Intent
The purpose of CREW sessions is to foster a strong sense of belonging, emotional safety, and personal growth for all students. CREW supports the school’s wider mission to ensure every young person feels known, valued, and equipped with the social and emotional tools needed to thrive both in and beyond school.
Aims
- To build positive, trusting relationships between students and staff.
- To create consistent, supportive environment where students experience belonging.
- To explicitly teach social, emotional, and communication skills.
- To promote collaboration, empathy, resilience, and respect.
- To provide a space for reflection, personal development, and community-building.
- To ensure students with SEMH and SLCN needs are supported through targeted, accessible, and engaging activities.
Rationale
CREW provides the foundation for a strong school culture. Through structured sessions, students practice self-regulation, communication, teamwork, and self-understanding. These skills underpin behaviour, learning readiness, and emotional wellbeing.
Implementation
CREW is delivered in three weekly sessions across all classes, with content adapted to developmental stage and learning needs. Sessions are designed to be interactive, accessible, and relationship driven.
Structure of CREW Sessions
Each session includes:
- Opening Routine: A low-pressure check-in, game, or connection activity.
- Core Focus Activity: A structured activity developing skills such as communication, emotional literacy, teamwork, problem solving, or self-awareness.
- Reflection: A short, supported opportunity for students to think about how they engaged, what they learned, or how the group worked together.
Curriculum Themes
CREW sessions are organised around key developmental themes:
- Belonging and identity
- Communication and connection
- Wellbeing and emotional literacy
- Community, respect, and responsibility
- Teamwork and problem solving
- Personal strengths and aspirations
Pedagogical Approaches
- Use of visuals, modelling, and structured language to support SLCN needs.
- Highly interactive and hands-on tasks to engage students with SEMH needs.
- Small group collaboration to build confidence and trust.
- Trauma-informed practices, including predictable routines, co-regulation, and emotional safety strategies.
- Opportunities for student voice, choice, and leadership.
Impact
The impact of CREW is measured through improved student wellbeing, relationships, engagement, and personal development.
Intended Outcomes
Students will:
- feel a sense of belonging and connection within the school community.
- develop confidence in expressing themselves and interacting with others.
- improve emotional literacy and self-regulation skills.
- strengthen teamwork, problem-solving, and social communication skills.
- engage more positively in lessons and wider school life.
- build resilience and a clearer sense of personal identity.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Impact will be assessed through:
- student voice feedback and surveys.
- staff observations of behaviour, engagement, and relationships.
- pastoral data and wellbeing indicators, including Boxall and TASS.
- SEND tracking for students with SEMH and SLCN needs focused on EHCP targets.
- participation and achievement of CREW activities.
Success Indicators
- Increased student confidence, participation, and willingness to collaborate.
- Improved peer relationships and reduced conflict.
- Greater emotional readiness for learning.
- Evidence of students applying skills in wider school settings.
- CREW routines becoming embedded and valued across the school.
