Mental Health & Wellbeing
Link to MindEd
Booklet > Supporting children with the transition to secondary school
Helpline for parents – 01258 474036
This helpline has been set-up to support those who are worried about their child or teenager during the lockdown. It is run by Dorset Council’s Educational Psychologists and is completely free.
The helpline is open from Monday to Friday from 9am to 4.45pm. Callers need to ring and make an appointment for a 30 minute phone consultation.
Connections – 24/7 Mental Health Helpline
A useful guide by MindEd for parents in talking about mental/emotional health issues. Page 7 has some useful links to MindEd that some of you may find helpful.
The Wave – A guide to staying emotionally well during isolation:
Mental Health Leaflet:
Managing Stress:
Talking about Relationships:
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/ask-the-awkward/
Sources of advice for Self-Harm
Websites and Apps for Self Harm
Mental Health – Parental Bulletins
Kinder, Happier Dorset Online Event
We know that many young people have struggled with their mental health during 2020, and we want to make sure more young people are equipped to look after their own mental health and are able to support others with their mental health too. That’s why we’re starting 2021 with an exciting series of evening ‘Keep Connected’ workshops to help young people stay better connected with their own happiness, enable them to feel less lonely, and help them spread some happiness to others too!
Workshop dates and times
The workshops will take place on Zoom every Monday from 18 January to 22 February from 5.30 – 6.30pm. Places can be booked at:
Year 11 write Christmas cards for Abbey View residents
Chaplain Yvonne has safely delivered the Christmas cards written by Year 11, to Bev the Activities Co-ordinator at Abbey View Care Home who will hand them out to residents this week!
Our Autumn Newsletter is out now!
Our Autumn Newsletter is out now! With news about Duke of Edinburgh awards, rewilding our school grounds....and of course our production of Chicago! https://issuu.com/glenncoombsshelleys/docs/88225_gryphon_newsletter_issu?fr=sZDA5MzM0OTc0MjI
A Christmas post from Year 11
Just like every other English Literature student, this Christmas, I am reading (and re-reading!) Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’. Most of you already know the story: three spirits visit Ebenezer Scrooge and show...