Children and Young People’s Partnership Newsletter April 2015 Health and Wellbeing Conference 2015 Save the Date: 1st June 2015 L unch! We are pleased to announce our official launch event for the Healthy Places Award, starting at 09:30am at the Bradley Football Centre. If you are already taking part in the Healthy Places Award, or considering it for your organisation, this is a great opportunity to find out more about it, share good practice, and network with other participants. For further information or to book a place, please contact [email protected] The Healthy Places ‘education’ award is designed to help educational settings in North East Lincolnshire create a programme of work which will empower people to live well where they work, learn and play. Educational settings are an ideal place to promote health and wellbeing to children and young people, staff, parents/carers and ultimately the wider community. Educational settings undertaking the award scheme will be supported by the council’s Developing Healthier Communities team, who developed this initiative in partnership with local schools and academies. The award is centred around advice, support and training to improve general health and awareness in areas. Subjects that are covered include; Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing, Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, Drugs and Alcohol Misuse, and Smoking Education. This unique award is not just for pupils within schools but for staff and the wider community. By taking part in this programme, schools and academies can help to integrate health into the fabric of their setting and develop an environment that helps to protect, maintain and improve the health and wellbeing of children, young people and adults within it. Contents Schools and Academies who have signed up to the Healthy Places Award so far include; Allerton Primary, Coomb Briggs Primary, Queen Mary Infant and Nursery School, Laceby Stanford, Leas Academy, Laceby Acres Academy, Elliston Academy, Middlethorpe Academy, Oasis Immingham, and Wintringham Academy. Don't miss out, sign up today! For any further details on the Healthy Places Award or for an informal chat about your setting taking part, please contact the Developing Healthier Communities team: (01472) 323837 [email protected] School updates: Ormiston South Parade 2 Elliston 3&4 St Joseph’s 5 Primary Rowing Competition 6 Secondary Rowing Competition 7 Humberston C of E 12 Training & Initiatives: Physical Activity Initiatives 8-11 Health Eating Initiatives & Food for Fitness updates 13-18 Mental Health Training & information 19-23 Sex & Relationship Workshop 24 Curriculum for Life update 25 Smoking, drugs, & alcohol 26-28 Ormiston South Parade Academy Scooter Smart In February, the children at Ormiston South Parade Academy took part in Scooter Smart; an active travel initiative with the aim of reducing childhood obesity and make children aware of how to use a scooter safely. Children from years 1-6 took part and they all thoroughly enjoyed it. The parental involvement and support was fantastic which allowed every child to take part. A child in year 4 said, “I thought it was really fun. We had to avoid obstacles and we learnt how to cross the road safely with the scooter. When you got to the end you had to do a massive push to get your balance on the scooter. We learnt how to use our brakes to stop at obstacles.” The children had a brilliant day and learnt all about keeping safe on their scooter as well as the importance and benefits to a healthy lifestyle. Cookie and Twinkle—Furry Friends! Cookie and Twinkle are settling into their new homes in the academy Nursery. All pupils in the academy will have responsibility for caring for them and have been grouped into pet care teams to make sure the guinea pigs are well looked after. There are many benefits to keeping school pets, academy Principal Miss Nolan, explains, “Looking after pets teaches children many key skills and values. It encourages pupils to nurture and respect life and fosters a sense of responsibility. This can help pupils improve their relationships with other pupils, parents and teachers.” The children are so excited about the new pets and have really enjoyed helping them settle into their new life at Ormiston South Parade Academy. “I love her, she is cute and furry. You have to be gentle.” “It’s squeaking, I can hear it!” The Nursery children. Hello, I am Twinkle! Hello, I am Cookie! 2 Elliston Primary Academy World Book Day The children of Elliston Primary Academy had a great time celebrating World Book Day 2015. Children dressed as their favourite characters and shared their book knowledge in assembly. Key Stage 2 children held debates about issues from well-known books, for example, whether the wolf should have been prosecuted in Little Red Riding Hood. In the afternoon we were joined by local illustrator Lewis Jackson, who ran workshops in the library. Mr Jackson also judged the competition to design book characters and was very impressed with the standard of entries. The winners were: Key Stage 2 – Lucie-Mae Mortlock and Alisha Romagnuolo Key Stage 1 – Brooklyn Rock Foundation Stage – Alfie Randall, Harry Adams and Ella Robinson. All of the entrants won a classic children’s book. Red Nose Day Elliston Primary Academy pupils did us proud, not only by having wacky hair, but also by painting their faces funny to raise some money. As part of raising funds for this fabulous charity a template of a box was sent home for the children to make and fill with any spare change they had. We raised a fantastic £180.60. As always, we couldn’t have raised such a fantastic amount and had such a great day without the support of our parents and carers, so we would just like to say a massive thank you to all who took part. 3 Elliston Primary Academy February Half Term Activities During February half term, Dena Shields, Parent Support Adviser, organised activity days at Elliston around the theme of the circus and fairground. With the support of some of the friends of Elliston parents group, the days proved to be very successful. Pupils, parents, and carers from the school attended the two days for fun filled activities. On the first day, families took part in making puppets, a tin can alley, circus big top tents with figures to put in them, clown masks, and much, much more! On the second day, families came and enjoyed a circus/fairground atmosphere and enjoyed taking part in playing games, and having their photos taken in large made cut-outs by Dena. A photo booth was also set up so that the children and parents and carers could go inside and have their photos taken with props that had also been made. A puppet show was put on for the children, using their handmade puppets, and one of the friends of Elliston parents wrote two stories for the children to act out. The children seemed to enjoy the hot dogs, chocolate apples, and they even tried to make candy floss! Debbie Nicholson manned the tin can alley stall which the children really enjoyed. To end the day, Dena had invited in a very special guest Minnie Mouse, the children loved this and were able to have their photograph taken with her. A very special thank you to Tony and Amy for helping with this. 4 St Joseph’s Friendship Day At Saint Joseph’s, they have worked hard to develop the outdoor play area over the last few years. The aim of this has been to promote healthy lifestyles and to create positive play experiences for their pupils. Through the school council they have gathered the views of their pupils and used their ideas to help develop the outdoor space and choose playground equipment. The Executive Headteacher Sarah Pollard said, “The benefit of the equipment is the amount of physical exercise they get. Children spend so much time on computers these days, it is nice to do something outside.” Recent additions have been the ‘grizzly trail’ which was funded through the Heartwell Grant and the Local Ward Fund. Very recently the school managed to secure funding from the National Lottery Awards for All scheme to add to the Friendship and large outdoor instruments. Pupils also completed a sponsored walk to add to the donations. Laura Peggs, Programme Coordinator from Developing Healthier Communities said, “This helps the children to get active through play, and gets their hearts pumping, builds muscle strength and balance, so it is an all round activity.” In order to celebrate the playground development the staff and pupils of Saint Joseph’s decided to hold a Friendship Day. This included classroom activities throughout the day and culminated in a special playtime for staff and pupils. Pupils from the J Rock Club also performed their Rock Challenge dance entry. Their composition was titled ‘We’re All in this Together’ and its theme was anti-bullying which tied in very well with the rest of the day! 5 Primary School—Rowing Competition The second annual Primary School (Years 5 & 6) Rowing Competition was held on Friday 27th February at Havelock Academy. The event was the biggest ever with over 100 pupils representing 14 schools, a fantastic turnout for the development of Indoor Rowing. The day began with a training session to demonstrate correct technique, allowing pupils who were less familiar with the rowers to get to grips with them. Each event would see competitors row for one minute and the furthest overall distance after this time was declared the winner. The competition was run within year groups with boys and girls competing separately in individual races before the pairs and quads relays followed to add to the excitement! Points were allocated depending on finishing positions and added up at the end so that the school with the lowest overall score would be crowned team champions. The competition commenced with the Year 5 boys event with Reynolds winning the first heat and Scartho and Fairfield sharing the points in the second. The Year 5 girls continued the strong start for Reynolds in their first heat and Scartho managed to edge past Fairfield in the second heat with a fantastic performance. This pattern continued through the Year 6 heats with Reynolds, Fairfield and Scartho, changing positions after every race and neck and neck in the overall standings. Strong performances from Edward Heneage in the year 6 girls heat and St Martins in both the Year 6 quads and the relay kept the pressure on right until the finish! After a pulsating relay, the final results were calculated with last year’s winners Scartho finishing a strong third by showing consistency in their finishes throughout. The top two teams were separated by just 3 points and saw Fairfield crowned winners with Reynolds worthy runners up! Overall the event was highly competitive and great fun for all the schools involved. Thank you and well done to Fairfield, Reynolds, Scartho, St Martins, Edward Heneage, Elliston, Great Coates, Enfield, Macaulay, Canon Peter Hall, Lisle Marsden, Signhills, Springfield and Nunsthorpe for taking part, and to Havelock for hosting the event. 6 Rowing Competition—Secondary Schools The North East Lincolnshire School Sports Partnership’s Indoor Rowing Competition took place on Friday 27th February at Havelock Academy. Representative teams from Oasis Academy Wintringham, Tollbar Academy, Havelock Academy, Cleethorpes Academy and Holy Family Catholic Academy competed. The performance at the event was to a very high standard with many students across years 7-11 achieving national standards. The enthusiasm, teamwork and sportsmanship on show across both events was a joy to see with all pupils getting behind their team and encouraging them to achieve that extra metre or second to win the race! The Year 7 Boys event was highly competitive, with the top 3 athletes achieving the gold national standard. In 1 st place was Harry-Fred Jennings from Tollbar Academy, winning the event by 28 metres from 2nd placed Jack Holmes from Clee Academy. The Year 7 Girls event was won by Chloe Hotson from Havelock Academy with another gold standard performance, winning the event by 39 metres from 2nd placed Ellie Smith from Oasis Academy Wintringham who achieved the silver standard. In the Year 8 Boys event, an outstanding performance by Tommy Skelton from Oasis Academy Wintringham won the event with a fantastic 833 metres, equalling the score at last year’s national competition in Manchester! Tom Favell from Tollbar was 35 metres behind in 2nd place with another fantastic, gold standard performance. with his performance of 1307metres. Starr Chilvers of Havelock Academy produced a powerful performance to win the Year 10 Girls event, motoring home with 1244metres. In 2nd place was Lily Wishart, from Tollbar who achieved the silver standard with 1161metres. In the Year 11 Boys event, a phenomenal performance from Nathan Wells saw him achieve over 30 metres above the gold national standard with 1788metres. In 2nd place William Seed, of Oasis Academy Wintringham, also achieved the gold standard with 1636metres. In the overall team event, with scores calculated by points accrued from the individual, pairs and relay events, it was Tollbar Academy who were crowned secondary indoor rowing champions this year due to incredible consistency throughout the competition, finishing no lower than 2nd place in every event, a fantastic achievement. Last years winners Havelock Academy finished in 2nd place, closely followed by Oasis Academy Wintringham in 3rd. Event organiser Craig Dobbs said: ‘Indoor Rowing continues to grow and develop in North East Lincolnshire and now takes place on the curriculum at schools. Many children at the Secondary event achieved national standards showing a very high level of performance’ Special thanks go to Craig Suddaby, Kirsty Smith and Havelock Academy for hosting the event. The Year 8 Girls event was incredibly close with Eve Kaveney from Tollbar winning the event by 1 metre from Kiera Swain from Havelock Academy in 2nd place. In the Year 9 Boys Event, Jake Hiles from Oasis Academy Wintringham finished in 1st place, 20 metres ahead of 2nd placed Max Searby from Tollbar. The Year 9 Girls event was extremely close, with 20 metres separating first to 5th position. Milly Towndrow from Oasis Academy Wintringham came out as overall winner, with 1006metres, with Chloe Martin from Tollbar in 2 nd place with 996metres. Harvey Nicholls, Tollbar won the Year 10 event with a fantastic performance, winning the event by 64 metres. In 2 nd place was Liam Blakey from Clee Academy who achieved silver standard 7 Humberston C of E Healthy Eating Days Humberston Church of England Primary School, spent four days in March learning about keeping healthy, with a particular emphasis on food and drink. The topics covered included; Benefits of drinking plenty of water to stay healthy and alive Foods that are grown all over the world Nutritional value of food How to interpret nutrition labels What impact do different food choices make to how we feel Different food groups Countries where food is in short supply During the first day, Early Years and Key Stage 1 were given a range of drinks and were asked to discuss their favourites before ordering them according to how healthy they thought they were. They established how much sugar they contained and then showed how much sugar was in each. The children designed posters encouraging people to drink water. For their international work, the children were reminded about a recent Tesco trip and discussed where most of the fruit was grown. After some globe and map work, the children drew the journey of some fruit and learnt about packaging and food miles. Key Stage 2 looked at nutrition labels and their features. They looked at a selection of drink packages and ranked them according to their sugar content. Whilst weighing out the amount of sugar in each drink, some shocking discoveries were made which prompted some interesting discussion. The children also looked at food choices and had a debate (fair trade vs cost, organic vs pesticides, locally grown vs transported goods), before designing posters and presenting a balanced argument to the class. On day two, everyone learnt about the different food groups and that each helps our bodies in different ways. Children were then given paper plates or plate templates and designed their own favourite meal trying to make sure their plate was balanced and healthy. They also explored countries where food is in short supply and eating habits are very different to ours, before designing their own keyhole garden thinking about the kinds of vegetables they would like to grow. The schools used The Phunky Foods resources. 12 Food Revolution Day 2015 Food Revolution Day is fighting to put compulsory practical food education on the school curriculum. With diet-related diseases rising at an alarming rate, it has never been more important to educate children about food, where it comes from and how it affects their bodies. Last year over 9000 schools around the world registered for Food Revolution Day and tuned in to watch Jamie's exclusive cookery session. Want to join in this year? All you need to do is register now and download the lesson materials. On Food Revolution day, Friday 15 May, tune into the website anytime and cook along with Jamie and get your whole school creating a Squash it Sandwich! For more information: http://www.foodrevolutionday.com/ Free School Meals Seminars Universal Infant Free School Meals – free regional seminars Following the introduction of Universal Infant Free School Meals in September 2014, ongoing support to caterers and schools remains in place to help embed the policy, share ‘What Works Well’ and advise on how they can take advantage of the various organisations providing free of charge support. In addition, hear the latest from Henry and John (the authors of the School Food Plan), what will happen to the Plan after the election and what support Junior and Secondary schools can access to help with uptake. Visit www.uifsm-seminars.co.uk to book your FREE place at one of the 6 Regional seminars. 13 RHS—School Gardening New curriculum resource - RHS Growing Topics from the Campaign for School Gardening RHS Growing Topics have been written to give you clear, curriculum-based activities with a whole class approach. Designed for teachers with or without prior gardening knowledge, they are easy to follow with step by step instructions, and provide a creative approach to curriculum learning with links to all subjects including maths and literacy. Each RHS growing topic is planned to be delivered over four sessions, with four short, 20 minute activities managed on rotation in small groups per session. These sessions can be spread out over a half term or term – depending on the topic, and each ends with a celebration of what has been grown or learnt – crops can be harvested and eaten or plants and produce can be sold at a sale, parents invited in to see the finished garden or wildlife habitat created. Termly Topics Earth Matters Focus on Fruit Grow your Own Lunch Supermarket Sweep The RHS Growing Topics are freely available on the Campaign for School Gardening Website www.rhs.org.uk/ schoolgardening Greener Streets: Better Lives Greener Streets: Better Lives is a new campaign to tackle the growing number of grey spaces spreading across the country and transform them into beautiful green places. We’re losing green in the competition for space: gardens are being paved over to make room for an increasing number of cars; high-density housing is replacing lower-density housing in many areas, and parks face a funding crisis and are at risk of deterioration and future loss. Who can get involved? Everyone! Whether you have a tiny windowsill to transform with a pot or you’re working on a bigger project in the community – anyone can make a transformation, no matter what size. Apply for your free seeds To help you get started, we’re offering everyone taking part in the campaign a free packet of nasturtium seeds (while stocks last) to turn your grey spaces green this summer. To apply for your FREE packet of nasturtium seeds, visit the RHS website and search for ‘Greener Streets’. Seeds will be sent out within one month of applying. The first seeds will go out in early April. Information and resources In the next few months look out for more advice, resources and templates online to help you develop your greening project. https://www.rhs.org.uk/ 14 Enter the BNF Healthy Eating Week Poster competition! We are looking for creative and inspiring posters to help promote BNF Healthy Eating Week 2015! There are some great prizes to be won for your school, as well as an excellent opportunity to discuss healthy eating with your pupils! Prizes There are 4 fantastic prizes £50 prizes to be won to support your work during BNF Healthy Eating Week. The prize could be used to buy ingredients or equipment for a cooking activity or support a visit to a farm! Winning entries will be posted on the BNF and Food - a fact of life websites for everyone to see! The competition is easy to enter... 1. Register your school for BNF Healthy Eating Week and you will be sent the competition entry form. 2. Get creative in the classroom or set for homework. 3. Send your creations with the attached entry form to BNF. Closing date The competition closes on 30 April. For more information and to enter the competition: http://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/ Food Safety Training Level 1 (CIEH accredited) Food Safety Training Level 2 (CIEH accredited) Learning Outcomes: Learning Outcomes: Understand the basic requirements of food safety and Firm grasp of the importance of food safety and hygiene How to keep clean and hygienic Understanding of how to control food safety risks How to keep work areas clean (personal hygiene, food storage, cooking and handling) The role an individual plays in reducing contamination Identify key food safety issues Duration: half a day FREE! knowledge of the systems, techniques and procedures involved Confidence and expertise to safely deliver quality food to customers Duration: 1 full day Food in the Curriculum Training This food training involves 3 hours of support and ideas for class activities, is delivered in your school and is free of charge. The training was piloted successfully at Waltham Leas and Littlecoates, with excellent feedback from both. Katie Smith who runs the course says, “I can see the difference as the weeks progress in the children’s confidence in knife skills.” The Head Teacher commented, “The training has worked really well in our school. The TA’s who attended allows for flexibility in delivery across all key stages.” These training courses are delivered by the Food for Fitness team. If you would like to know more or for booking enquiries, please contact Pam or Sarah: [email protected] [email protected] 01472 323800 View the full document here: Nearly a third of young people know someone with dementia. As the population ages and the number of people living with dementia increases, more and more young people are likely to be affected through family and friends. Alzheimer’s Society wants to create a dementia friendly generation; supporting young people to understand dementia today, and empowering them as they reach adulthood. Educating young people about dementia can help reduce stigma and increase understanding. Changing attitudes and building knowledge can help to reduce the loneliness and social isolation that many people with dementia experience. By educating young people about dementia, they can learn about protecting their own health and the importance of a healthy lifestyle including diet, exercise and alcohol abuse – all of which have been shown to be risk factors for dementia. Through learning, young people will become more aware of the importance of care roles, ethical issues, and issues connected with an ageing population. It will also encourage them to become active and responsible citizens. Dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. Dementia is caused when the brain is damaged by diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease or a series of strokes. It is progressive, which means the symptoms will get worse over time. Although dementia mainly affects older people, it is not a natural part of ageing. There are 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK, with this figure predicted to reach 2 million by 2051 if no action is taken. Whilst these resources currently focus on Key Stage 3, we also offer Dementia Friends for all ages – which provides a fantastic introduction to dementia in a 45 minute session. These sessions are run by volunteer Dementia Friends Champions. If you would like to host a Dementia Friends session in your school, you can email and a visit will be arranged for your school. For further information, please contact: [email protected] RISE ABOVE WEBSITE IS NOW LIVE What is Rise Above? Rise Above is a new website developed by Public Health England to boost resilience among 11-16 year olds by teaching them the skills needed to make better decisions in ‘risky’ situations such as smoking, drugs, drinking, relationships and sex. How will young people find out about Rise Above? To ensure that Rise Above is a social movement of and owned by young people, it is crucial that young people find and access the website through channels that resonate with them. As such we will promote it through the vlogger community who our audience regularly interacts with. What can Local Authorities do? We are asking local authority colleagues not to take any action to promote Rise Above for now. Once post-election priorities are clear, we will be in touch to discuss how we can work with you to promote the site through your peer-to-peer youth channels and how we can get young people involved in developing new content and activities. Check out the site at www.riseabove.org.uk WEBSITE NOW LIVE! Breathe 2025 is about ensuring that our children grow up in a place of clean air and bright futures. Breathe 2025 is about recognising that we have the ability to create a legacy we can all be proud of. It is about realising that our actions do make a difference, and understanding that if a young person does not start smoking by age 26, they almost certainly never will. That’s why we’re calling on everyone to pledge an action, big or small, on this site, and to be a part of our vision to ‘Inspire a Smokefree Generation’. Breathe2025 website can be used to engage all our key partners, organisations, business and individuals in our communities and encourage actions ‘that everybody can pledge to do’ to contribute to achieving the vision. Supported by a number of branded logos, posters, email footers etc. These can all help you spread the word through your networks. New features will be added; including viral clips, video messages, and Breathe2025 champions as we start to promote the site to the wider population over the coming months. For further information contact Trevor Parkin - Tobacco Alliance Coordinator, North East Lincolnshire Council. Email - [email protected] www.breathe2025.org.uk CERTA - Current Issues in Novel Psychoactive Substance Misuse (Level 2 Award) Details and Cost There will be a charge of £30 per person to cover certification costs. This MUST be made prior to the date of the course. Lunch is not provided but light refreshments will be provided throughout the day. Course Aims To raise awareness of new issues in the field of psychoactive drugs. Information will be given about Novel Psychoactive Substances (commonly referred to as ‘legal highs’) including their history, spread, available types and the risks presented by them. The course is relevant to anyone who needs an overview of the issues surrounding psychoactive substance use, such as: professionals in the social care and justice sectors, voluntary and community sector workers, parents and those wishing to broaden their own knowledge. Course Content The taught material will have reference to the Drug & Alcohol National Occupational Standards (DANOS). Learners will gain an understanding of: • Types of Novel Psychoactive Substances and their effects on the body and brain • How Novel Psychoactive Substances are bought and sold on the internet • How new technologies affect accessibility of Novel Psychoactive Substances • Legislation used to control the sale of Novel Psychoactive Substances • Potential changes in legislation • What motivates different users Forthcoming Dates: Wednesday, 16th September 2015, Wednesday, 4th November 2015 Times: Venue: 9.30am till 4.00pm Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street For booking and further information: 01472 323261 [email protected] CERTA - Responding to Substance Misuse within Communities (Level 2 Award) Details and Cost There will be a charge of £60 per person to cover certification costs. This MUST be made prior to the date of the course. Lunch is not provided but light refreshments will be provided throughout the two days. Course Aims To provide training relating to the use of substances, including illicit drugs and alcohol. The course is relevant to anyone who needs an overview of the issues surrounding substance use, such as: professionals in the social care and justice sectors, voluntary and community sector workers, parents and those wishing to broaden their own knowledge. Course Content The taught material will have reference to the Drug & Alcohol National Occupational Standards (DANOS). Learners will gain an understanding of: Types of psychoactive substances Effects on the body and brain Personal and societal factors leading to substance misuse Outcomes arising from substance misuse Current legislative framework and potential developments in this area Models fundamental to understanding how to assess and respond to individual and societal substance misuse problems Forthcoming Dates: Wednesday 13th & Thursday 14th May 2015, Wednesday 10th & Thursday 11th June 2015, Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th August 2015, Tuesday 27th & Wednesday 28th October 2015, Tuesday 24th & Wednesday 25th November 2015 Times: Venue: 9.30am till 4.00pm Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street Participants must be able to attend both days For booking and further information: 01472 323261 [email protected]
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