Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing

Mental health is a state of wellbeing in which every individual realises their own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to their community (World Health Organisation).

At Pioneer we are committed to promoting and supporting positive mental, physical and emotional wellbeing for all school stakeholders - pupils, staff, parents & community.

We are pleased to confirm that East Hoathly school has achieved the Wellbeing Award for Schools. This award celebrates all that the school does to promote positive mental health and support the wellbeing of everyone in the school community. The report demonstrates some of the school's specific strengths, including support for staff, development of the Thrive Approach, the ethos of care within the school and the teaching of mental health and wellbeing within the school.

The award is valid for three years and we will be looking to continue to develop the work being done in school during that period.

At East Hoathly we have continued our wellbeing initiatives to ensure well being remains a high priority for our whole school community.

  • In school we have continued to have 'I Wish my teacher knew sessions'
  • We have also created new calm reflection spaces in our library and playground
  • We have developed 'Zones of Regulation' displays and strategies in our classrooms to help us notice how we are feeling in different situations.
  • In addition to this we now have a school therapy dog who visits the school weekly. Her name is Tilly and the children love spending time with her.
  • For our families we have provided a variety of workshop opportunities across the federation such as Anxiety awareness, phonics and CLASS+ Support.

Wellbeing Blog

Mental Health and Wellbeing Week
11/02/2023
At East Hoathly we celebrated and themed our learning around mental health, wellbeing and connecting with others. Each class completed read more
Wellbeing Garden
11/11/2021
Our wellbeing garden is really developing in the playground and the children are enjoying playing with the new resources. Mr read more
Wellbeing Day
23/10/2020
Hedgehogs We have been thinking about ‘wellbeing’. We learnt in an emergency you call 999. We also explored first aid, read more
Mindful Moment
27/06/2020
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Wellbeing Posters
30/11/2019
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Odd Sock Day
12/11/2019
On Tuesday 12th November, the children took part in ‘Odd Sock Day’. This event was created to be celebrated during read more
P.A.Ls Assembly
25/10/2019
On Monday, we held our termly PALs assembly (Progress and Learning) where we celebrated all of the fantastic learning which read more
World Mental Health Day 2019
11/10/2019
ReceptionIn Reception, we read the story of ‘The Mood Hoover’ and we talked about our different feelings.We then used different read more
Useful Guides
06/05/2019
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Wellbeing Links
02/05/2019
Please see the links below for local support and services for all.  (These links were sourced through East Sussex County read more
PALs Assembly
05/04/2019
On Monday 1st April, the children took part in a Progress and Learning, Sharing assembly with a focus on the read more
Strategy for Emotional Health & Wellbeing
20/03/2019
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PALs Assembly
15/02/2019
On Monday this week, the children took part in a PALs assembly. In the PALs assembly, children sit next to read more
Children’s Mental Health Week
15/02/2019
Last week was Children's Mental Health week, and across the school each class completed activities linked to the theme 'Healthy read more
YoungMinds
11/02/2019
For more information about supporting your child's mental health and wellbeing, please speak to your child's class teacher. Some further information read more
Relevant Policies
24/11/2018
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World Mental Health Day
10/10/2018
The school participated in activities while reflecting on mental health and what it means to take care of yourself. One read more
PALs Assembly
24/05/2018
On Thursday the 24th May, the entire school came together to celebrate the learning they had done over the past read more
Breakfast Club
12/01/2018
This week, we have actioned choosing reduced sugar cereals in Breakfast Club and from next Monday, we will have brown read more
KS2 Fruit
12/01/2018
You may have seen in the news recently the Change4Life campaign which aims to cut down sugar intake in children. read more
Mindfulness
05/01/2018
This term, we will be developing MINDFULNESS in the school - the importance of finding time in the day to read more
INSET Day
03/01/2018
On Tuesday the 3rd of January, Pioneer staff took part in a Wellbeing INSET day. We had visitors come in read more