Fantastic two days training on MHFA from John Warry and @JamesCording #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Schools, we would love to hear your thoughts....

Getting ready for the Coleg Brenhinol y Seiciatryddion #WholeSchoolApproach conference.

Growing up in a city can double your chances of developing a psychotic disorder. Our blog today looks at how green space in cities can be used to promote good mental health elfi.sh/2Y2kQmd

The Arrow Project has been put on the back burner whilst @JamesCording has been seconded to the @GwentWSA (please follow). This account will now be for Newport City Council Educational Psychology Service.

/ Diffferent breed 😶 @ClinpsychLucy ad4e Draft consultation document on Whole School Approach to mental health and well-being due in March. We have @DrIanSmillie and @JamesCording as part of our local WSA transformation team, along with @DrCBMpsych and Gemma Burns. We are passionate that it needs to be multi-agency.

We live in interesting times that are presenting us with challenges that we never expected to encounter. There are many great resources available for children and young people to support them with these changes. This story by Molly Watts is a favourite nursedottybooks.com/dave-the-dog-i…

Schools do far more than teach children. Good mental and physical well-being are essential to good learning. Yesterday, I announced £1.25m for school counselling services to deal with an anticipated increase in demand as a result of coronavirus.

Still having the company meetings online.

Finally, after 2 long months, children are legally allowed to play with friends again. This is great news for their mental health. We urge all parents to get booking some garden playdates - even if your children have siblings, playing with friends will do them the world of good.

While we can’t hug is a wonderful short film that conveys alternatives to hugging for children whilst we must continue to social distance youtu.be/2PnnFrPaRgY 🙂#ItsTheLittleThings

📣Calling all Primary School staff in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿- we want to hear your experiences and thoughts of being back in school full time during #COVID19. Help us understand by submitting your views and experiences via our quick survey 👉happen-wales.co.uk/the-happen-sur… Health and Care Research Wales

We really enjoyed delivering our #5ways2wellbeing training to Newport Flying Start today. Thanks for the great feedback.

It’s great to hear how schools in Newport City Council are engaging in an @GwentWSA to emotional wellbeing #PartnershipWorking

Another wonderful example of how Newport City Council schools and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board are working together to develop a #WholeSchoolApproach to emotional wellbeing.

School leaders in Newport. There are just a few places left on next week’s Mindfulness for School Leaders course funded out of the Welsh Government Education WSA Grant . To book visit mindfulfamilies.co.uk/book-a-course/