Short Wood School in Wellington gets a special award.

Shropshire Star

Short Wood School has been given the Sandwell Wellbeing Charter Mark Award, the first school in the area to get one. We catch up with the Head, School Wellbeing Warriors and those there to present the award to find out more.

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00:00Here at Shortwood Primary School and we've got the Warriors with us and head teacher, hello!

00:05Hello! It's a bit of a special award you've had this morning isn't it? It is, we're really pleased

00:10that we've got one of the first schools to get the Sandwell Chartermark Award to recognise the work

00:15that we do to support the well-being of all of our community. And who are these two students

00:20we've got here with the award? So this is Betsy and Alex and they are two of our Wellbeing Warriors.

00:28So you've been here to present the award haven't you madam? I have yeah. Just introduce yourself.

00:32So I'm Laura Goodfellow, I'm the Interim Service Living Manager for Special Needs

00:36and Personalisation at Telford and Eking Council. So what have the school had to kind of demonstrate

00:41to you, what are they excelling at and doing well at to get this award? So they've been working with

00:44our Educational Psychology Service over the last 12 months or so just to make sure that they're

00:49putting in place the support for well-being for staff and students and families and they've been

00:54incorporating some things such as a well-being bench and a buddy bench so that the children can

00:59support each other. It's been great to hear and how proudly all of that achievement today.

01:03And you two at the front here, you say you're Wellbeing Warriors,

01:07have you taken to that role, have you enjoyed it? It's quite fun job and we've...

01:14Yeah is it about helping people is that what yeah? Yes. It makes you feel good doesn't it

01:19if you help someone? And what about this well-being bench, have you been involved in that as well?

01:25It's like on all of the playgrounds. Yeah? On the reception playground, the key stage one playground,

01:31the key stage two playground. Yeah. Basically if you're like lonely and then you can like

01:38and you sit on the bench, someone might come to you and then you can like play.

01:41Wow what a great idea, well well done to everyone involved.

01:45Can we get a big short word from the Warriors at the back, short word.

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