All staff work tirelessly at our school to ensure that children feel safe and ready to learn. 

Class teachers, Learning Support Assistants, office and kitchen staff all go above and beyond in order to build positive relationships with children so that they know who to go to when things become difficult.  

Mrs Ingram leads the pastoral work in school, working with children in school and supporting our families.  

Work that she does with children includes:  

• Teaching mindfulness across the school, 

• Delivering sessions that develop children’s skills in regulating their emotions, 

• Therapeutic play, 

• Bereavement support, 

• Sessions to build resilience, 

• Delivering therapeutic interventions such as Drawing and Talking or Sand therapy, 

• Carrying out specific programmes to develop children’s understanding of friendships, emotions and managing anger, 

• Leading the lunchtime club and breaktime clubs where required. 

Mrs Ingram also signposts families to support available outside of school, such as the school nurse service, Early Help, and a range of workshops and courses available to families. 

She can be contacted through your child’s class teacher, the school office email or by getting in touch with the school SENDCo. There is a referral system in school if you think your child would benefit from some extra support, and this can be done by first discussing this with your child’s class teacher. 

As well as working with children and families, Inclusion and Pastoral staff work very closely with a range of outside agencies including Social Care, Family Support Workers and private therapists to ensure that there are good channels of communication and that children are fully supported inside and outside of school. 

 

Handy links: 

text 07520 615382  a confidential secure text messaging service for parents of children aged 0-11 years in Leicestershire and Rutland. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm, excluding bank holidays. All texts will be responded to by a public health nurse (health visitor/school nurse) within 24 hours. Outside of the service working hours, you’ll receive a message back to inform you that your text will be responded to once the line reopens. For emergencies, dia 999 or visit A and E. 

 

Getting Help | Health for Kids Grownups A website that signposts the right support for your family. 

You can also speak to a health professional through the Healthy Together Helpline, by calling 0300 300 3001. 

 

Young Minds website: YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young People | YoungMinds 

The Bowdens Charity Help in Times of Trouble - Market Harborough & The Bowdens Charity (mhbcharity.co.uk) 

Information about CAMHS (the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)  Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) - Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (leicspart.nhs.uk)