Wellbeing and Mental Health at Hope Brook

We want everyone in our school community to feel that their mental and emotional wellbeing is as important to us as their physical health. If you have any concerns about your child or if you need any additional support, then please do contact the school and we will do our best to guide you. 

If you do have concerns, these can be raised through your child’s class teacher as normal. Alternatively, you can contact Mrs Southwell who is the Family Support Worker and Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) or speak to the headteacher, Miss Marks. 

If we have any concerns in school then we will communicate with you to work together to best support you and your child.

There are also online resources that can help. Please click on these links for further information:

ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant)

ELSA Network 

(Please see left for a leaflet explaining more about ELSA)

Lumi Nova

Lumi Nova is a free app for families living in Gloucestershire that supports children with anxiety using a friendly game intreface. If you need any help in downloading or setting this up then please do contact Mrs Southwell, who will be happy to help. 

CAMHS/Young Minds Matter:

How to Talk to Your Child about Mental Health | YoungMinds

If your child is struggling with sleep then this article from The Sleep Foundation offers some helpful tips:

Children and Sleep | Sleep Foundation

Anna Freud:

For families | Anna Freud

Place2Be:

Wellbeing resources for families | Place2Be