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Wellbeing and Nurture

At Gossops Green, the promotion of pupil and staff wellbeing is of utmost importance to us. We believe that outstanding wellbeing helps to form reflective, resilient, healthy and well-rounded learners. We seek to nurture individuals and to give our pupils the aspiration and confidence to participate, engage, appreciate and take fascination in the world of opportunities around them. Our desire is for them to recognise that being good citizens will enrich their lives. 

Our Nurture Team

Mrs Browne

Mrs Bosher


Miss Plumtree


Our Nurture Team is an invaluable resource at Gossops Green. We are lucky to have three highly-trained and dedicated members of the team; Mrs Browne, Mrs Bosher and Miss Plumtree, who provide a welcoming, safe environment where children can explore their emotional and social wellbeing, learn about themselves, develop and grow. Our Nurture Team works with individual children or small groups to address socialisation issues that are common in some primary school children. Their sessions are fun and informative, using activities and resources designed to motivate, engage and support the children. Children are referred to the Nurture Team for a number of reasons including: emotional wellbeing, life skills, behaviour, anger management, learning skills, self esteem, bereavement support, friendships, cooperation, social skills, independent thinking, transition between year groups or to secondary school.

Our Nurture Team support children throughout the school day including: 

  • Meet and Greet on the playgrounds in the morning to support children as they start their day
  • In class support 
  • Small group and individual support sessions
  • Breaktime and Lunchtime groups
  • Lunchtime club in the Peace Area – available for all KS2
  • Helping Understand Behaviour sessions at lunchtime supporting children to reflect on their behaviour choices 


Our Nurture Spaces

We are continually developing our Nurture resources and, in addition to two dedicated Nurture spaces, we also have a calming sensory room for children and a sensory garden next to the Key Stage 2 playground, where children can go if they need support. 

Our Sensory Room and Sensory Garden have been created in memory of Mrs Catherine Humphrey, who was a teacher and SENDCO at Gossops Green for 37 years before she sadly passed away in 2020. 

 

Wellbeing

Wellbeing and nurture can also be explicitly seen through our PSHE and RSE curriculum. We also have a dedicated Wellbeing Policy, which can be found HERE. In addition, you will find Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development embroidered throughout our whole school ethos including:

  • A highly inclusive curriculum
  • The behaviour policy, through which children learn to take responsibility and reflect on actions and consequences
  • The RE curriculum, through which diversity is celebrated, questions are encouraged and children are informed about different beliefs and views
  • Star Learner Award – a weekly celebration of those who have demonstrated a good attitude to their learning
  • Good Citizen Award – a celebration of those who have demonstrated British Values through their actions
  • Sports tournaments, where children are given the chance to engage and compete on a wider playing field
  • Support staff trained in mentoring and supporting children with their wellbeing, confidence and self-esteem.
  • Opportunities for children to commit to areas of responsibilities (see below)
  • Mindfulness Mealtimes and Positive Playtimes -see Lunchtime | Gossops Green Primary School

 

Outside Agencies

The Nurture Team also offer support and advice to parents and members of the school staff and work with outside agencies including Early Help, Thought-Full, Greenaway Foundation and Fareshare.

The West Sussex Single Point of Access (SPoA) is a dedicated service which provides a simplified single route to access specialist emotional wellbeing and mental health support. The SPoA helps direct you to the right service, eliminating the need to refer to multiple services. Click on the logo above to be taken to their website.

Led by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, the service is delivered in partnership with West Sussex County Council’s Youth Emotional Support Service (YES) and YMCA Dialogue.

Thought-Full is the West Sussex Mental Health Support Teams in Schools service. They exist to support West Sussex Schools with all aspects of mental health and emotional wellbeing. Thought-Full regularly come into school to deliver Family Learning Events – see Family Learning | Gossops Green Primary School

FareShare is the UK’s national network of charitable food redistributors, made up of 18 independent organisations. They take good quality surplus food from right across the food industry and get it to nearly 8,500 frontline charities and community groups.