EPS Wellbeing leaflet

Wellbeing and Emotional Literacy We firmly believe that working We are here to support Wellbeing together, sharing strategies your Wellbeing and Emotional and approaches, will provide the best outcomes for you Contact: [email protected] Literacy and your children. © EPS WELL team | February 2021 The WELL team at Episkopi Primary School are here to support you and your family while you are part of our Episkopi Community in any way we can.

We are developing a space in the main the WELL team: school, called ‘The Hub’. Over time, this will be used for community Lucy King Laura Stevens coffee mornings, workshops, parent consultations, admissions Wellbeing Emotional Literacy Lead Wellbeing Emotional Literacy meetings as well as a room for Support Assistant children to access emotional I have been teaching for 10 years and have always support. been fascinated in the behaviours of our little ones! I am a Learning Support Assistant in Y6, but I have been doing before I stepped into the world of education, Does your child display any a lot of personal I was a Social Worker for 15 years, working with of the following: study for the last vulnerable people five years around in many different • Do they have regular Neuro Linguistic circumstances tantrums? Programming (NLP), and in different Cognitive Behavioural locations – the UK, • Are they emotional for Therapy (CBT) and Falkland Islands no apparent reason? mental health, and Germany. focusing in particular I am currently • Are you concerned that around the various studying for the they are developing triggers which affect our belief systems, and Level 3 Diploma unusual behaviours? observing the behaviours that we adopt as a result. in Supporting I have a passion for helping children and adults and Teaching and Learning and completing a • Do they find making friends would welcome any queries that you may have. Wellbeing and Emotional Literacy training course challenging? to help transfer my social work skills into our I have completed the following online training: school setting. • Does your child suffer from sleepless nights? • Developing self-esteem in young children A lot of my professional experience has been in working with people who have been in abusive • Do you find them withdrawn • Inclusion relationships or have experienced a traumatic when playing with others? event in their life and I have also worked with • Managing Behaviour young adults with learning disabilities. We would love to hear from you and hope that we will see • Diploma in Children’s Mental Health I am a mum to twin nine-year-old girls so you regularly in ‘The Hub’. I am able to empathise with some of the • Aspiring to complete NLP over the next year challenges that parenting can bring. I am currently completing a WELL training course I am passionate about supporting with an Educational Psychologist, focusing on and empowering children to wellbeing, emotional triggers and behavioural express themselves and build patterns, as well as completing a their self-esteem. qualification to become a Special Needs teacher, focusing my study around mental and emotional health.