Well being Lunch Clubs

Each week, all the children in years Y3-6 will spend one lunchtime (30 mins) with a key adult engaging in the social situation of eating lunch together and taking part in meaningful conversation.

Why do we do this and what do we want to achieve for our children?
Our aim is to develop and secure the social, emotional and mental well-being of all our children.
How:

• Let every child know they matter
• Give every child a voice
• Encourage self-belief and for each child to know that they have someone who believes in them
• Build each child's confidence to use their voice and share their problems
• Give each child someone who will listen to them (other than their teacher/teaching assistant)
• Make each child feel safe
• Ensure each child enjoys the time they share together and has fun
• Provide the children with strategies to 'cope' with tricky or difficult situations
• Each child is well-known to adults beyond the classroom
• Build each child's friendship groups across the school

Why?
...because we all matter

Skills:

• Turn taking
• Good listening
• Respect
• Tolerance
• Kindness
• Resilience
• Self management
• Self awareness
• Social awareness
• Relationship skills
• Responsible decision making

Themes for our Well Being Lunch Clubs have included:

No Outsiders in our School ,Understanding our feelings and emotions, No outsiders in our School; Friendship Terrace; Action for Happiness; Rights of the Child; Feeling and Keeping Safe, all using children's story books, photographs or other stimuli to lead discussions.