Child-focused services to schools in the London Borough of Merton, Sutton and Surrey
This service offers a range of services this year to meet the needs of the school, its pupils and parents. It includes:
Individual support to children
Children received support for a wide range of issues such as: social skills, anger management, divorce, low self esteem, bereavement and loss.
Group work
Transitions: The Transitions project runs in the last part for the summer term. Jigsaw4u provides package of materials including a small credit card survival check list
Drama Group: The aim of the group is build confidence self esteem in pupils whilst also exploring issues and developing coping strategies.
Singing Group: The idea behind this was for years 4 5 & 6 to form a singing group for children whose confidence and self-esteem would be helped through music. It also alllows those children who were gifted and talented in this area to help them and public performances are arranged
Social Skills Group: This group is attended by 5 year 4 pupils with the aim of looking at how they manage there friendships and there anger by empowering them to make positive decisions through discussion and role-play.
Drop-in service for children
Hundreds of children access the drop-in looking for support on a range of issues e.g. friendships, home life, peer pressure, moving schools, tests, teasing, and name-calling.
Drop-in services for parents and carers
Parents access this service with concerns regarding parenting skills, social services, child and mental health services and similar issues to the children.
Good practice
Our Home-School project worker has run a Social Skills group for black boys in Year 5, who were getting into trouble in the class room and play ground for angry, aggressive and rude behaviour. This group of boys has been challenging to work with, but it helped having a black student from Jigsaw to help with the group. The feedback from the staff and the members of the group has been positive. One of the boys asked if the group could continue until the end of year 6, and other children from their year asked if they could come because they were angry too. This group is now continuing at the request of the Headmistress, with a teacher as the co-leader.
