As we approach the start of a new academic year at Bromsgrove School Mission Hills,we are delighted to launch a free new service that we hope will be of benefit to BMH families.
The BMH Parenting Support Service will be accessible to all BMH parents of children in Prep or Senior School.
This new service will be an additional part of the school’s pastoral and holistic offer.Mr Rhodes (Deputy Head)will be leading a dedicated staff team who work in the Pastoral and Holistic Centre at Bromsgrove School Mission Hills. This includes our newly appointed school counsellor, Ms Gillian Liang. She is an experienced school counsellor who has been working in Guangzhou for the past 3 years.
As part of its parenting support offer, the school will be running：
All this above provision will be devoted to supporting parents with their child’s pastoral care and holistic development.
Pastoral care is the provision a school makes to ensure the physical and emotional welfare of pupils. It is the essential foundation upon which learning can take place.
Why is pastoral care important?
All parents want their children to be safe and happy at school. The importance of pastoral care goes well beyond this. Education and health are closely linked, and recent studies have shown that pupils with better health and wellbeing are likely to achieve better academically. What is more, life skills, such as those taught in a successful moral education (personal, social, health and economic) programme, are associated with greater wellbeing and higher achievement. Good pastoral care in school is also fundamental to the development of character and social skills, which will be of critical importance to pupils in later life.
Over the coming weeks you will be able to access positive well-being information, parenting advice and real examples of ways you can effectively support and guide your child at home.
The overall aim of this new BMH service is to develop an excellent home-school partnership. The positive outcome of a better connection between home and school is that the student is more productive and consistent with their work and behaviour, which in turn can improve students' interest, motivation and engagement in learning both at home and at school.
Our first webinar will be held on Thursday August 19th at 10am. This session will focus on “Preparing your child for the new school year”.
