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Are you concerned about your child’s mental health?
Anxiety, self-harm and low mood among young people is becoming more and more common in UK schools. Teachers, support staff and parents are having to try and manage these difficulties, often without much training or personal experience.
Our approach at Toot Hill has always been to anticipate change and identify trends among our students. In 2016, we established the Hub (a base in school for students and professionals to work in when there is a SEMH need), and for the past three years Rachel Leeson has worked hard to coordinate the emotional health provision in school through student mentors, CASY counselling, nurse appointments and more recently CBT practitioners. The whole school has also engaged during tutor time in Mindfulness training, and we are in the process of nominating student well-being ambassadors.
With regards to SEN, one of the four areas identified by the 2015 Code of Practice, is SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health). For this reason, if your child is receiving external agency support for their mental health, and it is having an impact on their learning, they may be placed on the SEN support list.
Please click on the link below for the Notts County Council Local Offer regarding Parents FAQ around mental health:
https://www.nottshelpyourself.org.uk/kb5/nottinghamshire/directory/advice.page?id=NHYUDDGlsUk
If you have any further concerns, please do not hesitate to contact either myself, your child’s tutor or their Head of Year.
Jo Kitchener
SENDCo
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Thursday 19th March has been postponed until further notice. (17/03/2020) - Stapleford Open Day
Wednesday 13th May 2020 10am - 3pm - Booking is essential! (13/03/2020) - Changes In The Learning Support Department
New SENCO to start in the New Year (04/12/2019) - Small Steps Service, Nottinghamshire
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Support for parents is available through the Notts CC local offer (23/09/2019) - High Level Needs Consultation - SEN
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The pupils attended a STEM exhibition at the Roundhouse, Derby (04/07/2018) - Year 10 Pupil excels in the Countryside Challenge
Louisa won the highest score of the day with a score of 90.5 (12/06/2018)
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15 yr 10 students visited Ideagen in Ruddington & learned a lot about STEM careers & apprenticeships (STEM Pathways - 13/03/2024) - British Science week kicks off with a year 9 STEM day
The University of Nottingham visited to deliver the excellent STEM Superstore workshops to 48 yr 9s (STEM Pathways - 12/03/2024) - Year 7 STEM Roadshow!
All of year 7 were lucky enough to get to see (and join in with the BAE Systems/RAF/Navy roadshow! (STEM Pathways - 09/02/2024) - STEM: Secret Science Show was great today at Woolaton Hall
25 year 8 students attended as part of Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity (STEM Pathways - 06/02/2024) - Reading Week: 29th Jan to 2nd Feb
Whole school reading week activities. (Learning Lounge - 24/01/2024) - THINK BIG! Creativity and Careers at the year 10 STEM morning
We were delighted to welcome Nottingham Forest Community Trust back in for another great STEM event (STEM Pathways - 12/12/2023) - The Scholastic Book Fair is Coming to Toot Hill
The Scholastic Book Fair will be in the Learning Lounge from Wednesday 22nd to Tuesday 28th November (Learning Lounge - 13/11/2023) - Arkwright Engineering Scholarships: An incredible opportunity for year 11s
Launch meeting for anyone interested in finding out more Wednesday 25th October (STEM Pathways - 20/10/2023) - Ada Lovelace Day 2023: Fantastic STEM workshops were a great experience.
A group of year 8 girls with an interest in STEM, travelled to MediCity on the Boots campus. (STEM Pathways - 11/10/2023) - Arkwright Engineering Scholarship Success!
We are delighted to congratulate Toby Board on securing this prestigious award. (STEM Pathways - 21/09/2023)