• English activities - KS2
• English activities - KS1
• Sorting verbs, nouns and adjectives
• All about adjectives
• acrostic poetry
• KS1 bitesize literacy games
• BBC Bitesize activities - KS1
• BBC Bitesize activities - KS2
• Monster poem template
• James Mayhew
• Julia Donaldson
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/topics/literacy

Wellbeing

Evidence shows that across the UK, mental health issues in children are increasing while child wellbeing is deteriorating.

Young people today have to navigate a very complex and ever-changing world, facing challenges and pressures in numerous aspects of their life.

We are committed to providing an environment for promoting good emotional wellbeing.

The social and emotional skills, knowledge and behaviours that young people learn in our school can help them to build resilience and set the pattern for how they will manage their mental health throughout their lives.

Emotional wellbeing is an indicator of academic achievement and of long-term success and satisfaction in later life.

Evidence shows that mental health and wellbeing programmes in schools can lead to significant improvements in children’s future prospects and social and emotional skills.

Wellbeing provision in schools has also been shown to lead to reductions in classroom misbehaviour and bullying.

At Waterside we believe that there should be a greater focus on prevention.

We aim to reduce the stigma around talking about our own wellbeing and to develop children’s emotional intelligence and emotional literacy.

‘Emotional intelligence’ refers to a person's overall ability to deal with their emotions, while ‘emotional literacy’ suggests a person's ability to communicate their emotions through words and read them in others.

We are committed to supporting all of our pupils to learn the following:

• Knowing emotions.  Recognising a feeling as it happens.
• Managing emotions. How to reassure themselves when they feel anxious or upset.
• Self-Motivation. How to be in charge of their emotions, rather than controlled by them.
• Empathy. To be aware of what another person is feeling.
• Handling relationships. To build respectful relationships with others.

To achieve this we will be implementing many different strategies, including drawing inspiration from ‘Zones of Regulation’  to support the children to be able to talk about and reflect on how they are feeling and why.

This is to all to help their minds ‘feel well’.

To find out more please come in and speak with myself (Mr MB - Head), Mr Sal (SENDCO) or Mrs Woods (our well being champion).