is used to identify children who may need extra support. This bespoke support, created within Wheelock, allows us to identify children and provide them with support and guidance early.
Our Treetop Provision to support groups
At Wheelock, we support the children's mental health and wellbeing through 6 week planned and impacted interventions called Treetops sessions. These are delivered by Treetops leaders each week. They are a mixture of discussions, active and creative tasks. Children are referred to Treetops by their teacher or through a concern raised by a parent.
The overview of Treetops sessions is attached below.
Parent Mental Health Support
Looking after your own emotional wellbeing is just as important as supporting your child. If you are struggling with your mental health, anxiety, stress, low mood, or would simply like some support, help is available through Cheshire East Family Hubs, Visyon, NHS Talking Therapies and local wellbeing services. Please speak to our Safeguarding and Learning Mentor if you would like support accessing services or guidance on local support available to you.
💙 Family Hubs
Cheshire East Family Hubs offer support, advice, parenting programmes, emotional wellbeing support, and can signpost families to specialist services. They support parents of children aged 0-19 (up to 25 for young people with SEND)
💙 Visyon
Visyon provides support for children's mental health and emotional wellbeing, but they also offer advice, wellbeing support, and guidance for parents and carers. Parents can access open-access sessions without needing a GP or school referral. Tel: 01260 290000.
💙 Healthy Young Minds
This Cheshire East service supports children, young people and their families, offering advice, training, and targeted support to help parents understand and support their child's emotional wellbeing.
Healthy Young Minds - Online Therapy for Children & Teens
💙 Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (Talking Therapies)
Adults experiencing stress, anxiety, low mood, or other mental health difficulties can self-refer to NHS Talking Therapies. Parents with children under two are prioritised for support.
Talking Therapies - Central Cheshire :: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
💙 SMILE Group
Provides maternal mental health support, peer support groups, counselling, home visits, and support for dads and partners during pregnancy and the early years.
Postnatal depression and perinatal mental health support - Smile Group
💙 Her Place
For families in the Crewe, Nantwich, Sandbach, Alsager and Middlewich areas, Motherwell offers counselling, wellbeing programmes, and peer support for mums
🚨 Urgent Mental Health Support
If someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, call NHS 111 and select the mental health option for 24/7 support.
