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Tonbridge Grammar School
Student Well-being
Aims
What are the causes of anxiety? How can anxiety show itself in teenagers? Who can you talk to if your daughter needs support? Proactive strategies for reducing the risk of students
developing anxiety.
Stress Factors
What caused anxiety for teenagers when we were at school?
What are the causes of anxiety for today’s teenagers?
How do they compare?
How does anxiety show itself?
Unable to concentrate Has lost interest in former enjoyments Appearing not to care about their work/drop in progress Doesn't sleep or eat well Gets multiple headaches and stomach aches Wants to be alone and avoids friends and family Mood swings Worries constantly about appearance and/or physical
problems Low self-esteem Depression Self-harm/eating disorders
What do we mean by emotionally healthy?
Mental Health Foundation 1999 Bright Futures:
Develop psychologically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually; Initiate, develop and sustain mutually satisfying personal relationships; Use and enjoy solitude; Become aware of others and empathise with them; Play and learn; Develop a sense of right and wrong; Resolve (face) problems and setbacks and learn from them.
Supporting students at TGS
H&SE programmeAntibullying strategyICT Acceptable Use PolicyHomework CharterMindfulness
Learning MentorStudent ManagerSENCOSchool NurseDCPCs
For parents: http://www.tgs.kent.sch.uk/
DCPCs
Mr Fitt (Assistant Head Teacher)
Mrs Hull (SENCO)
Mr Barker (Assistant Head Teacher,
Director of Sixth Form)
Mrs Ransom (Curriculum Director
Year 13)
Health and Social Education at TGS
Sessions on:Self-awarenessResilienceE-safetyInterpersonal RelationshipsAntibullying
+ Mindfulness
Anti-bullying strategy
Three questions we must ask ourselves before we communicate:
1. Are they kind?
2. Are they necessary?
3. Are they helpful?
(Displayed in classrooms and in planner - and in staff room!)
ICT Acceptable Use Policy+ Mobile Phone Charter
In planner – covered in assemblies/ICT lessons/form time
Realistic expectations:
Teeter-Totter (see-saw) Parenting
Raising the bar – gradually
Growth Mindset
Growth Mind-set
“Whenever a girl worries enough to predict failure for herself, failure becomes more likely.”
Jo-Ann Deak
What can we do to help girls thrive and reduce the chance of anxiety?
(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)www.deakgroup.com
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
1. Appreciate that:
“Every interaction a child has during the course of a day influences the adult that child will become.”
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
2. Develop grit – determination/resilience/perseverance
If things get difficult, don’t do it for them. Challenge barriers to achievement without offering too much sympathy which can create over reliance.
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
3. Encourage a positive mindset to difficulties – a belief that the brain can adapt and develop.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
Winston Churchill
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
4. Embrace failure.
Celebrate mistakes = opportunity to learn.
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
5. Diagnose and deal with low self-esteem by:
Increasing competence/connectedness/confidence.
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
6. Guard against the ‘Tyranny of niceness’ – encourage them to stand up for themselves (in a respectful way).
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
7. Find a passion – a ‘North Star’
= stress releaser
e.g. reading, horse riding.
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
8. Expand ‘social taste buds’ – change seating/speak to different people/avoid cliques.
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
9. Honour the 4 ‘M’s: Movement (exercise) Munch (Complex carbs/high protein/omega3
fats/Calcium/water) Multi-skills (learning new and different things) Music (uses all parts of the brain – useful for creativity and
problem solving)
10 tips to help girls thrive(JoAnn Deak: How Girls Thrive)
10. ZZZs – encourage healthy sleep patterns (brain grows and processes at night).
Where’s the computer/phone?
Perception of our School (mumsnet discussion)
The care is brilliant. I have known of a number of issues resolved very well. The student managers are super and they are responsive and understanding.
One word on the pastoral care at TGS. We have found it to be wonderful. They have really looked after her this year and enabled her to overcome a couple of glitches. We have always felt they put her wellbeing first and her academic studies second. Only our experience, but couldn't be more pleased to have her there... neither could she!
What we are aiming for….. (mumsnet)
“My daughter is at TGS. She has found the educational journey rewarding and thrives and enjoying all the school offers and care provided for her particular needs. She has never felt under any particular pressure. It has just been a genuinely enjoyable educational experience - and for the mother too!”