Health and Well-Being

Links with Children’s Rights

Learning in Health and Wellbeing supports children to understand their rights and the rights of others (UNCRC Article 2 and 42). It also supports children to experience their rights to be safe and protected from harm (UNCRC Articles 19, 33, 34, 36) and also promotes the right of children to relax and play (Article 31) and to have healthy food and clean water (Article 24)

In Cila 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 our 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.

What Matters in Health & Well-being

• Developing physical health and well-being has lifelong benefits.
• How we process and respond to our experiences affects our mental health and emotional well-being
• Our decision making impacts on the quality of our lives and the lives of others.
• How we engage with social influences shapes who we are and affects our health and well-being
• Healthy relationships are fundamental to our well-being.

Progression in Health and Well-Being

• Increasing breadth and depth of knowledge.
• Deepening understanding of the ideas and disciplines within areas of learning and experience.
• Refinement and growing sophistication in the use and application of skills.
• Making connections and transferring learning into new contexts.
• Increasing effectiveness as a learner.

Learning in Health and Well-being in Cila includes for example:

Physical health and development includes:

• Playtimes – (equipment boxes)   
• Sport skills club
• PE lessons for skills development
• PE specialist for skills development
• Sponsored events
• Sports Day
• Activity/challenge week
• Science lessons
• Library walks
• Healthy cooking and eating activities
• Healthy schools. School Garden
• Aqua Aid – drinking water
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Mental health development includes:

• A whole school approach to positive mental health and well-being, Building Resilience
• Well-being Awareness Days/Supporting children’s mental health week
• The use of self-regulation strategies  
• Growth Mindset
• Emotional Coaching Practice
• Flexible use of time to meet pupils’ needs
• Meditation and mindfulness activities
• Music playing to support school ethos
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Emotional and social well-being development includes:

• A consistent approach to the emotional environment- emotional coaching strategies
• Strong pupil voice opportunities
• Strong positive staff/pupil relationships
• Learning linked to Sustainable development goals (SIP)
• Learning linked to UNCRC Pupils’ Rights
• Authentic Context for learning
• Celebration Assembly
• Peer support
• Transition opportunities