St John Boste

• Mr A Morris – Wellbeing Lead
• Mrs A Twine – Wellbeing Governor
• Mrs K Morris – Wellbeing Team

Definition of Wellbeing

Wellbeing, also known as wellness, prudential value or quality of life, refers to what is intrinsically valuable relative to someone. So the wellbeing of a person is what is ultimately good for this person, what is in the self-interest of this person. Well-being can refer to both positive and negative well-being.

Within school we are having a focus upon wellbeing. This area has been identified by the Government as requiring a raised profile within schools. Recent studies have shown that childhood obesity and mental health issues have significantly increased, especially within the North East, which has the third highest prevalence of obesity in the country.

As a school we have decided to focus upon the following areas:

• Physical Wellbeing – mainly looking at exercise and sleep
• Health Wellbeing – healthy diet and the importance of water
• Mental Wellbeing – managing relationships, feelings and dealing with problems

Over the year we will look at many different aspects of wellbeing with the children these will include:

• Healthy Packed Lunches
• Sleep
• Water
• Mental Well-being
• Teeth

St John Boste 5 Ways to Wellbeing

* Keep Learning

• try something new
• visit a gallery or museum
• read a book
• join a club
• set yourself goals
• surprise yourself

* Notice

• recognise the beauty around you
• be aware
• relax
• meditate
• what can you see, smell, taste, feel hear?

* Give

• Say ‘thank you’
• offer to help
• include others
• volunteer
• do something nice for someone
• give someone a smile

* Connect

• talk
• listen
• be a friend
• spend time with family
• visit a friend
• volunteer

* Be Active

• go swimming
• play sports with friends
• walk somewhere
• skip
• dance
• exercise however you like

Other useful websites

Community CAMHS

Mind

NHS Five steps to Wellbeing

NHS Live Well

Mental Health

Place to be

Mrs Twine is our Well-being Governor. Her role is to take the governor lead in understanding issues surrounding the well-being of staff and pupils at St John’s.

This role is another element in the provision that we make towards providing the best outcomes for our pupils and the importance of ensuring staff well-being in this process.

Extra activities within our school

Our children are kept very active taking part in a variety of after school clubs, designed to give them a range of experiences, encourage active lifestyles, and keep them fit!

We change our clubs regularly to cover a wide range of sport, and this has included football, rugby, athletics, gymnastics, hula hooping, dancing, archery, multisport, minipigs …..the list goes on.

As well as a wide range of after school club activities we also have an annual ‘Health Week’ which includes a full week of learning about being healthy, trying new activities and having so much fun!

We also have a school football team, and are involved in the sporting festivals organised throughout the year by St Robert’s. This includes:

• Reception: A teddy bears’ picnic with games included
• Year 1: Dance festival
• Year 2: Multi sports
• Year 3: Skipping festival
• Year 4: Handball
• Year 5: Tag rugby
• Year 6: Athletics and Cross country