We believe that children's mental health and well-being is the foundation on which  academic success is built . We believe that ensuring our pupils are mentally well and emotionally stable allows them to flourish in all areas of the curriculum. As a school we  use the Coram Life education SCARF approach: Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience, Friendship to inform our PSHE planning. In addition our whole school approaches to acts of collective worship are used to further explore wellbeing and mental health challenges. Each classroom has a designated reflection space and we make time within our curriculum for children to reflect on their learning  express their ideas and opinions and ask questions. Our school worship and wellbeing group help to plan events to support children's wellness across the year.

In addition, we also work closely with the Mental Health Support Team (MHST). They provide our children with various workshops over the school year, including sessions on resilience, anxiety, recognising and managing feelings, sleep and transition to Secondary school. We have also worked with the MHST to train up our very own Gunthorpe peer mentors, or as we like to call them - Wellbeing Rangers! Our team of Year 5 and 6 children are available at break times and lunchtimes to support their peers with friendship issues, low mood, feeling lonely or simply someone to chat with. They are a fantastic asset to the school and we are very proud of them