Wellbeing Hub
Examples of School Wellbeing Practice
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Primary
Ballysillan Primary School
Ballysillan is a controlled primary school in North Belfast with an enrolment number of 210. In 2021,the school received a Derrytrasna Pastoral Care Award from the Department of Education as a reward for its provision of pastoral care, nurture practice and support for the mental health of the whole school community, including parents and carers. It’s also an EA School of Sanctuary.
Listen to Catherine Davidson, acting school principal, describe how emotional health and wellbeing practice is planned for and implemented in the school.
About the School
Staff Wellbeing
Ethos: Positive Learning Environment
Ethos: Whole‐School Approach
Professional Development: New Ideas
Professional Development: Nurture Practice
Parents and Community
Long Tower Primary School
Long Tower Primary School is just outside the Derry Walls, close to the city centre. The school was the first in the city to receive an EA School of Sanctuary award. Listen to the school principal, Joyce Logue, and colleagues describe their whole‐school approach to emotional health and wellbeing.
About Us
Wellbeing In Our School
Staff Wellbeing
Ethos 1: Positive Learning Environment
Ethos 2: Development
Ethos 3: Relationships
Pupil Voice
Curriculum Provision: Physical Health
Curriculum Provision: Getting Outside
Parents and Community
Post‐Primary
Ashfield Girls High School
Ashfield Girls High School is an all‐ability, non‐selective post‐primary school (11-18) located in east Belfast.
Listen to vice‐principal Beverley Cripps discuss how the school has taken a whole‐school approach to emotional health and wellbeing.
New‐Bridge Integrated College
New‐Bridge Integrated College is an 11-18 co‐educational, post‐primary integrated college in Loughbrickland.
St Malachy’s College
St Malachy’s College is a grammar school for boys in north Belfast.
SEN
Here you will find exemplification of innovative and effective ‘Emotional Health and Wellbeing’ (EHWB) practices in special school settings (SLD).
Four special school settings share their practice of how they support the emotional health and wellbeing of pupils, staff, and the whole-school community. Each school focuses on one specific aspect of their EHWB practice.
The school examples show a whole-child, whole-school, whole-community approach to wellbeing. The schools have been successful in supporting and enhancing the wellbeing of pupils, staff, and the whole-school community. The strategies they used have had had a positive impact on pupils’ emotional regulation, resilience, and cognitive development.
Find out more about each school’s practice: