Friday 10th October marks World Mental Health Day. We wanted to take the opportunity to raise awareness with our KS3 pupils and give the opportunity to explore and develop strategies to support their mental health and support other.
All KS3 took part in a workshop in their year groups that allowed them to watch clips focusing on issues particularly pertinent to young people's mental health from eating disorders, anxiety and bullying. Once pupils had watched a short case study, they used our common approaches for developing oracy in their planners to discuss what they had seen and share their own view on causes and how to help.
At the end of each session, pupils all shared one key thing they had learned in the session, how they could support their mental health and support others. The pupils spoke highly of the sessions and were comfortable sharing their own experiences. It was great to see the bos making links to our Turves and British Values when referencing support.
