MindMate Support Team
We are excited to be working in partnership with the MindMate Support Team (MMST). The MindMate Support Team is a Mental Health Support Team which is part of a joint national initiative between the Department of Education and NHS England, following the 2017 Green Paper 'Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision'.
The MMST is an Early Intervention/preventative service. Their aim is to improve access to emotional wellbeing support for children & young people up to the age of 18 who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Please click here to find out about the team members.
The MMST will be working closely with school staff to provide:
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Staff training
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Information sessions for parents and carers
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Whole school assemblies
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Class workshops
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Small group interventions
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1:1 support for children
The MindMate Support Team can offer school advice and support in a number of areas, including:
- Mental Health Awareness
- 5 Ways to Wellbeing
- Understanding & Managing Emotions
- Anxiety
- Low Mood
- Stress
- Self-Harm
- Transitions
- Self-Esteem
- OCD
- Resilience
- Promoting healthy Sleep
- Mindfulness Techniques
The MindMate Support Team website can be found here
The MindMate Support Team also offer some workbooks which can be found here
Here are some breathing techniques that your child may recognise from work in school.
If you and your child would like to try some muscle relaxation technique - search for Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (from Smile and Learn) for some guided relaxation.
Parent/Carer Information sessions:
Across the school year, the MMST will provide information sessions for parents and carers.
The information session dates for 2025-2026 can be found here. After each information session, please click on the session title to see the presentation:
Wed 1.10.25, 9.00am - Understanding and managing emotions
Tues 18.11.25, 9.00am - Promoting good sleep
Wed 21.1.26, 9.00 am - 5 ways to emotional wellbeing
Tues 10.3.26, 9.00am - Self-esteem
Thurs 7.5.26, 9.00am - Anxiety
Tues 16.6.26, 9.00am - Worry and panic (links to supporting Transition)
Please see below for the information from sessions which took place during 2024-2025:
- 29th April 2024, 8.45am - Supporting good sleep
- 19th June 2024, 2.15pm - Supporting your child with transition
- 10th September 2024, 8.45am - Understanding and Managing emotions
- 23rd October 2024, 8.45am - Understanding childhood anxiety
- 26th November 2024, 2.15pm - Supporting children with worry and panic
- 29th January 2025, 8.45am - Supporting children through low mood
- 11th March 2025, 2.15pm - Developing children's resilience
- 30th April 2025, 8.45am - Building children's self-esteem
- 17th June 2025, 2.15pm - Supporting your child with transition
