Childhood is an important time to instil healthy habits and learn crucial life skills. Establishing these habits early on will help to improve your child's future quality of life and enable them to reach their full potential in education and beyond.

This page is designed to give parents and carers information and to advise where additional help can be sought.

Nixon and Nixon Flex-it Workshop

Thank you to all of the parents who attended the Nixon & Nixon workshop about the Flex-It! approach. We have launched Flex-It! across the whole school and the children will be using the Flex-It! tool three times during the school day (feel it, tap it, breathe it, move it). If you are interested in finding out more please email the school office on office.3254@trinity.oxon.sch.uk.

 

Getting enough sleep

Sleep is essential for our health. A good night's sleep can boost our mood, reduce stress and help with anxiety. The recommended times for your children, according to Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (2020), are:

• Children 3 to 5 years - 10 to 13 hours including naps
• Children 6 to 12 years - 9 to 12 hours

 

Support from School Nurse Services

School Health Nurses are available to support children/ young people in Oxfordshire with any health concerns. 

Naomi Hart 

Mobile 07825 843695 

Email naomi.hart@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk

Working hours 9:00am – 3:00pm, Monday to Friday, term time only

Website: www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/school-health-nurses/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oxNHSschoolnurses/

 

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

Oxfordshire CAMHS offers a single point of access for parents / carers, who have concerns around mental health.  Should you have any concerns about a young person, CAMHS help children, young people and their families who are experiencing mental health difficulties.

If you feel you need further support or want to make a referral, please call 01865 902 515, or for more information visit: 

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/camhs/oxon/ 

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/camhs/support/referral/

 

Young Minds

The Young Minds website offers support to parents about young people's mental health, mood and behaviour. Practical advice and information about their parent helpline can be found under the parents section of the website.

https://www.youngminds.org.uk/parent/ 

 

Health Visiting / School Health Nursing Message Service

It is possible to get support or advice via text message:

ParentLine 0-4 years: Text 07312 263 081

ParentLine 5-11 years: Text 07312 263 227

 

Stress Awareness Month April 2024

This awareness campaign highlights the need for small, consistent actions to reduce stress and contribute to overall well-being. These actions can be as small as prioritising your sleep, or being outside in nature, but doing these activities regularly to help you balance out the stresses and strains of every day life. Young people (and adults) report being more stressed than ever, by demands of school, work, impact of health/mental health, family life, financial concerns etc, so developing healthy ways of coping is vital. There are free resources for staff on The Stress Management Society Website and a useful guide for young people can be found here.

 

Loneliness in Young People

Loneliness Awareness week runs 10-16th June and highlights the problems around loneliness, especially on emotional and mental health. Young people ages 16-24 are reported to be the loneliest age group but least likely to take action to help themselves. 

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has put together information as part of the Better Health - Every Mind Matters campaign, which can be found on the here and more information on Loneliness Awareness week can be found here. Both of these websites contain useful information for young people, and toolkits to reduce loneliness.