1. PREPARATION FOR THE HEADSTART ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE 2017 a guide for pupils
These slides are for Year 7 and Year 9 pupils to introduce them to the HeadStart survey 2017.
Please adapt these as you see fit.

2. Let’s have a look together at what sort of things it will ask you….
Your school is one of the first HeadStart schools in Newham and in the whole country.
We are working together to help your school build your resilience to the challenges you face and help you with your emotional wellbeing.
To help us get this right for YOU, all Year 7 pupils and all Year 9 pupils in HeadStart schools will complete an online questionnaire.
Let’s have a look together at what sort of things it will ask you….
This slide explains the HeadStart programme and the purpose of the questionnaire

3. The online questionnaire will ask you to think about:
1. Your feelings and thoughts
2. Your strengths and difficulties
3. How you manage your feelings and stress
This provides an overview of the sections of the survey
The survey will take between minutes to complete
4. Important/positive relationships in your life
5. How other people in school relate to you

4. 1 3 2 4 5 1: Feelings and thoughts Name these feelings Fear Disgust
Anger
Images taken from the film “Inside Out” and task is warm up to vocab to talk about feelings 4
Joy 5
Sadness

5. 2. Strengths and difficulties A B C D E F
getting angry quickly
helping/supporting others
being kind and a role model A B C
getting into fights
sharing with others
easily scared
Can pupils guess what the pictures depict relating to strengths and difficulties D E F
What do these pictures represent? How true for YOU?

6. Are these linked to strengths or difficulties?
1. lose my temper
2. restless
3. nice
4. lying
5. worry
6. volunteer
7. distracted
8. cheating
9. share
10. care
11. take things that are not mine
Pupils group the Strengths and Difficulties, allows pupils to explore some of the language contained in questionnaire
12. tearful
13. nervous
14. helpful
15. down-hearted
16. think before I act

7. Strengths Difficulties
1. lose my temper
2. restless
3. nice
4. lying
5. worry
6. volunteer
9. share
7. distracted
8. cheating
10. care
11. take things that are not mine
The answers
12. tearful
13. nervous
14. helpful
15. down-hearted
16. think before I act

8. What do you do that works for you?
3. Managing feelings
What do you do that works for you?
Talk about various emotions and how to manage them

9. 3. Managing Stress What does this picture represent?
What causes you stress?
How do you manage it?
Explore different strategies they use already
3. Managing Stress

10. 4. Important/positive relationships in your life
This section explores the different relationships and role models in your life
YOU
4. Important/positive relationships in your life

11. YOU 5. How do other students in school
relate to you? How do they treat you?
YOU
Encourage pupils to be objective and see themselves through others’ eyes. How are they treated? Get them to give examples

12. Getting started – click on the survey link
The next slides take pupils through the different steps in the process

13. Enter your unique password, provided by the teacher

14.  if you want to take part
Read survey info
 if you want to take part

15. Multiple choice responses Hover over boxed words for meaning

16. You know you’ve reached the end when…

17. And if you finish early…
Go to ‘youngminds.org’
review resources for children and young people
Design a PowerPoint about ‘Wellbeing’ and what it means
to you
This is an optional activity. Schools can select another activity if they prefer.

18. How long will it take to complete?
You’ll have up to 40 mins – take your time
What kind of questions are they?
Questions have multiple choice answers
What if I don’t understand a word?
Boxed words give different meanings if you hover over them (this function doesn’t work on iPads)
Do I have to answer every question?
You can skip a question if you don’t want to answer it
Are my answers confidential?
Your teachers/school/parents won’t see your answers. Overall survey results will be given at the school-level providing a picture of the wellbeing of pupils. Individual pupils will not be identifiable.
What if I need support after doing the survey?
If you need to talk to someone after doing the survey, speak to your Form Tutor
For more information, contact:
A list of questions that it might be useful to explore with pupils