Prospectus - Penair School

BYWVA CENTRE
Bywva (‘a place of life’) was officially opened by Prince
Charles, the Duke of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cornwall
in July 2009. One of the first three school-based Integrated
Health Centres in the UK, it was funded through a creative
partnership headed by the Duchy Health Charity, the students
are fully engaged in every stage of decision-making.
The Bywva Centre concept aims to bring together
professionals from health and education to explore ways of
enhancing the lives of young people, encouraging them to
take increasing responsibility for their own wellbeing.
Since opening its doors to the whole school community in
September 2009, Bywva has established itself as a hub for
opportunities and activities related to health and wellbeing,
providing confidential services and a place to feel safe and
relaxed.
ENVIRONMENT AND WELLBEING
At Penair the wellbeing of individuals, their social groups, society
and our environment are of fundamental importance and underpin
everything we do. We encourage and implement this awareness
in many different ways throughout our curriculum, our pastoral
system and in the wide range of other school activities. Our
students are involved in planning and implementing the school’s
wellbeing strategies and projects.
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The school has a raft of mentoring and support systems which
include: provisions for students with special educational needs
and for gifted and talented students; numeracy and literacy
programmes; pastoral support workers; child and family support;
dyslexia support; behaviour support and personalised programmes
for individuals.
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