Emotional Literacy at The Mosslands School  

Emotional support, in a school environment, is known as an Emotional Literacy Support Assistant. Within this role, topics that are discussed include emotional awareness, anger management, self-esteem, social and communication skills, friendship skills, loss and bereavement, emotional wellbeing and any other emerging issues. Time spent within dedicated staff one to one sessions is not for enforcing discipline. These sittings are ideally used for students that are struggling with their emotions, which may be underpinning their behaviours. In addition to this, working closely with the students to see what could be causing their behaviour and develop an understanding and link between these and coming up with different coping mechanisms that can help with the students' individual needs and any problems that are surfacing.

There are many different benefits from Emotional Literacy Support and working with someone who is trained within this speciality on a one-to-one basis. Benefits of emotional literacy support are greater self-awareness, learning to talk about difficulties, coping strategies, greater self-esteem, managing better in school and students may feel that they have someone who will listen to them on their level.

From September 2025 Emotional Literacy will be known as RISE, and continued to be based in A07.

Resilience (bouncing back from setbacks)

Independence (determination to keep going)

Self – confidence (maintaining calm amid chaos)

Empathy (self-awareness and understanding)

These words capture the essence of emotional resilience - the ability to adapt, recover,
and grow stronger through life’s challenges while maintaining your core sense of self and purpose.

Within The Mosslands School we are lucky enough to have two Emotional Literacy workers. Miss Smith is based within the mainstream and Mr Platt is based over full time with Thrive @ Mosslands.

Emotional Literacy Staff
Miss E. Smith - Emotional Literacy Mainstream.
Mr S Platt - Emotional Literacy Thrive @ Mosslands.

Miss Smith works closely on a one-to-one basis with several students across all year groups at the school, with a dedicated timetable to supporting students. Mr Platt works full time with our specialist resources base working with KS3 EHCP pupils within a relaxed environment. Thrive @ The Mosslands School is a small specialist SEMH provision located within the school, with a genuine mainstream collaboration, partnership and learning experiences for every young person.

At The Mosslands School, we recognise the importance of supporting students’ emotional well-being alongside their academic progress. To help with this, one-to-one emotional literacy sessions are timetabled weekly, providing pupils with dedicated time and space to reflect on their feelings.

While each student has a regular weekly slot, we also understand that issues can arise unexpectedly. For this reason, there is flexibility for pupils to access support when needed.

Sessions are delivered by Miss Smith and Mr Platt in a safe, supportive environment where positive relationships are built from the outset. This helps students feel comfortable, valued, and able to talk openly with someone they can trust.

Each session begins with a daily emotional check-in, encouraging discussion around well-being. Depending on the individual’s needs, a range of topics may then be explored. Sessions conclude with a period of reflection and a calm wind-down, helping students to return positively to their next lesson.

 

 

The Mosslands School’s Emotional Literacy Support leads.