Wellbeing Hub
Post-Primary wellbeing resources and links
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Curriculum Guidance
Key Stage 3 Non‐Statutory Guidance for Personal Development shows how Personal Development and its three key concepts of self awareness, personal health and relationships are consistent with the aim and objectives of the curriculum and helps pupils acquire key skills, attitudes and values.
Featuring practical advice on a range of learning and teaching methods, these resources aim to help teachers actively engage pupils in their learning to make it a more relevant, enjoyable and motivational experience.
These guidance documents show how teachers can develop good practice in the three strands of LLW, including specific guidance for Personal Development at Key Stage 4.
Featuring classroom strategies and progress maps, these guidance documents show how developing pupils’ Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities can help them interact effectively with others and regulate and enhance their own learning
This guidance outlines Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) issues and provides a context for how and why post‐primary schools should address them. It also helps schools to create a meaningful RSE policy and principals and teachers to manage potentially challenging situations.
CCEA Drugs Education guidance outlines current issues affecting young children and young people and provides a useful context for how and why these should be addressed in schools.
Resources and Links
InSync explores Personal Development issues at Years 8, 9 and 10. Specific themes – Feelings and Emotions, Managing Influences and Making Decisions, and Self‐Concept – address the messages associated with positive mental health.
Ready-to-use primary and post-primary resources to support schools seeking to raise pupil awareness of gambling and gaming.
Active Citizenship links to the Local and Global Citizenship and Drama components of the Northern Ireland Curriculum at Key Stages 3 and 4. These resources examine topics such as democracy and lawfulness, the impact of organised crime and paramilitaries, and how pupils can make a positive contribution to their community and society.
CCEA Relationships and Sexuality Education hub for guidance and resources on specific RSE topics.
Period Dignity refers to the accessibility and availability of essential care needed to support a period, in conjunction with the breaking of stigma and taboo around periods.
Education plays a vital role in raising awareness and equipping pupils with the knowledge, skills and resilience to avoid homelessness. This resource aims to empower the next generation of young people to take action to prevent homelessness in the future. It caters for Key Stages 1 to 4, providing lessons and activities to support you to teach pupils about local and broader issues of homelessness in an age‐appropriate way.
There is an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence on the positive effects of sport and physical activity in supporting wellbeing. This resource helps teachers and coaches to adapt several sports to include all players, with and without a disability.
Teen Building is a Home Economics resource that can help post‐primary pupils to enhance their wellbeing through understanding good food choices and learning practical cookery skills.
Created to provide resources that will help inform children and young people about their rights, as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), this hub also includes webinars about wellbeing and digital safety.
Smashed Online is an externally produced resource to educate and young people about the risks and dangers associated with underage drinking.
Text-a-Nurse provides access to confidential health advice for young people aged 11-19 in Northern Ireland. School nurses are available between the hours of 9am-5pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) to respond to all messages within 24 hours Monday to Friday. They will provide help on a range of issues including, emotional health and wellbeing, alcohol and drugs, sexual health, bullying and general health issues.
Phone numbers:
- Belfast Trust Text-a-Nurse: 07507 328290
- Northern Trust: Text-a-Nurse: 07480 635982
- Southern Trust Text-a-Nurse: 07507 328057
- Western Trust Text-a-Nurse: 07480 635984
- South Eastern Trust Text-a-Nurse: 07507 327263
This programme from the Education Authority youth work service within schools supports 6-19 year-olds to develop positive emotional health, increase their readiness for learning and build their resilience while providing support for teachers and parents.
Includes Critical Incident and Emotional Health and Wellbeing training for educational professionals and professionals.
Includes training programmes and other support such as:
- Whole School Together – a six-month programme including individual sessions with staff focusing on school ethos and practice in positive behaviour management.
- Training for Social Behaviour and Emotional Wellbeing (SBEW) planning (updated chapter in DE SEN resource)
- Addressing Bullying in School
- Parenting programme
- Safeguarding Board Northern Ireland training – Trauma Informed Practice (Level 1)
- Outreach to individual young people to support wellbeing.
Includes modules on ‘Pupil Wellbeing’, ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences’ and modules focusing on staff wellbeing.
Supports parents and carers to fulfil their statutory responsibility in ensuring that children attend school regularly. There is a focus on supporting pupils’ emotional health and wellbeing during this process.
Provides support for asylum seekers and refugees, including those suffering from trauma. It also promotes the Schools of Sanctuary award.
Wellbeing support and advice for schools who report safeguarding issues that have also affected the mental health of children and young people.
All Health and Social Care Trusts promote Take 5 for schools, and although the Take 5 Schools programme is currently only rolled out in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, all schools may find the resources useful.
This app was developed by Our Generation (Peace IV funded project) and aims to help children and young people improve their emotional resilience. It includes animations and games about mental health and wellbeing, empathy, coping and problem-solving, perspective taking and meeting and working with others.
The Public Health Agency offer free online courses to parents/carers living in Northern Ireland to help understand changes in a child’s development and how to support emotional health and wellbeing. You may wish to promote these to your school community as part of the Whole-Child, Whole-School, Whole-Community approach to wellbeing for all.
Mentally Healthy Schools brings together quality‐assured mental health resources, information and advice for schools and further education settings in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The NI Bereavement Network support website includes resources to support children and young people who are experiencing bereavement.