Next week is Mental Health Awareness Week...

Mental Health is so important, and good mental health allows children and young people to develop the resilience to cope with whatever life presents them. Promoting good mental health and wellbeing is the first building block to building emotional resilience to help with such challenging life events. Together with the L6^th Form House reps, Mia from Wellesley, Will from Lyon, Tia from Priory, Rafe from New, India from Arion and Harvey from Blackford, we have come up with a programme of events this week for Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is loneliness and how together we can tackle it. Loneliness affects millions of people in the UK every year and is a key driver of poor mental health. We are hoping that during the week, we will raise awareness of the impact of loneliness on our mental wellbeing and the practical steps we can take to address it. Our programme is designed to be stress free for both pupils and staff and will enable pupils to spend time with their friends hopefully in the sunshine!

Emily Simper - 1^st Designated Safeguarding Lead