DCSF/Goldsmiths Anti-bullying Interventions Research Project (2008-2010) ...more

Eighth Successful Award Ceremony - over 100 schools celebrating their NHSS...more

Brinkley Grove Primary School Celebrates NHSS Ready Steady Cook Style!...more

Million Meals Campaign - support for schools wanting to increase the school meal uptake...more

Free Food in Schools Training...more

Playground Games Research - how have games changed - take part in some research...more

School Councils Action Research launch took place in October. This was the culmination of a three year project which explored how advanced secondary school councils can become. Download summary of findings
 

Brinkley Grove Primary School, Colchester, chose to hold a Ready, Steady, Cook day as a whole school celebration of receiving their National Healthy School Status this term.  Children and their parents were invited to a morning with 2 local chefs preparing a main meal and a dessert with the assistance of the head and deputy.  Children had made lots of red tomato and green peppers to vote for their favourite.  The other hall was decked out with examples of work from PSHE, Emotional Health and Well-being, samples of healthy snacks and drinks and simple physical activities for people to try

The event was a great success and enjoyed by all. Many congratulations to Sarah Donnelly, the healthy school coordinator and deputy head teacher and all at Brinkley Grove on their National Healthy School Status.

Tell us your ways of celebrating achieving NHSS email helen.bird@essex.gov.uk

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On October 17^th at Shire Hall in Chelmsford over 100 schools received their National Healthy Schools Status award. 

Dr. Mike Gogarty – Director of Public Health and Health policy, Adults, Health and Community Wellbeing began the ceremonies with  the keynote speech. School representatives received their plaques and certificates to display to in the school.  The events were very well attended and enjoyed by teachers, students, governors and indeed many local dignitaries.

Several schools gave presentations show casing an element of the work they had done during the process of becoming a healthy school.  A big thank you to those teachers and students who participated.

 

QCA has now launched the new website for the new secondary curriculum (to be implemented for Year 7 in Sept 2008).

It’s at:  curriculum.qca.org.uk

Presentation on the new PSHEE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) - Download

Nick Boddington has put together lesson plan covering changes students go through - Download
 

Other useful links:
Personal Wellbeing section

Economic Wellbeing and Financial Capability section

You may also know that a letter went out last week officially announcing that “Ministers have agreed to allow Governing Bodies to use one teaching day in 2007-08 for training instead of teaching pupils so that schools can take advantage of the support available for implementing the new secondary curriculum.”
www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/secondary/

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A major national campaign the School Food Trust was launched on 16^th October. As you are aware major changes have taken place in the provision of school food, particularly since the introduction of new food-based standards across all schools in England.  Local Authorities, caterers and schools have been working extremely hard to make these standards a reality but the School Food Trust recognises that in doing this take-up of school meals has fallen in some areas and more support is needed to encourage pupils to eat school lunch and to thereby ensure the viability of the school meal service.

To address this situation the Trust is launching the Million Meals campaign with the aim to improve the health and well being of children by encouraging a million more children to eat school meals by 2010. 

The campaign is aimed at headteachers and leadership teams at schools and provides those who sign up with practical advice on what they can do to increase the number of children eating school lunch. 

To register your support please visit our website at www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/millionmeals.

Reports of the death of children's outdoor play are greatly exaggerated, says Steve Roud, who is undertaking a national survey of children's games to update Peter and Iona Opie's 1959 classic work.  To find out which games have survived and which has vanished he is asking people to complete an online questionnaire. Roud's preliminary findings show that play is ending earlier than before.

www.loreoftheplayground.co.uk/ to fill out a questionnaire and be part of the research!

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Food in Schools is a national initiative in England for primary schools supported by British Nutrition Foundation, Design and Technology Association, National Primary Headteachers and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust, funded by Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). What’s in it for your school? - Free training using a DSCF accredited trainer; - Free access to resources, follow up advice and support and accreditation for all staff involved; - All the benefits, as part of your Healthy Schools initiative (a vital ingredient of the Every Child Matters agenda) for your school community, pupils, staff, governors and parents. To register on the programme, email contact foodinschools@data.org.uk with your school details.