PSHE and RSE
We are proud to be a part of the myHappymind Family!
As a whole school program grounded in science and dedicated to building positive mental wellbeing, myHappymind helps children understand how their brains work and creates a culture that helps to build children's resilience, confidence, and self-esteem. myHappymind also teaches the children how to self-regulate and manage their emotions in stressful times, allowing them to be their very best selves!
Learn more here: https://myhappymind.org/
PSHE is taught through the My Happy Mind scheme of work, and supplemented by the MindMate Lessons from Leeds City Council (see below).
myHappymind is a mental health and well-being programme to support children in learning habits to support their own mental health. It does also cover all the mandatory objectives from the DfE Relationship Education Curriculum and also around 70% of the PSHE objectives. The myHappymind curriculum is grounded in scientific research and helps children to:
✓ Feel happier
✓ Know what to do when they feel worried or stressed
✓ Improve their focus and learn more
✓ Achieve more of the goals that they set for themselves
✓ Develop better relationships with friends and families
✓ Feel great about who they are and have positive self-esteem
The aims of PSHE within our school are to provide children with:
accurate and relevant knowledge
opportunities to create personal understanding
opportunities to explore and challenge a range of values, attitudes, beliefs, rights and responsibilities
a range of skills and strategies to live a healthy, safe, fulfilling, responsible and balanced life
Our curriculum deals with the diverse beliefs, values and attitudes that individuals and societies hold. It helps pupils to develop themselves, their understanding of the world, and their ability to communicate their feelings. Children at BSM also acquire an understanding and experiences of British values that are necessary if they are to make sense of their experiences, value themselves, respect others, appreciate differences and feel confident and informed as a British citizen.
myHappymind Module Descriptions
•Meet Your Brain: Understanding how your brain works and how to ensure we look after it so that we can manage our emotions and be at our best. Growth mindset is a key part of this too.
•Celebrate: Understanding your unique character strengths and learning to celebrate them. This is a fantastic module for building self-esteem.
•Appreciate: Understanding why gratitude matters and how you can develop gratitude as a habit. Gratitude is key to well-being and resilience and we're all about making it a habit!
•Relate: Understanding why positive relationships matter and how to build them. We're focussed on the building blocks of good relationships and friendships.
•Engage: Understanding how to set meaningful goals that matter and how to keep resilient in times of challenge. This module is all about building self-esteem and resilience too.
MindMate
In addition to My Happy Mind we also use the Leeds City Council MindMate Lessons teaching resource. This is an emotional literacy curriculum designed to support class-based discussions and learning around mental health and wellbeing. The lessons are written by a range of teachers, mental health professionals and consultants in partnership with other services and groups. They are modern, engaging and evidence-based. The MindMate Lessons prioritise the following key skills:
self-awareness
self-regulation
motivation
empathy
social skills
