Forest Family

At Brigg Primary, we are lucky to have staff with an extensive range of expertise. This includes trained Forest School leads, a mental health lead, trained councillors and two trained Emotional Literacy Support Advocates (ELSAs).

Our key mental health staff:

Mrs Archer (Deputy Head) – Level 3 Forest School lead, mental health first aider

Mr Riggall – Level 2 Forest School practitioner

Mrs Taylor (SENDCo) – senior mental health lead, Early Help lead

Mrs Riggall – lead learning mentor, mental health champion, Early Help lead, mental health first aider

Mrs Kilbee – learning mentor, Emotional Literacy Support worker

Mrs Parker – learning mentor, Emotional Literacy Support worker

Mrs Dennison – learning mentor

How are pupils who require some nurture support identified?

Termly BOXALL profile questionnaires completed by the class teacher
RISE questionnaires completed by the class teacher twice per year
Forest family referral completed by teachers
Monitoring of the wellbeing pots in class
Conversations with parents and children themselves

Through the above, we are quickly able to identify pupils who require some social, emotional or mental health intervention.

What support is offered?

Our forest family work with children individually and in small groups, focusing on common mental health and wellbeing concerns. These include anxiety, self-esteem, low self-confidence and bereavement, among many others. The team also work closely with the SENDCo and can offer some work around understanding some neurodiversity diagnoses.