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  Ms Marshall (HLTA) and Ms Barton (HLTA) and is lead by Mrs Mears (Inclusion Lead).

Your child can be supported in a number of ways, including:

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.                                   

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 have a therapy dog who will be visiting the school on a regular basis.  You can read the risk assessment below.  Meet Jango!

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. 

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!

 

                       

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.