At The West Park Academy we strongly believe that children need to be happy and emotionally secure in order for them to be able to learn. We have strategies in place to ensure that children in school have someone to talk to if they are feeling anxious or worried about anything.
All classrooms have worry boxes in them. Children can leave a message for their class teacher if they feel they need time to talk.
We are also able to access external support for children who are finding things difficult.
If children are still struggling to manage their feelings or emotions despite accessing extra support in school, we can refer to a range of support agencies. Some of these are listed below
SMALL STEPS
The Small Steps service has now joined forces with Family Action.
Their information line is available Monday – Friday 9am-3pm and then reopens 6pm-9pm.
The Family Line offers free support to families.
Support is available via the helpline Telephone : 0808 802 6666 – Text : 07537 404 282
Email – familyline@family-action.org.uk
Website – www.family-action.org.uk/familyline
