Farringdon Well Being
01/02/2021 – Letter to Children

We are getting involved in Children’s Mental Health week during WB 1.2.21. This year the focus is Express Yourself.
Please use the link below which will take you to the Children’s Mental Health week website for more information.
https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/
As a school we will be planning exciting activities for the children to take part in whether they are in school or learning via Showbie. We would really like to see what everyone does in response to their activities.
We appreciate everyone is trying to manage in very difficult and different circumstances. We are always here to help if you need advice or support. Here are some useful links that you may wish to explore.
http://sunderlandcommunitycamhs.nhs.uk
http://www.washingtonmind.org.uk/
Stay safe and keep well
From all the staff at Farringdon Academy
Mental Health and Emotional Well-being
Here at Farringdon Academy we believe that the mental health and the emotional well-being of the children, parents and staff are extremely important.
Within school we continue to focus upon well-being, especially in the current climate.
Every Governing Body meeting, staff meeting and ‘team’ meeting has ‘Emotional Well-being’ as a standard item so that it continues to be a focus for all.
As a school, we will continue to work hard after successfully gaining our Bronze Award for Children’s Mental Health on 1st April 2019 and look towards achieving our Silver award with many exciting things to come.

Mental Health Team:

Farringdon Academy’s Mental Health Champion is: Lauren Clarke
Farringdon Academy’s Well-being Team includes: Mrs K Shovlin, Mrs L Cooper, Mrs V Keogh and Ms C Liddle
Farringdon Academy’s Mental Health Link Governor is: Joanne Hall
Within school we run a number of programmes to support our children with their emotional wellbeing.

In school we have established Relax Kids sessions to help our children
- develop their self-confidence
- manage their moods or emotions
- manage stress and anxiety
- increase their brain power
- relax and improve their sleep
Open the links below to find out more. If your child’s whole class bubble is isolating they will still access these sessions via Zoom links sent to their Showbie app.
Benefits of Relax Kids for School Age Children


Fun Friends is ran as an intervention for small groups within school to support children who may need additional support emotionally/socially. The sessions are full of fun play-based activities that equip children with resilience skills to help them in everyday life.


Children always say that they love the Kidsafe programmes, especially helping KS, our puppet, decide what to do in certain situations. Through helping KS with strategies to keep him safe, children are learning and reinforcing vital skills to help keep themselves safe from all forms of abuse

Useful websites
- Community Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Mind | Washington
- Wellbeing Info for Young People
- Young Minds
Within school we actively promote the ‘Winning Ways to Well-being’ throughout the school from Reception to Year 6.


