Health and Wellbeing

Promoting children’s emotional well-being and resilience forms a key part of every activity at St Nicholas Primary School. Despite this, children (and parents) will encounter challenges as they grow and develop into young adults.

We are here to help you support your child.

Please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher or Mrs Law, SENDCo, who will be able to suggest or provide resources, and signpost appropriate support provided within school or by external agencies.

Mrs Law can be contacted by email mrslaw@st-nicholasvc.wilts.sch.uk or via the school office (01380 850391)

ELSA - Emotional Literacy Support Assistant.

To support children to learn how to manage challenges and difficult emotions we have a trained Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) who work both within classes and with individual children to provide support as needed and respond quickly to changes. Our ELSA is Mrs Lewis. She is supported by our SENDCo and Mental Health Lead, Mrs Law, and attends regular training and supervision to ensure that her skills are constantly updated.

If you feel that your child would benefit from additional Emotional Literacy Support, please discuss this with your child's class teacher or Mrs Law.

What is an ELSA.pptx

Supporting Emotional Well-being and Resilience

National Sleep Helpline - children's sleep advice

National sleep helpline.pdf

Staying safe online - information for parents/carers

Internet Matters A not-for-profit organisation set up to empower parents and carers to keep children safe in the digital world. Their support for parents includes a range of downloadable guides covering subjects such as transition to secondary school, Vlogging & livestreaming, online gaming and cyberbullying

CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) Parent Zone Parent Zone - offers a range of resources for families, to help them meet the challenges of the digital age, including parent guides on the latest digital trends and platforms.

NSPCC Includes a range of resources to help parents keep children safe when they're using the internet, social networks, apps, games and more.

Coram Life education: Staying Safe Online Sharing resources and guidance about helping children to cope with the change and uncertainty we all face. With increased usage of online learning here’s some top tips and activities for keeping safe online.

Parent info from CEOP and Parent Zone - Parent Zone provides information, help, advice, support and resources to parents, teachers, health professionals, police officers, internet safety officers and HR professionals. Despite only launching in 2018, TikTok has enjoyed a dramatic rise to become one of the most popular social media apps on the planet. There’s a good chance your child is either using it already or asking to be allowed on it – but what exactly is it, and are there any risks you should be aware of?

CEOP - A Guide to Live Streaming This video will give you a brief overview of live streaming and some practical tips for your child’s safe use.