Headteacher
Chris Coyle-Chislett
Email the Office
secretary@penpol.cornwall.sch.uk
Telephone Number
01736 753472
Follow us on Twitter
@PenpolSchool
Our Address
2 St George’s Road, Hayle,
Cornwall, TR27 4AH
The wellbeing of our Penpol family and community is of utmost importance and we are here to provide that support.
Penpol School is a Trauma Informed School (TIS), supporting children and families who suffer from trauma or mental health problems to help prevent this becoming a barrier to learning or life in general. It could be said that we have all experienced trauma, especially with every person being affected in some way by the Coronavirus pandemic.
In this area of our website we have information about things we do in school, things you can do at home, links to our newsletter and other websites offering support, ways to contact our team and details of virtual and in person get togethers. We hope you find it useful – please do get in touch as we love hearing from you!
SENDCO and Trauma Informed Schools Practitioner
We aim to produce a wellbeing newsletter every term packed full of activities and creative challenges – download the latest issue (and back issues) here.
If you’d like to get in touch with anything relating to wellbeing please email tis@penpol.cornwall.sch.uk in the first instance and we will get back to you.
We have a bereavement team of specially trained staff who can offer support to children and families who have suffered a bereavement of any kind. We work closely with Penhaligon’s Friends and have a memory garden in school. Our Bereavement Champion is Mrs Riches – please get in touch using bc@penpol.cornwall.sch.uk if you’d like some support.
We have several policies which help to support the work we do in school – relationships policy, bereavement policy, SEN policy – please click on their names to view them.
It’s well known that we should all aim for 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day, but there is also the 5 a day to support mental health:
Talk and listen to family, friends and the people around you.
Feel connected.
Walk, run, cycle, garden, dance around the kitchen!
Try yoga or mindfulness.
Move your mood!
Read a book.
Learn a new skill.
Learn along with your child.
Cook a new recipe.
Remember the simple things that bring you joy and make time to enjoy them.
Take time out from your devices.
Spend time out from your devices.
Look around you at the changing seasons.
Do something nice for someone.
Smile and say thank you!
Volunteer your time to your community.
We will make suggestions of activities for each of these in our weekly newsletter.
As a school we are in touch with many organisations which support mental health, for children, adults, families and staff. Keep an eye on these links as we are adding to them all the time.
from Young Minds
from Mind
from Mind
from the BBC
from Trauma Informed Schools
from Place 2 Be
from Headstart Kernow
These services offer confidential advice from trained volunteers. You can talk about anything that’s troubling you, no matter how difficult:
If you’re under 19, you can also call 0800 1111 to talk to Childline. The number will not appear on your phone bill.
21st November 2023
