Pastoral Support
We believe it is important to support the whole child. As a team we have lots of experience working with children and supporting them educationally, emotionally and socially. The team is made up of Miss Nabdoo (Pupil Support Lead), Ms Marshall (HLTA) and Ms Barton (HLTA).
Your child can be supported in a number of ways, including:
Mindful Moments Group
We use various breathing techniques, meditation, mindfulness and guided imagery. Children report it helps them to feel calmer, sleep better and manage their emotions.
Social Skills Group
This is a programme run in 'Lighthouse' to support children in listening, turn taking, sharing, conversation skills and friendships.
Mentoring
1:1 Child-led support enabling the child to talk through any issues they wish to be discussed and worked through.
Counselling
Qualified Play therapists from Kent counselling come into school twice-weekly to work with children on a variety of issues from loss to anger management.
Self-Esteem Group
A programme also run in 'Lighthouse' to enable children to think more positively about themselves.
Zones of Regulation
This is used throughout school to support children to regulate all of their emotions and recognise that all emotions are okay- it's just how we handle them, that matters.
Looking after animals
It is well known that caring for animals supports mental health, social skills and empathy. We currently do not have any animals at school, but we were very lucky to have two guinea pigs and two rabbits in school, previously. Hopefully, this will change again in the future.
Sensory Circuits
Sensory Motor Circuits are based on 3 areas of sensory processing and sensory integration.
1) Alerting - to provide vestibular stimulation (providing the brain with sensory information every time the position of the head moves in relation to gravity) within a controlled environment.
2) Organising - activities that require multi-sensory processing and balance. The individual needs to organise their body, plan their approach and do more than one thing at a time in a set sequential order.
3) Calming - calming activities provide input to support the children to complete the circuit feeling calm and focussed.
ADHD focussed support
Adult led work based on the needs of the child(ren) who have a diagnosis of ADHD.
Gardening Club
(Not currently running but hopefully soon.) Encouraging social interactions in a small adult-led group that is out in nature. The benefits of nature are well known to support mental health. The children eat together outside and then work hard to maintain our garden area.
Living On
Bereavement support is available from 'Living On', an external agency that comes in to support children in school. Please get in touch if you would like help completing a referral for access to this support. Alternatively:
Click here to self-refer!
Kick
1:1 sport and support mentoring sessions delivered by Dom from 'Kick', an external agency we pay to come in to school and support children.
Children can be referred in to any service by teachers and parents. If you would like some support for your child, let us know. All referrals are discussed within the team and support given as soon as possible.
Young Carers
Leesons is committed to meeting the needs of young carers so that they can attend and enjoy school and achieve their potential.
We seek to raise awareness of young carers so that any child acting as a young Carer can be identified and supported.
The school is able to support in referring to the Bromley Well Young Carers Service. The school only shares information with professionals and agencies on a need-to-know basis in order to support pupils and their families, and only ever with their consent.
Our designated Young Carers School Lead has responsibility for young carers and their families. Families and students can get in touch any time to access support. We actively seek feedback and ideas from our young carers and their families to shape and improve the support offered.
We will strive to achieve best practice for students and families in our school in order to provide them with the best chance of success in their future.
Are you a Young Carer?
A Young Carer is someone under the age of 18 who has caring responsibilities for a family member at home. This person could be a parent, grandparent, brother, or sister.
They may have:
- A serious or long-term illness
- A physical disability
- A mental health problem
- Problems with drugs or alcohol
- A learning disability
- Difficulties in coping with being a parent or carer
Young Carers may carry out tasks and household jobs like:
- Preparing and cooking food
- Helping with personal care and hygiene
- Giving medication
- Communicating on someone’s behalf
- Ensuring someone’s safety
- Providing emotional support
- Paying bills
- Looking after other family members such as siblings, taking them to school, doing their laundry etc
- Doing housework
- Translating or interpreting for someone or speaking on behalf of someone who has difficulty speaking or communicating for themselves
Being a carer means looking after someone who could not cope without their support, but they could be offering support for just a couple of hours a week.
Many young people don’t see themselves as carers and may not realise there is practical and emotional support available.
The impact of being a young carer may be that :
- You have responsibilities at home that prevent you from spending time with your friends, or inviting them around your house.
- You feel sad, angry, guilty or embarrassed about the help you give to anyone at home.
- You feel upset that friends don’t have the same responsibilities.
- You avoid telling anyone outside the family about your home situation.
Bromley Well provides support for young people who care for others - Young Carers. They support Young Carers aged 4 to 19 to manage caring relationships whilst enjoying childhood.
The service provides:
- A Young Carers App - a safe, secure, online space dedicated to young carers in Bromley borough
- Opportunities to meet with other young carers, have fun, discuss any worries and try out new activities
- Emotional support to discuss your caring role and any worries or questions you may have
- Counselling support by professionals from a local service in central Bromley
- Workshops to help develop your practical life skills
- Workshops to help you think about your mental wellbeing and develop strategies for managing emotions
- Leisure and social activities including outings and special events
- Quarterly Young Carers Forum for you to share ideas and discuss ways to improve and develop the service we provide
- Support for transition / changes in your life e.g moving to secondary school, changes in your caring role, preparing for adulthood
Families can self-refer, or we can refer on your behalf and support you with the process.
Click here to self-refer now!
The designated young carers lead for Leesons Primary School is Miss Nabdoo.
ELSA
ELSA works with children and young people, either individually or in small groups, and delivers bespoke interventions tailored to their presenting situation or need. The role of the ELSA is to develop children and young people's emotional literacy, positive mental health and social skills.
Ukranian Support
Call our free helpline on: 0800 148 8586
During this very distressing and uncertain time, children and adults will need continued support.
In response to this, following discussion with the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain, the Ukrainian Support Helpline has been set up to provide a holistic support service. The Helpline is available to anyone fleeing the war in Ukraine.
If you would like to book a call or face-to-face meeting with Miss Nabdoo, please click here and select an available booking slot from the calendar.