Question 1 – What has your school done to improve the environment?
Question 2 – What professional development have your leaders (at all levels) and colleagues had access to?
Question 3 – Who are you using to support the community?
Question 4 – Are your teams embedding wellbeing into lessons/curriculum?
Question 5 – What questions do you still have? What problems are you facing?
Question 1 – What has your school done to improve the environment?
- Hygge approach- lamps, lighting, soft furnishing.
- Remodelled inclusion spaces- more accessible.
- Wellbeing hub for staff- quiet, calm environment.
- Increase in working/office/breakout space.
- Training induction inclusion- change mindset of teachers
- Rooms Average in primary- reading rooms, sensory rooms.
- Well being cafe- 2 students from each section of a year level
- Lead a discussion in given types- chill room for teachers.
- Nominate themselves 13 October.
- Parent wellbeing group. Yoga session.
- Staff wellbeing team.
- Student wellbeing champions- student led initiatives.
- Student surveys leading to student led initiatives.
- Social calendars for staff wellbeing newsletter.
- Themed mornings, linked to themed Wellbeing months, each like to PERMAH.
- Booths instead of chairs and tables.
- Happiness room.
- Wellbeing Diary.
- Outdoor wellbeing zone.
- Well being objectives mapped into MSCS.
- Anti bullying Campaign
- Student voice led by student.
- Lighthouse Arabia courses for students.
- Wellbeing policy, action plan, safeguarding policy and action plan.
- Using platforms for safeguarding and curriculum modifications.
- International Trips.
- Observing various cultural days.
- Parent engagement in various International Days.
- Acknowledging teachers (Teacher of the month)
- Community service.
- Create more growth opportunities for teachers.
- MH is normal away from the taboo.
- Universal information regarding MH- bulletins, assembly.
- Making language around MH as normal.
- Relating MH to other analogies, for example Climate Weather. Eg: in the moment vs overall holistic.
- Perspective changing this.
- Self-awareness students having better awareness of their emotions.
- Language teaching from early age modelling from teachers where teachers being vulnerable themselves
- Developing the culture of all working together.
- Inclusion Team supporting well-being across school and supporting change from curriculum to another.
- Break out spaces, displays and classroom and more towards a trauma informed lay out- displays policy and space policy based on it.
- Celebration and support each week for each class acknowledgment for effort and relationships.
- Gratitude grams for staff: two handouts on monday with coffee vouchers rest handed out during the day And students: managed by well-being champs.
- Teacher awards
- Strong community connections
- Workshops and sessions for parents throughout the year.
- PBIS framework
- Embedding the well being curriculum in lessons.
- Wellbeing Calendar: weekly themes /activities.
- Increased green areas.
- Well-being/Safeguarding posters for all to know who to go to.
- PSCHE Curriculum- embed into the main timetables.
- Introduced mindfulness
- Staff shout outs on Fridays
- Motivational Morning quotes
- Involving parent body.
- Basis of relationships where students -> Teachers, Teacher-> Teacher and Student-> Student.
- Digital Well being
Question 2 – What professional development have your leaders (at all levels) and colleagues had access to?
- MHFA- lighthouse/ Mind year health
- Safeguarding
- Virtual college- MHFA
- Positive Education course- Centre for positive education
- Governor training- mental health and wellbeing.
- PD have leaders done.
- Mental health first aid
- Educare- TES monthly courses.
- Optimus education training.
- GEMS U courses- safeguarding.
- Kids First
- Growth Mindset.
- ZEN PD
- Positive handling
- Mental Health First Aid Training (Light house Arabia).
- Zones of regulation.
- PERMAH CPD for staff (Whole school).
- Student leaders- training primary and Secondary.
- Students to be Mental Health First Aiders.
- Komodo and You HQ Training.
- Camali Clinic.
- GEMS Safeguarding Key notes.
- HPL, Anti bullying training, session of inclusion team.
- TELAL
- Middle leaders conference GEMS Cluster
- COACH- U GEMS Corporate
- MIEE/ MCI
- In-house PD’s
- GEMS- U Mandatory Courses
- Oxford Curriculum- PD’s.
- National College Online.
- Educare
- Coaching courses.
- This training mena-every second year, school access to the National College.
- Apply for courses every two years.
- School access to the national college. Apply for courses every two years.
- 8 week mindfulness courses paid for by the school up to 20 staff members can attend, run by Jackie Green wood from Vivamus.
- Reviving compassion by Dr Sonakshi R.
- Al Fasht Medical Centre- Dr. Binu Neuropsychiatrist
- Al Jalila Foundation, Lexicon, Neuropedia.
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Question 3 – Who are you using to support the community?
- Lighthouse
- Reverse Psychology, Insight Psychology
- Pharma Pal
- School counsellors/ Inclusion (SEND)
- Open minds
- Fitey Health- online network
- Prime clinic- Urmilla Singha
- Dr. Onita Nakhra- Educational Psychologist.
- Insight Neropedia.
- Lexicon- can be covered by insurance.
- Al Jalila hospital fund raising for them if you apply.
- Vivamus Atic Thrive OT and SLT- Emperor Sensation station.
- CDA for Emarati parents 50,000.
- Medical teams
- Expert talks
- Peer joint program
- Psychologists
- Insight free-spirit collective.
- Kings College Hospital.
- German Neuroscience Centre.
- Reverse Psychology
- Private zoom-UK.
- Priory- Aspris.
- Sage Clinic
- Thrive,
- Vivamus.
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Question 4 – Are your teams embedding wellbeing into lessons/curriculum?
- Oxford wellbeing curriculum
- HPL
- Oxford Curriculum Across the school during registration time.
- WB lessons across the school.
- Wellbeing survey.
- Well being walks.
- Customised plans based on survey.
- SEAK curriculum- one wellbeing period- thematic event curriculum
- Value education- Anna Freed.
- Oxford Curriculum well being
- Teams education-
- PASS
- Culture of pastoral being your most important role as a teacher
- Regular surveys to gauge students, wellbeing and making curriculum changes as necessary on the fly.
- Meeting with students flagged in surveys.
- Student bulletin
- Wellbeing lesson, weekly wellbeing meetings, induction week- having a focus at the beginning of the academic year.
- EPOCH
- Dreams lesson (Jigsaw) SEW
- House system- Sense of belonging.
- ‘Me’ day- wear own clothes-> represents yell.
- Wellbeing wednesday
- Lower age group-> circle time -> opportunity to speak about emotions and feelings.
- PSHE Curriculum- British Curriculum.
- Every lesson links back to well being -> SEL Learning.
- Mindfulness for 10-15 minutes every week in Moral Education/SS.
- SEMH embedded in the classroom- using “reflect”from teachers.
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Question 5 – What questions do you still have? What problems are you facing?
- What is the word count for each section on the SEF?
There is no word count on the wellbeing SEF
- What data samples should we be providing in the SEF- Are internal data samples ok?
Internal and External Data is acceptable. This could include questionnaires and surveys of students, parents and staff as well as any softwares you are using.
- How does the previous grading system look on the new framework? High? Good? Very Good?
- What documents do you recommend to upload on the portal?
The Portal asks for Action Plan, Impact Statement, Policy, Vision/Mission Statement, Curriculum Overview, Assessment Data/Information, Names, positions, experience and qualifications of wellbeing staff team, List of wellbeing initiatives or programmes for both staff and students
- Can I get samples of a wellbeing action plan and well being policy? Also, some input for the wellbeing SEF.
If you would like a template please refer to the WhatsApp group
- Well being data?
See above - Not enough support and counsellors-> funding.
- How do we encourage SLT involvement?
- How do increase staff / training?
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