Healthy Schools Newsletter

Summer Term 2016 — Issue 33

ongratulations to the following  Colman Junior for SMSC and C schools who have all achieved promoting British Values Enhanced Healthy School Status since the  Ormiston Victory for focused work on the topic of Spring Term issue of our newsletter Extremism

 Sparhawk Infant and Nursery for embedding Fundamental British Values  Mile Cross Primary for developing outside learning

 Little Plumstead Primary School for developing outdoor learning  Bignold Primary and Nursery for Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, Healthy School Examples of work from pupils at Colman Junior

ongratulations to the following schools who have recently C renewed Healthy School Status

 Alderman Peel High  Heather Avenue Infant  Bignold Primary & Nursery  Hobart High  Cromer Junior  North Walsham Infant  Eastgate Academy  North Walsham Junior  East Ruston  Preston Primary  Fairhaven Primary  Reepham High & College  Falcon Junior  St Michael’s (Aylsham) Nursery & Infant  Garrick Green Infant  Suffield Park Infant & Nursery  Little Plumstead Primary  & 6th Form  Langham village School

School News Spotted recently at Nightingale First School: a wonderful display entitled: Minion Reasons to be Healthy (below right)

Mile Cross community Primary recently entered a national competition for ‘Muddy Faces Build a Shelter Competition.’ The school submitted a photo (above left) of their shelter and won £150. The plan is to use the prize money for resources and further development of their outdoor learning site. Our very own Liam Miller had a hand in building the prize-winning shelter during a recent visit to the site. Fred Nicholson School gets a mention in the new Stonewall guidance: Ten Steps to Tackling Homophobic, Biphobic and working in partnership with Healthy Norfolk Schools, Transphobic Language in Your School Fred Nicholson School devised a questionnaire on homophobic, biphobic and transphobic language for pupils. Pupils selected a feeling face in response to statements including ‘It is OK to like different things to other people’ and ‘I use the word ‘gay’ to mean that something is rubbish’. Following survey responses, the school developed a targeted whole-school approach including reviewing a number of policies, promoting pupil voice, ensuring inclusive resources are in the library and classrooms and training for all staff. The school also made tackling homophobia, biphobia and transphobia the focus of Anti-Bullying Week, with all pupils and staff sending positive messages around a human chain of support.

Congratulations to our two new Two New PATHS Model Promoting Alternative Thinking Schools in Norfolk! Strategies (PATHS) Model Schools in Norfolk. Ashleigh Primary in Wymondham and Raleigh Infant in Thetford were approved by PATHS Education Worldwide (PEW) in May.

We now have four Model Schools in Norfolk: Ashleigh Primary, Freethorpe Primary, Raleigh Infant and Whitefriars Primary Academy. For more information about PATHS please contact Anna Sims or Alice Ndiaye

Ashleigh Primary receiving their plaque

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Staff Wellbeing

As schools are being increasingly encouraged to focus on the importance of promoting mental health and wellbeing, Healthy Norfolk Schools are pleased to be supporting schools to adopt a whole-school approach to improving mental health and wellbeing for the entire school community. Teaching is the most stressful profession in the UK, with 41.5% of teachers reporting themselves as ‘highly stressed’ at some point in their teaching career; Health and Safety Executive research, 2000.

Pete Balmforth, an experienced teacher at shared his account of the stressful nature of teaching, the impact that this has had on his professional and personal life and the strategies he has adopted to help create a healthier balance between work and life, including the installation of specialised lighting within his classroom, aimed at reducing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). “The light given out is a ‘cooler’ white light which looks different to the standard ‘warm’ lighting of normal fluorescent tubes. Everything appears to be clearer to see; pupils seem calmer and like being in my room. Most people coming into my room notice ‘something’ different, and really like it. SAD lighting doesn’t instantly make you happy but it does contribute positively towards the variety of strategies I use to help my condition therefore helping me deal with day to day life.” Pete Balmforth in his classroom at Marshland High Visit NHS Choices for more information on SAD

Pupil Wellbeing ereham Neatherd was the first school in Norfolk to D focus on ‘Improving Mental Health Awareness for Silver Enhanced Healthy School Status: I will try and think about my friends The most rewarding aspect was realising more. Sometimes people look sad for a just how easy it was for young people to reason, and we should be more kind to talk about their own mental health and how them open they were Year 7 student Nick O Brien, Assistant Head Teacher

Public libraries nationwide celebrated the launch of Reading Well for young people in April. This new scheme is running in Norfolk’s libraries and Public Health services for young people dealing with mental health issues. Shelf Help is a list of 35 books, selected by mental health specialists and recommended by young people for their ability to help cope with the pressures of life, feel better and boost confidence.

The scheme is an extension of the successful Reading Well/Books on Prescription scheme for adults with mental health issues and people with dementia and their carers.

All the Shelf Help books are now available and can be borrowed by young people, their friends, parents or carers, from all of Norfolk’s libraries. Health professionals, like GPs and school nurses can also prescribe or recommend the books as an alternative way of treating or supporting young people experiencing pressures in their day to day lives. Find out more at Reading Well

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A Mile a Day in Norfolk

You may have read in the national press about St Ninian’s School in Stirling where all pupils were encouraged to walk or run a mile each day. The aim was to make this part of the daily routine with no special kit or equipment. They found that the Daily Mile had a massive impact on both children’s fitness levels and their concentration in lessons.. It’s a common sense approach to children’s fitness which is free and easy to implement and the most important thing was that children loved taking part.

Trowse Primary School has become the first in the region to complete the Daily Mile Marathon. Staff members and 106 pupils have each run a mile a day and completed their 26th mile to make it the distance of a marathon. Head teacher Stuart Odell said: “After hearing about how positive the initiative has been in Scotland, it was something I wanted us to try. “Teachers and support staff have joined in the running too, making it a real community event.” He added that as well as the health benefits, teachers had reported pupils were concentrating better in class after their run.

Local partnership Healthy Norwich, Active Norfolk, Sports Partnership and Healthy Schools, is working to engage with a group of schools in the Norwich area initially, to help to implement A Mile a Day as part of their school routine. If are interested to know more or to think about starting this in your school soon, contact Liam Miller

Led and supported by the Royal Horticultural society (RHS), the Green Plan It Challenge is an exciting opportunity for year 8/9 students to engage in a ten week project where they rethink the role of green space and develop solutions to a horticulture-related challenge.

Benefits include:

 Free welcome pack of seeds and gardening equipment

 Teaching resources to take you from beginner to expert

 Inspiring and practical school gardening training days

Free rewards through the School Gardening Awards scheme   Latest news and regular e-newsletters

 High profile competitions offering fantastic prizes

For more information, visit RHS School Gardening

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Updates

e-Bug is a free educational resource for classroom and home use and

makes learning about micro-organisms, the spread, prevention and treatment of infection fun and accessible for primary and secondary pupils. Visit e-Bug to find out more.

Public Health England has launched a refreshed version of the UK’s healthy eating model which replaces the Eatwell Plate. The Eatwell Guide has been developed from evidence-based nutrition advice and is designed in pictorial form to help the communication of a healthy, balanced diet to consumers.

Diabetes E-learning module for schools: The regional paediatric Diabetes Network has launched an e-learning module for schools. This tool can be used to compliment the education that your staff will receive from the child’s family and their diabetes team. The tool is made up of two modules:  Module 1 is aimed at raising awareness of type 1 diabetes and its treatment and is suitable for all members of staff in a school attended by a child with type 1 diabetes  Module 2 is aimed at those members of staff that have direct responsibility for providing support to a child or young person with diabetes. This module should take 30 minutes and goes into more depth on topics such as blood glucose testing and injection technique

This e-learning tool has been developed by teams from the East of England, the North West and Thames Valley Children and Young People’s Diabetes Networks and is supported by JDRF, the type 1 diabetes charity. It forms part of the ‘safer use of insulin’ training suite hosted by Virtual College.

The law on so-called legal highs has recently changed: So-called legal highs (new psychoactive substances) mimic the effects of drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy but are not currently controlled as class A, B or C drugs. It is now illegal to supply these substances for human consumption and importing them from abroad will also be crime. The New Psychoactive Substances Resource Pack gives detailed information for educators and practitioners.

Road collisions remain one of the main causes of premature death among children and young people aged 0-15, with 35% of child pedestrians killed or seriously injured during what is typically classified as the ‘school run’. The chances of an accident happening, and the severity of injuries sustained when they do occur, can be reduced by safer road design, improved driver education and training and teaching children how to cope with the traffic environment.

Road Injury Prevention: Resources to Support Schools offers the following:  A snapshot of data highlighting important messages of relevance to schools  signposts to a range of resources that are available to support effective road safety education across key stages 1 to 4  insights from local practice by outlining steps that some schools have taken to promote safe active travel

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The PSHE Association has recently awarded its Quality Assurance Mark to a number of resources. Click on the images to take you to the relevant websites:

DO…SRE for schools is a free online resource designed to support the teaching of sex and relationships education (SRE) at KS4

Teaching SRE with Confidence in Secondary Schools from CWP Resources is for teachers and other professionals working in secondary schools and sets out to develop skills and attributes such as respect, self-esteem, empathy and communication plus negotiation skills that help pupils to stay safe both online and offline and make informed decisions in relationships.

Drug Wise from Islington Council’s Health & Wellbeing team focusses on drug, alcohol and tobacco education in primary schools and aims to develop the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes needed to make healthy choices and develop healthy behaviours now and in the future. The resource is available as an interactive CD–ROM at a cost of £120 and can be ordered via email from the Islington Council Health and Wellbeing team. Click on the logo above to request a sample pack and order form.

Drinkaware for Education offers free, curriculum-linked alcohol education resources for students aged 9 to 14. Incorporating discussion-based activities, role plays and scenarios drawn from everyday situations, the resources make it easy to equip students with the information needed to stay safe from alcohol harm. This resource also addresses emotional health and peer pressure, as well as the harms and risks commonly associated with alcohol.

Healthy Heroes is a key stage 1 and 2 resource covering emotional health, healthy eating and physical activity. A series of challenges can be undertaken towards becoming a ‘Healthy Hero’. Children and their families are empowered to make positive behaviour changes in relation to emotional health and wellbeing, food and activity choices.

Railway Children have developed Free downloadable resources suitable for upper KS2, KS3 and KS4, providing opportunities to explore issues associated with why children and young people run away. In addition, the resource provides scope to explore issues relating to emotional wellbeing and mental health.

New guidance and lesson plans to challenge homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying—a comprehensive resource for primary and secondary schools.

Healthy Schools Team Update

As you may be aware, the Healthy Norfolk Schools team are now commissioned by Public Health as part of the Norfolk Healthy Child Programme. Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust was awarded the contract on the 1st October 2015 to deliver the Norfolk Healthy Child Programme and we are currently reviewing the services provided by the Healthy Norfolk Schools team. It is anticipated that this review will be completed in September 2016 however meanwhile you can continue to contact the Healthy Schools team for advice and support via email and telephone. Please also note we have a change of address: Healthy Norfolk Schools Lawson Road Health Centre, Lawson Road, Norwich, NR3 4LE Email addresses and mobile phone numbers remain the same and the new landline numbers can be found at the bottom of our email signatures.

If you need this document in large print, audio, Braille, alternative format or in a different language please contact Marian Fox on 01603 221810 and we will do our best to help.

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