Positive Minds Programme

Organiser: Watford FC CSE Trust

When

What

Positive Minds; Education is a 10 or 6 week programme combining classroom and practical based activities to engage Year 6 students in the topic of mental health.

Year 6 is a time of transition, during which young people are more likely to experience and develop mental health issues.

Our programme has been developed to support students ahead of this change, to help them increase their knowledge, and instill key tools to improve and support their wellbeing. The aim of the programme is for students to be able to:

• Understand what mental health is and what it means to them.

• Identify at least 3 healthy coping strategies that are specific to them as individuals.

• Identify their support network and some local mental health support services

The programme covers a wide range of topics, including:

• Introduction to mental health

• Building positive relationships

• Body, mind & resilience

• 5 ways to wellbeing

• Gaming

• Social media & internet safety

• Body image

• Emotional literacy & emotional

regulation

• Talking about mental health

• My next steps & future planning

Where do the sessions take place?

The sessions are delivered during the school day in the students’ usual classroom setting. We have two delivery options for the programme - in person or online- dependent on the school’s location and preference. Both options offer the same programme content to allow all students to gain the same knowledge and skills.

In person:
• Our facilitators will come to your school at the same time and day each week for the 10 or 6 week period.1 facilitator per Year 6 class
(plus classroom teacher).
• All students will receive their own workbook to use for tasks and to give further knowledge and support.
• Group work and open class discussions facilitated by staff.
• Weekly interactive tasks to aid topic understanding and student participation.
• Weekly lesson objective evaluation, to monitor students’ learning and understanding.
• Facilitators will bring and provide all activity equipment needed for the sessions.
• Students complete a pre and post programme evaluation within the sessions on week 1 and week 10. This data is reported back to the school

Our programme content has been developed and co-created with leading mental health providers for children, including; Anna Freud
Centre for Children, the Charlie Waller Trust, Young Minds, Mental Health Foundation, Pixel Learning, Public Health Herts, as well as input from teachers, students and facilitator staff.

Positive Minds; programme supports a lot of the topics within the ‘Relationship Education’ and ‘Health Education’ curriculum.

Cost Starts from £550 for the in person programme, and starts from £150 for an online course.

SEND friendly