As part our vision of of a loving, supportive environment for all, we aim to offer a highly skilled team of support to families at the right time. Working with local and other agencies, including our church, we wish to initiate support earlier than in the current climate through a pool of expertise thus targeting vulnerable and disadvantaged families but also having a positive impact on all. We aim to refine opportunities not duplicate thus developing specialism in certain areas. Wellesbourne School took part in the DBE’s ‘Beacon Project’ which was a funded program to train staff in Trauma, emotion coaching and restorative techniques as well as improving supervision and practice for staff groups.
Supporting our staff and their well-being is also a fundamental part of our plan. A healthy, resilient workforce improves recruitment and retention as well as ensuring the best people can support the community. An over overview of Fosse MAT Family Framework is available to download below.
Early Intervention in school: Our pastoral support starts with your child’s class teacher. Our staff are trained to spot those signs early and intervene where possible or signpost you to the best place for support – this could be external support such as NHS or the Church, the SENDCO, our pastoral team or another member of staff.
Protective Behaviours – Guides for parents
Part of approach to keeping children safe is teaching them ‘Protective Behaviours’ which is about equipping children with the language and tools to talk to adults when they have worries.
Our Pastoral Team – contact via supportwel@welearn365.com
Mrs Kim Ballard- SENCO (SLT and Inclusion Lead for the FOSSE MAT)
Sally Clarke – Family Liaison Officer
Mrs Sharon Gibbs – Assistant SENDCO and HLTA
Mrs Lesley-Anne Dean – Child Mentor and CBT practitioner
What we offer:
- A team of training Early Help (Pathways) trained staff
- Our own Family Liason Officer – Sally Clarke
- A ‘Child Mentor’ in KS2 – funded through Pupil Premium grant
- A team of trained Nurture specialists in KS1 and KS2
- Dedicated Nurture time
- Therapy dog visits – Cooper and Karrie visit us in conjunction with Pets as Therapy
- Lego Therapy
- Play Therapy – funded by Pupil Premium
- Attendance support with the Family Liaison Officer and Attendance Champion- Headteacher, Tim Hewitt
Useful Links
Dimensions tool: https://dimensions.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/
Family information service: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/children-families
Boyse Foundation: https://www.stpeterswellesbourne.org.uk/the-boyse-foundation
Young carers: https://www.caringtogetherwarwickshire.org.uk/young-carers/
Parent Guides for apps
As a school, we support the Smartphone Free Childhood initiative and believe that no children should have access to their own mobile until they are 14 – or at least in Primary school. However, we know this is not always the case and below you will find some guides to support you with different key apps.