Northants School receives prestigious Healthy Minds award
It's as World Mental Health Day takes place
Manor School at Raunds is being awarded a prestigious accolade for its groundbreaking work in mental health and wellbeing.
As the secondary school marks World Mental Health Day on October 10th, it's been announced the school is recipient of a Healthy Minds award, in recognition for its work with the charity Bounce Forward.
It comes after Amy Bradshaw, Trust Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead, who's been working on the scheme has been selected to be an ambassador for the pioneering charity Bounce Forward.
Amy said:
“It is fantastic Manor School has been awarded this special status in recognition of the work we have done within Manor to successfully embed the Healthy Minds programme. It’s an absolute honour to be appointed as an ambassador for Bounce Forward. I am extremely proud to be working with the charity to help promote its incredible work to other schools across our county.
“Healthy Minds is the only evidence-based complete health and relationships curriculum for years 7-11. It equips students with the life skills they need to thrive in and beyond school. We continue to see the real difference it is making to the hundreds of Manor students benefitting from the Healthy Minds programme and to our staff delivering the regular sessions, which are a crucial part of our curriculum.”
Manor School was one of only 17 schools selected nationwide to take part in the Bounce Forward charity collaboration with the Harry Kane Foundation, which saw the football star speak to students at Manor via video link earlier this year as part of the charities’ collective campaign.
Interim Principal Adam Crawte said:
“Manor School is proud to announce we have achieved the Bounce Forward Healthy Minds Kitemark. We are the first Harry Kane Lead school to receive the award.
“This milestone is a significant move forward in our mission to deliver the best personal, social and health education available and evidence of our ongoing commitment to the personal development of our students.”
The programme includes lessons that "develop resilience competencies" amongst youngsters. Things like self-awareness, compassion, flexible and realistic thinking, self-regulation, human connection, hope and optimism feature. There's also resilient relationships, decision making, navigating social media, the science of mental illness, and goal setting for the future.
Healthy Minds is based on an extensive research project that was trialled in schools, tracking 10,000 children over five years.