Over the next two days all year groups will be taking part in virtual assemblies. The subjects are 'Stress and Anxiety' for the older year groups and 'The Five Ways to Wellbeing' for years 7 and 8. (1/3)
Students have either already seen or will see video messages of support from two of our Mental Health Champions, Sir Charles Walker MP, and Helen Barnett. Helen was an outstanding officer in the Metropolitan Police.
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Today is a non-uniform day at Goffs-Churchgate Academy. Students and staff are raising money for Herts MIND Network to provide further sessions at the school to support our young people with their mental health and wellbeing. (1/2)
The session was interesting and thought provoking, finishing in a body mapping exercise, which staff really enjoyed! Roll on the next session, in November! - Mr Clune (2/2)
Yesterday, after school, Goffs-Churchgate staff attended the first of four Mindfulness sessions in the hall. The sessions were hosted by Sarah, from Natural Flair Coaching. (1/2)
Today we have just hosted our first virtual 'Wellbeing Coffee Morning' with parents. It was a great meeting, full of ideas and support for each other. We have agreed to hold the meeting monthly.
- Mr Clune
The whole of year 7 took part in Herts Mind Workshops yesterday on the '5 Ways to Wellbeing'. The students really enjoyed taking part and gave some great answers and ideas!
- Mr Clune
Today @Goffschurchgate we created fantastic willow oblisks for the school gardens. One student commented 'it was like therapy without the talking'. She enjoyed the activity so much she didn't realise we talked the whole time about lockdown, school & home concerns! #therapy
Implementing whole school change to rapidly improve outcomes – Cheryl Goodchild from @GoffsChurchgate, describes the journey of rapid school improvement at an SSAT Educational Award-winning school https://t.co/i3QtuREWo7 #edutwitter
Through My Eyes was the last Competition we ran over the Summer to allow students to share what they got up to during Lockdown and beyond.
Click the link below to see some of the fantastic entries!
https://t.co/RGzFEf5Wet
In case you missed our Virtual Open Evening, visit the Goffs-Churchgate Academy website>Admissions>Virtual Open Evening 2020 for more details.
https://t.co/9FdApB5GM7
CHEXS transition mentoring programme was delivered today in @GoffsChurchgate meeting up with students we have been working with this year. Great to see them taking the next step to achieve their goals #transition#support#mentoring