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Contents lWhat is Emotional Health & Wellbeing lWhy consider EHWB lEHWB and Physical Activity lLinks with attendance and attainment lHow the school can help lHow PH can help

What is Emotional Health and Wellbeing? lEmotional wellbeing has been defined as: “ A positive state of mind and body, feeling safe and able to cope, with a sense of connection with people, communities and the wider environment.” World Health Organization The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines. Geneva: WHO

Why consider Emotional Health & Wellbeing? Improving young people’s health and wellbeing: A framework for public health 2015

Why consider Emotional Health and Wellbeing? lThree children in every classroom have a diagnosable mental health disorder (Young Minds) lAll forms of mental disorder are associated with increased risk of disruption to education and school absence (CMO Annual Report 2012: Our Children deserve Better: Prevention Pays) lBy promoting good mental health and intervening early, particularly in the crucial childhood and teenage years, we can help to prevent mental illness from developing and mitigate its effects when it does (No Health Without Mental Health: A cross-government strategy (2011))

Why consider Emotional Health and Wellbeing? lIn an average class of year-old pupils: –three could have a mental disorder –ten are likely to have witnessed their parents separate –one could have experienced the death of a parent –seven are likely to have been bullied –six may be self-harming Promoting children and young people’s emotional health and wellbeing A whole school and college approach PHE 2015

Emotional Health & Wellbeing and Physical Activity lStudies provide support for the benefits of physical exercise in children and adolescents on executive function, brain activity, and depressive symptoms ( benefits-exercise-children#sthash.6IrENuut.dpuf December 2015) benefits-exercise-children#sthash.6IrENuut.dpuf

Emotional Health & Wellbeing and Physical Activity

Links with attendance and attainment

lPupils with better health and wellbeing are likely to achieve better academically lEffective social and emotional competencies are associated with greater health and wellbeing, and better achievement lThe culture, ethos and environment of a school influences the health and wellbeing of pupils and their readiness to learn lA positive association exists between academic attainment and physical activity levels of pupils (The link between pupil health and wellbeing and attainment: A briefing for head teachers, governors and staff in education settings PHE 2014)

Links with attendance and attainment lChildren with greater well-being, lower levels of mental health problems and greater emotional attachment to school achieve higher grade scores, better examination results, better attendance and drop out less often (What works in promoting social and emotional well-being and responding to mental health problems in schools? NCB 2015) lEvidence shows that resilience could contribute to healthy behaviours, higher qualifications and skills, better employment, better mental well-being, and a quicker or more successful recovery from illness lSchools have a key opportunity to build resilience among children and young people (Local action on health inequalities: Building children and young people’s resilience in schools PHE 2014)

How the school can help

Promoting children and young people’s emotional health and wellbeing A whole school and college approach PHE 2015

How Public Health can help lHealthy Schools Programme lEmotional Health and Wellbeing Checklist lDatabase of evidence based interventions lPublic Health England publications