Year 9

Head of Year: Mrs Rush and Mrs Palmer 

Rushc@wyedeanschool.com Palmert@wyedeanschool.com

PSHEE 2026-27

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On Your Mind Gloucestershire

On Your Mind Glos can provide young people, parents and carers, as well as education professionals, with trusted, up-to-date information about self-help resources available in Gloucestershire and how to access mental health support, and we would encourage anyone who may be feeling the pressure at the moment, or know a child or young person under the age of 25 who needs support, to visit www.onyourmindglos.nhs.uk

LET'S TALK

We’re writing to you today as a team of sixth form students that have formed a mental health and well-being team, within Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre in conjunction with teachers and members of our school community. Over the last few years we’ve noted, as I’m sure you have, an increasing and urgent need for a heightened awareness and support surrounding mental health. No matter how good or bad, everyone has mental health that deserves to be nurtured and guided towards a prosperous life; so, as a team, we’ve decided to shed more light, implement more support and start more conversations around an umbrella of disorders, symptoms, helplines and solutions. Together, we want to provide an open environment, dedicated to the improvement of lives, while attaining lifelong skills that will aid your child to a happier future.

Our ongoing work is produced and worked on by a team of sixth form students, with the incorporation of children from younger years, using questionnaires to grasp their input into how they feel more support would be valued. Proudly, we found our work on the specified and requested requirements of the students, aiming to implement meaningful and personal change.

Across our prospective plan for the future, we will be introducing mindfulness training, a men’s mental health outreach, lunch time groups (sometimes including: focus groups, meditation, mindfulness activities, healthier habits etc.), year group reps, mental health hotspots around the school, tutorial lessons and a parental package (which is attached).

To introduce ourselves as a team to the guardians of Wyedean students, we have produced the parental package which can be easily accessed as a brief guide for any queries surrounding your child’s mental health, and where to acquire further support.

Whether or not you believe someone is battling with their mental health, their wellbeing counts and should be protected, it is our job to be the catalyst for change.