Stormbreak

As part of our PSHE curriculum, we have introduced Stormbreak across the school. Stormbreak is a programme which aims to improve children’s mental health and wellbeing through movement. Each five to fifteen-minute activity offers the children the opportunity to discuss their thoughts and feelings, whilst also equipping them with the skills and coping strategies needed to help them thrive as they develop and grow.

By mainstreaming conversations about mental health through movement, we aim to reduce the stigma about mental health and normalise these types of discussions. Stormbreak has 5 key elements, these are resilience, hope and optimism, self-worth, self-care and relationships. Each Stormbreak focuses on one or more of these key elements as part of the discussion before and after the activity.

Stormbreak in school

Each half term we will be focusing one of the 5 key elements. This half term we have been working on our resilience, which will be especially helpful when sitting more formalised assessments and preparing for transition. After half term we will be focusing on the element of relationships as this links to our PSHE curriculum.

Our aim is that the children will take part in a minimum of 3 Stormbreaks each week to ensure the greatest impact on their wellbeing.