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Causeway School Wellbeing Newsletter Vol. 2 / 26th June 2020

Dear All I hope you are all safe and well? Please find below our newsletter for this week, which is full of helpful tips and advice around mental health and wellbeing. Please remember if there is anything we can support or help with do not hesitate to ask, contact us at office@causewayschool.org Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. Sarah Speedie Head of School

Please email sdoyle@causewayschool.org if you have any suggestions or requests that you would like included in this newsletter!

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All children have a right to a happy childhood.

Growing up in Britain today is challenging and young people face issues from being pressurised to grow up too quickly, to being anxious at school, to suffering serious and debilitating mental health difficulties.

Depression and Anxiety Sadly, rates of depression and anxiety have increased by a staggering 70% among teenagers over the last 25 years. Between March 2016 and April 2017, Action in Children worked with over 35,698 children and young people in a targeted way and almost 30% were identified as needing mental health support (this was as high as 50% for 14 year olds).

Their help makes a difference and we see improved mental health for 71% of the children and young people they work with in a targeted way. To do this they tailor their approach to the needs of the individual, offering services, which include one-to-one or group support, Family therapy, Therapeutic support & Counselling or mentoring.

Helping children achieve

Problems at school and failure to achieve in education can have a negative impact on mental health. Action in Children enable parents to support their children to attend school and also support children and young adults to positively engage in education. Using one-to-one or group counselling to build emotional resilience they see an improvement in 77% of children in their ability to achieve their educational potential. To find out more about this service, please visit their site at:

https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/

Good Wellbeing

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Parental Wellbeing

As parents whether you are a single parent, a mum, dad or carer we all want to do what’s best to keep our children safe, fit and well. However, it can be easy to forget about our own health and wellbeing.

A positive attitude and a good social outlook encourages us all to have a healthy lifestyle

Family life plays an important role in the wellbeing of both children and parents. Doing active and creative things together can really boost happiness levels all round. Children’s Centres can be great places for you to socialise and meet other parents as well as giving your child the opportunity to meet friends.

surestartchildrenscentresnhp.org.uk www.childrencentres.co.uk

Sometimes it can be a bit daunting when meeting a group of complete strangers, but it can be an easy way to meet new people and make friends, after all, you all have something in common - your children!

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The Your Mind Plan, from Every Mind Matters will help you deal with stress, boost your mood, improve your sleep and feel more in control. Answer these five questions to create your mind plan now.

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What is your vision for the world after coronavirus?

The COVID-19 pandemic raises many questions about how our societies are organised, and how public health challenges can be tackled. As governments struggle to protect lives and keep our economies afloat, ambitious

ideas that once seemed improbable have suddenly become surprisingly plausible.

Now that everyone is thinking about what our post-lockdown future might look like, openDemocracy and UCL are teaming up to invite young people to have a say. We want to find and shout about the best ideas from the

next generation for what should come next.

What might democracy look like as countries emerge from lockdown? How will public health change as a result of this global pandemic? What lessons from history have we forgotten that might guide how the world recovers?

How will our societies and cultures respond to this global crisis and its aftermath? How to Enter

Whatever your interest or background, we want to hear your thoughts on these and many more questions. In particular, we're looking for ambitious ideas about how governments, citizens, scientists, artists – or anyone

else you think has a role to play – can shape a different and better future. The competition is open to school, university and higher-education students over the age of 14.

Submit your entry as either a written article, short video or image/photograph that describes your vision for the world after coronavirus.

Only one entry per person. If you submit more than one entry, only the first entry submitted will be accepted. Winners and Prizes

Two winners will be selected from the entries in all three categories; a grand prize winner selected by the judges and a People’s Choice winner selected by public vote.

There will be prizes for three runners-up chosen as outstanding entries by the judges. The grand prize includes £200 in book vouchers and a bespoke training opportunity with either open

Democracy or UCL that may take the form of a mini-fellowship, work experience, or placement in line with the winner’s area of interest. The People’s Choice winner will receive £100 in book vouchers and runners-up will

receive £50 in book vouchers. All winners and runners-up will receive a personal mentoring/career advice session with one of our expert

judges and their entries will be published on openDemocracy’s website.

Competition

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Let the Games begin…

The Specsavers ‘Virtual’ Sussex School Games is an exciting programme of sport competition running throughout the summer term, giving children the chance to represent their school team, alongside their friends and family, to be crowned Sussex champions. What it’s about, how it all works, and how to get involved, can be found by clicking here.

Get Involved

It’s never too late to get involved, with a new sport, and a new set of medals, released at 9.30am, every Monday morning. You can get going straight away. Just click here for the latest challenges. You can also follow on social media for a chance to win more prizes and some special surprises: Twitter: @SussexSchGames Facebook: Specsavers Sussex School Games Instagram: @SussexSchGames TikTok: @SussexSchGames

Simply upload your training videos and pictures to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, and include the hashtag #SussexSchGames, and a weekly winner will be selected at random.

Try this little challenge with your household family members as a little project, ask you household 20 questions during lockdown. It covers things including: the logistics of lockdown, living through lockdown, learning from lockdown, life after lockdown, your favourite song during lockdown, favourite meal etc. You could record your family's answers and keep for the future, or write them as a diary perhaps. Take a look at this link:- https://www.amazingapprenticeships.com/app/uploads/2020/05/2020-Memory-Maker.pdf In addition, the link below provides a link, for a 'Memory Maker' front page, if you would like one to print off:

https://www.amazingapprenticeships.com/app/uploads/2020/05/My-New-Normal.pdf We hope this proves interesting, incorporating a little bit of fun as well. Think of it similar to a time capsule exercise, whereby you can ask your family and friends some questions, store the answers somewhere safe, then return to it in five years time, as a historical reference maybe . . .?

Virtual Sussex School Games 2020

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Help & Support for students

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Don’t forget you can always find help and information on the school website:

www.causewayschool.org or email us at office@causewayschool.org

Help & Support for parents