Wellbeing Council
At Ravensthorpe CE (VC) Junior School we believe that our pupils should learn about mental health and wellbeing to help us lead the school forward, making it the best school it can be. Our Wellbeing Council do just that!
The Wellbeing Council meets regularly with Mrs Wood and makes important decisions about key wellbeing issues in the school.
The Wellbeing Council is made up of several representatives from each class; pupils are chosen by the Deputy Headteacher based on their dedication towards supporting others.
The children are responsible for gathering the views of their peers as well as suggesting brilliant ideas of their own.
The Wellbeing Council plays an important role in promoting peer wellbeing within the school community. By implementing a mentoring programme such as Wellbeing Champions, Wellbeing Council members can help create a culture of care and support among all children.
Our Wellbeing Council became courageous advocates when they visited a local care home to spend time with the residents, building friendships across generations. During their visit, they played a variety of games together, shared conversations and brought smiles and laughter to everyone involved. The children took positive action to support members of their local community helping to reduce loneliness and showing kindness, compassion and respect. Their willingness to make meaningful connections had a positive impact on the residents' wellbeing while also helping the children develop empathy, confidence and a deeper understanding of the importance of caring for others. Through this visit, the children showed that even small acts of kindness can make a big difference in the lives of others.
As part of the Move More Ravensthorpe project, our Eco and Wellbeing Councillors joined forces to help Kirklees Council plan how to improve Holroyd Park for the Ravensthorpe community. During the morning, the children had the opportunity to meet with Sophie and Tommy from Kirklees Council to discuss the plans for improvement and share what they would love to see in their local park. We also took a trip to Holroyd Park, identified good areas to invest in as well as choose from a variety of park equipment that the children think will be best utilised in the park. Finally, to end the visit, our children had the opportunity to design aspects of a community mural that is being drawn inside of the MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area) within the park. Our councillors loved working on the Move More project and cannot wait to see their visions come to fruition by hopefully making it a safer, cleaner and more welcoming park for locals to get active.
The Wellbeing Council at our school has worked hard throughout the last year to support both our school community and wider charitable causes. They have raised money for Children’s Mental Health Day and the funds were thoughtfully spent on games, arts and craft materials and books to stock our Wellbeing Bus, helping to promote positive mental health, creativity, and happiness across our school. The council organised Children in Need contributions, and collected donations for the local foodbank. Altogether, the council raised an impressive £320.00 for Children in Need and created 13 shoebox donations for Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox Appeal along with raising £42.00 in cash donations. Their efforts have made a real difference, showing kindness, teamwork and community spirit in action.
