We understand that growing up today can bring many challenges for young people. Through our PSHE and Computing lessons, as well as in our assemblies, we talk about the issues children may face and explore positive ways to look after their wellbeing and manage their feelings.

There are also many excellent organisations that offer help, advice, and guidance for both parents and children.

The most important message we share with our pupils is never to worry alone. If something is upsetting or worrying them, we encourage them to talk to a trusted adult, either at home or here in school. We also want parents to know that we’re here to help. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you’d like any support or advice.

Pastoral Support

At Green Lane Primary Academy, we believe that happy, confident children learn best. That’s why we place such importance on supporting every child’s emotional health and well-being.

We offer a range of support to help our children feel safe, understood, and cared for — from friendly one-to-one sessions in school to specialist help from wonderful external services such as The Bungalow Project and Inside Out.

Our Pastoral Lead is always here to listen and to support both children and families. If you ever have any worries about your child’s emotional well-being, or simply want some advice or reassurance, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Miss Baker.

Together, we can help every child thrive — emotionally, socially, and academically.

HeadStart

We are a gold standard HeadStart School. HeadStart gives all South Tees children and young people the necessary support to build resilience to achieve good emotional health.

The aim of the HeadStart school programme is to implement an early help and prevention model which will ultimately reduce the onset of common mental health problems by building resilience of pupils to be able to better cope better in difficult circumstances. The HeadStart model is a capacity building approach to improve the resilience and capability of pupils to have good emotional health, to have the skills and confidence to cope, solve problems, achieve well and be happy young people.

HeadStart services include:

• Staff development – supports school-based staff to be able to better respond to the emotional needs of pupils.
• Transition – support offered for young people to make the move from primary to secondary as easy as possible.
• HeadStarters – a training pathway for young people to develop school based projects and support the delivery of HeadStart.

HeadStart is a whole school approach where everyone feels safe and comfortable to be themselves, learn and develop in a positive environment and access support when needed. Our school is committed to the HeadStart principles to allow every young person to have the best possible experience and outcomes throughout their school journey.

For more information regarding HeadStart, you can visit their website by clicking on the image below.

InsideOut

The InsideOut Mental Health Support Team (MHST) is a collaborative service for children and young people in Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues. It is a partnership between various voluntary and community sector organisations and works in schools to support students with issues like anxiety, low mood, and social skills.

To visit the InsideOut website, please click on the image below.

The Bungalow Project

The Bungalow Project are a registered charity whose aims are to support children, young people and families across the Tees Valley area by providing therapeutic work with children and young people.

To learn more about The Bungalow Partnership, please click on the image below.

Relax Kids

Relax Kids visit our school to support children’s mental and emotional wellbeing with a simple 7-step method – move, play, stretch, feel, breathe, believe and relax.

To visit the Relax Kids website, please click on the image below.