Wellbeing and Mental Health

Our SERIS workers are Mrs Everett and Mrs Clinton.

SERIS stands for Supporting Emotional Resilience in Schools. Mrs Everett’s and Mrs Clinton’s role is to support children, as individuals or in groups, who have emotional issues or difficulty with social skills, language, self-esteem or confidence. They are also trained to support individuals in bereavement, loss and separation.

If you have any concerns, at any time, and think they may be able to help, please contact the school and ask to speak with Mrs Hughes or Mrs Pearson.

Supporting positive mental health at DSM.

Schools can play a critical part in many different ways to help promote good mental health in children and to prevent later problems. We do this in many ways through:

a positive and supportive school ethos that creates an environment that enhances children and school staff’s mental health.
delivery of curriculum-based activities supporting key social and emotional skills.
build on and celebrate positive peer relationships and school staff relationships.
capitalise on the many ‘light-touch’ daily contacts that staff have with children and families.

As a staff we model positive self-care, resilience and strong social and emotional skills.
Mrs Hughes is our Senior Mental Health Lead in school and therefore if you ever have any questions, please do contact her via the school office.