Wellbeing

The school appreciate how important children's and families well being is. 

Please see below resources for children and their families to support well being and support that children can access in school. 

What is mental health? A video for children

ELSA 

An ELSA in a school is an Emotional Literacy Support Assistant. This is a recognised ELSA training course aimed specifically at Teaching Assistants in schools.

Bramley Infants is very lucky to have an ELSA in school. Our school ELSA, Mrs Voller, can offer 1:1 or small group sessions with children. Examples of areas that could be covered in these sessions are social skills, emotions, bereavement, social stories and therapeutic stories, anger management, self-esteem and friendships.

The school will always seek permission from families before any pupil takes part in ELSA.

Read 2 Dogs - Pets as Therapy

 The Read2Dogs scheme is designed to help improve literacy skills and well-being in children by developing their confidence, interest and enjoyment in reading. Bramley Infant's are very lucky to have Ralph the Dog visit us every Friday to read with children across the school. The children who take part always love seeing and reading to Ralph and his owner Mrs Johnson.

To find out more about the Read 2 Dogs scheme please see Charity’s website – https://petsastherapy.org/

The school will always seek permission from families before any pupil takes part in the Read2Dog Scheme.

 Ralph the Dog

Lego Therapy 

LEGO-Based Therapy is a social development program that uses LEGO activities to support the development of a wide range of social skills within a group setting. Playing with LEGO in a therapy setting promotes social interaction, turn-taking skills, sharing, collaborative problem-solving and the learning of concepts. It can be used to target goals around social skills, language and motor skills.