Framlinghamian 2023 - Flipbook - Page 122
WELLBEING
Wellbeing
THE IMPORTANCE OF PASTORAL CARE IN SCHOOLS MUST NOT BE
UNDERESTIMATED IN ITS ABILITY TO SUPPORT HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT AND
WELLBEING OF PUPILS AND DEVELOP POSITIVE HABITS IN YOUNG PEOPLE.
The standard of care is all the more
Deputy Head of Pastoral Care at the
important in a world of uncertainty caused
Senior School, Oliver Lloyd commented:
by global events such as the Covid-19
pandemic, alongside the complexities
“I am an advocate of technological
of a mobile phone age that has made
advancement, but if you have ever
a teenager’s experience of life vastly
witnessed the crushing e昀昀ects on a
di昀昀erent from what it once was.
teenager watching events unfold over
Snapchat or TikTok at a party that they
At Framlingham College, children’s
were not invited to, or been witness to
wellbeing is at the heart of all that we
the gurning of a teenager into their phone
do. As a result of the ever-changing
for the hundredth time that day to see if
social landscape our young people face,
they can get as many likes as their popular
embedding the College’s wellbeing
friends, you will know that the world of
strategy saw continued focus during the
the modern teen is a mine昀椀eld of complex
Academic Year, driven in equal measure
emotions that are stirred up every time
by both our sta昀昀 and pupils.
they look at their phone.
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