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The Raising Aspirations Suite (RAS)
The Raising Aspirations Suite is a positive and safe place that all students can access when they need to.
Within the RAS we offer a wide variety of help and support for our students, to encourage them to thrive within school. If students are having a particular difficult day, they can ask their teacher to come up to the RAS where our team can chat and support them where needed. We also have a bean bag room that they can access to re-focus and collect their thoughts before going back to lesson.
The RAS team are there to support any students who are experiencing/struggling with mental health issues from self-harm, eating disorders or anxiety. The RAS is their safe place where they can come and discuss concerns and experiences, and they will be given them strategies to use to best support them. Home is always contacted to talk parent/carers and make them aware of any support being given.
Our RAS team is made up of:
- Ms Brauner – Pastoral Manager
- Ms Valliani – Student Support
The RAS team offers 1:1 or small group interventions for a period of 6 weeks. The interventions are as followed –
- Social Skills – This intervention can cover a wide variety of subjects and is tailored for the students identified struggles whether it be a mixture of friendship issues and confidence in particular situations, or unpicking triggers within lessons/everyday life and putting strategies in place for these.
- Anger Management – Anger management is the only intervention which is a 12 week programme. This identifies the triggers, impact and strategies that students can use. Anger Management is not about taking the anger away as this is an everyday emotion it is about putting strategies in place to avoid losing control.
- Self-Esteem and Confidence – This intervention looks deeply into how students see themselves, insecurities if they have any that impact their everyday life and how we can make them feel better plus more equipped to manage certain situations or areas surrounding themselves. With working alongside the student on this intervention, we can show them they can do anything and they need to believe in themselves.
- Positive Behaviour Support – This is for students who struggle within lessons, which causes them to show low level disruptions. During the 6 weeks we look at the triggers surrounding these behaviours. What behaviours are shown, why they do it and what we could do instead.
- Emotional Resilience – This intervention looks into our emotions that surround us and how best to manage these and express them. We look deeply into how students feel in different areas and unpick any emotions they are struggling with.
- Lego Therapy – Lego therapy is done in a group of 3, this particular intervention works on building communications skills around others such as speaking, listening and following instructions.
Reporting concerns about the safety of a child
There may be times when parents, carers, family friends or neighbours become concerned about the safety of a child who attends Cove School.
If you are concerned that a child is not safe, please either:
- Phone the school ( 01252 542 397) and ask to speak to the DSL or a DDSL about a child protection matter
- Email your concern to: safeguarding@coveschool.uk , making sure you give the child’s name in full, year group and the details of your concern
- Or click here to complete a 'Tell Us’ form
For all emergency situations please call 999.
