Sir John Sherbrooke Junior School an Aspire Academy
Wellbeing/Mental Health
External Agencies that can provide support:
Signposting directory
- Kooth Kooth is a free, online mental health and wellbeing platform for young people aged 11-25.
- Casy Counselling Established in 1998, CASY is a young people's mental health charity based in Newark, covering the East Midlands. We provide a confidential one-to-one counselling service to young people aged from 6 to 25 in schools across the East Midlands and from our community venue in Newark. We also deliver expert, quality marked, training to counsellors working with children and young people.
- Be U Notts BUNotts is a free early mental health and emotional wellbeing support service for children and young people. They offer a variety of services including one to one counselling and group therapy, as well as mental health advice and workshops for parents and carers.
We work with specialists to support the children's mental health:
- Laura Marlor - SENCo
- Ruth Cumberland - Emotional Wellbeing Therapeutic Teacher
- Mrs Devenish - Theraplay and LEGO Therapy
- CAHMS Mental Health Support Team (MHST) link worker
- Gedling Area Partnership (GAP Team) - Behaviour Partnership
We have dedicated spaces around school that can help children with their mental health/wellbeing:
- Rainbow Room (sensory space)
- ELSA Room
- The Hub
- Comfy reading corners
- Calm Corners/ Areas in classrooms