Health & Well-being
At Spittal the Health and Well-being Area of Learning and Experience provides a holistic structure for understanding health and well-being.
It is concerned with developing the capacity of learners to navigate life's opportunities and challenges.
The fundamental components of this Area are physical health and development, mental health, and emotional and social well-being. It will support learners to understand and appreciate how the different components of health and well-being are interconnected, and it recognises that good health and well-being are important to enable successful learning.
Physical health and development includes:
- PE and Games lessons for skill development
- Sports clubs
- Inter and Intra school competitive events
- Annual Sports Day
- Science of health lessons
- Healthy Cooking and Eating Activities
- Healthy Schools Membership
Mental health development includes:
- A comprehensive mental health policy
- Well-being Awareness Days
- Self-Regulation Charts and Strategies
- Growth Mindset approaches
- Restorative Practice linked to pupil behaviour
- Flexible use of time to meet pupils' needs
Emotional and social well-being development includes:
- Locally approved approach to Relationships and Sexuality Education
- A consistent approach to the emotional environment
- Value placed on opportunities for interdependence
- Strong pupil voice opportunities for all pupils
(Click here to go to our Pupil Voice page) - A consistent approach to developing positive relationships
- Learning linked to Sustainable Development Goals
- Planning underpinned by UNCRC Pupils' Rights
- Authentic Contexts for Learning