Falkirk High School - Health and Wellbeing Provision

5 Factors of Health Model Our new health and wellbeing model was first launched during virtual school assemblies and our pupil entitlement period, using the videos attached at the bottom of this page.  On return to school we raised awareness of the 5 factors of health by displaying posters around the school. Questionnaire In order to get a better picture of the school’s overall health and wellbeing, a HWB questionnaire was distributed that gave each pupil a health score.  This combined with conversations with our pastoral support team allowed us to provide targetted group and individualised support to pupils.  The questionnaire gave pupils a score out of 80, 15 for each factor with an additional 5 points for an overarching question. Targetted Support S1 & S2 Targetted Support: From the questionnaire data and subsequent discussions with head of house, we then identified a small number of pupils who required immediate support in S1 & S2. These pupils were extracted from curricular subjects once a week to undertake a 6 week programme of work focusing on the 5 factors and creating healthy habits. After the 6 weeks the questionnaire was redistributed and qualitative data was gathered to measure the impact. S6 HWB Mentors: Prior to the S1&S2 targetted support groups there was an S6 mentoring programme taking place, with the intention of allocating an S6 Mentor to each pupil in the S1 & S2 groups. The S6 mentoring programme involved 11 pupils who were identified either by having a low health score in the whole school questionnaire or through involvement in the pupils senior management team (PSMT). The rationale behind this was that if pupils with low health scores were able to improve their own wellbeing they would be able to offer the best support to other pupils within the school. Furthermore, by involving some of the PSMT this would give the support credibility to all pupils involved. Pupils followed a similar 6 week health and wellbeing block for 1 period per week based around the 5 Factors of Health (Eating, Sleep, Relationships, Exercise and Thinking – mental health). They were also taken through how to implement healthy habits into their daily life. All of the content was delivered in a way that would inform them of how to support other pupils on a 1 to 1 basis. Individualised Support Throughout the year individual pupils have been offered support on an ad-hoc basis. This has been through either identification in the HWB questionnaire and/or by being referred on by head of house. However, there was a quick realisation that we needed more staff to our support pupils wellbeing.  As a result, the HWB staff ambassadors were formed.  Twenty staff have taken up the opportunity to support our pupils through an appointments based system.  All staff have completed either online mental health training or the mental health first aid course. The hwb ambassadors selected which lunchtimes they would be available to offer support and pupils were then able to select an teacher using the appointments page on our website (instructional video below). Pupils are then given specific support relating to the factors of health they are finding most difficult. Follow up appointments can then be arranged to monitor and support pupils progress.