PSHE enrichment
At Highfield we aim to find ways to enrich our school curriculum through clubs, event days and other opportunities.
WOW Walk to School
Highfield Primary School has been chosen once again to be part of an exciting nationwide challenge to encourage more children and their families to walk to school. WOW – is a year round walk to school challenge. It is delivered by Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking, to help as many children as possible experience the benefits that walking to school brings.
WOW is a pupil-led initiative where children self-report how they get to school every day. If they travel sustainably (walk, cycle or scoot) twice a week for a month, they are rewarded with a badge!
Autumn WOW Walk of Fame Challenge
Highfield finished in the top ten on the local (Trafford) leaderboard for the Autumn WOW Walk of Fame Challenge!
What a fantastic achievement!
Well done to everyone for taking part and achieving such fantastic results! Keep up the good work, walking to school and recording it with us.
Dog's Trust
'Dog's Trust' has visited Highfield many times to deliver workshops and assemblies based on how to be dog smart.
The safety workshop aimed to encourage learners to consider and implement a more compassionate, realistic understanding of what is safe and appropriate behaviour around both dogs they share their homes with, as well as those belonging to other people.
SCARF Workshop
A member of the SCARF Coram team visited Highfield in March 2022 to deliver age appropriate workshop. The workshops aim to increase a child’s sense of personal self-worth and encourage positive attitudes towards themselves and their health.
SCARF workshop for 3-5 year-olds:
- Identify and name a range of feelings
- Recognise how others might be feeling by reading body language/facial expressions
- Learn and practise calming, relaxation techniques
SCARF workshop for 5-7 year-olds:
- Identify and discuss a range of feelings
- Understand how others might be feeling by reading body language/facial expressions
- Recognise, name and understand how to deal with feelings (e.g. anger, loneliness)
- Understand that the body gets energy from food, water and oxygen
- Recognise that exercise and sleep are important parts of a healthy lifestyle
- Recognise the importance of regular hygiene routines
SCARF workshops for 7-9 year-olds:
- Understand that there is mental as well as physical health and what they can do to improve their mental health and wellbeing
- Learn and remember the model of 5 ways to Mental Wellbeing at age appropriate level
- Consider ways in which they can maintain, manage and improve their own mental wellbeing using the 5 ways model
SCARF workshops for 9-11 year-olds:
- Understand the importance of physical and mental wellbeing
- Understand the term mental wellbeing
- Learn ways to manage their own mental wellbeing
- Understand what might affect their mental wellbeing
- Learn strategies and skills to help them when feeling overwhelmed
Wellbeing Time
At Highfield, we value the teaching of well-being. Therefore Classes 1 to 10 spends fifteen minutes (9:00-9:15) every week learning about how to promote well-being and positive mental health.
Over the school year each class will learn about the 5 ways to Wellbeing:
- Connect
- Be active
- Take notice
- Keep learning
- Give
The aim of these sessions are to support the children to celebrate their strengths, understand how the brain works, how to appreciate the people in their live and the world around them, build resilience and understand their emotions and feelings.
