myHappymind Accreditation - Bronze Award

West Kirby School and College have achievedthe MyHappyMind Accreditation Bronze level. 

We are proud to announce that we are a myHappymind Bronze Accredited school!

This means that as a school we consider the mental health and wellbeing of our children as one of our top priorities. We have created a whole school culture that helps build our children's resilience, confidence and self esteem as well as teaching them how to self regulate in those stressful times. 

This Accreditation badge has been awarded thanks to all the effort our staff, children, governors and parents have put in to bring the lessons of myHappymind to life all around our school!

To Learn more about the myHappymind for Schools programme visit their website here - https://myhappymind.org/

What is myHappymind?

myHappymind is a PSHE programme delivered to pupils in Primary. The programme's aim ​is to achieve ​t​he goal of making sure that every child has the tools to thrive in the modern world. 

This means as a school, we consider the mental health and wellbeing of our children as one of our top priorities. We create a whole school culture that helps build our children's resilience, confidence and self-esteem as well as teach them techniques to self-regulate in those stressful times. 

 

The myHappymind programmes are underpinned by five key philosophies:

1. Proactive not reactive
Mental health activity is often focused on supporting individuals when they face challenges. Whilst this is critical, myHappymind believes that it’s also important to support individuals in building their resilience and self-esteem proactively. Prevention is at the heart of what they do.
 

​2. Stigma reversing

Ensuring that individuals understand the science behind how their brains work and how to impact their self-esteem and resilience is at the heart of what they do. When people get the why, they take action.

 

​3. A systemic approach

myHappymind passionately believe in supporting both staff and parent wellbeing alongside the children. That’s why we provide a CPD certified wellbeing program for all staff in the schools and nurseries we support along with a state of the art Parent App so the learning journey can continue at home.

 

​4. Fun to Learn & Easy to Teach

myHappymind is easy to teach via digital lessons and resources which are all pre-made for teachers, which means planning time is minimal. myHappymind also believe mental health education can and should be fun, they integrate quizzes, music, games and lovely characters to make myHappymind fun to learn!

 

​5. Equitable access for all

myHappymind is tailored to meet the needs of neuro-diverse children and they have a dedicated Special Schools Programme. myHappymind has also been modified to support those children who are hard of hearing or partially sighted.