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Mental health support for children and young people

Choices 

Offers support to children, young people up to the age of 17 and families in Haringey who are worried about their emotional wellbeing. https://www.haringeychoices.org/contact-us

020 8702 3405 beh-tr.choices@nhs.net 

Kooth

Free confidential online support for  11 to 18-year-olds and up to 25 years with additional needs. 12pm to 10pm Monday to Friday and 6am to 10pm Saturday/Sunday and Bank Holidays.

Haringey Mental Health Support Team (MHST)

MHST phone lines are open 9am to 3pm Monday to Friday to all Haringey schools. Call 020 8702 6035 or email: Beh-tr.camhstrailblazerinbox@nhs.net

Social, Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) Support

A range of Social, Emotional Mental Health support available to schools, parents, carers, professionals, children and young people.

Crisis Telephone Service

You can call this number to get help or advice in a crisis from our trained mental health advisors and clinicians, Monday to Friday 9 – 5pm.  We are hoping to make this services 24 hours a day later in the year.

0300 0200 500 

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Healthy Schools Schools

Domestic abuse – early intervention and prevention services for children and young people from Solace

Solace Women’s Aid

Domestic abuse organisations saw increased household tensions and domestic abuse during lockdown because of forced coexistence, economic stress and fears about the virus.

Increased isolation can create an escalation in abuse, where people who are living with an abusive partner or family member may be less likely to ask for help. Fewer visitors mean that evidence of physical abuse could go unnoticed. Children and young people living in these circumstances could disclose some of these experiences when coming back to school.

It is vital that schools are best supported to provide trauma informed/strength based care to students who need it the most. Solace Women’s Aid Early Intervention and Prevention team can support your students by offering: 

  • Wellbeing/advocacy support to individual young people impacted by any type of abuse (virtually or in person). Please see Solace’s leaflet and referral form.
  • Solace
  • Solace early intervention referral form
  • Group work focusing on emotional well-being and resilience to students or staff members (virtual or in person). 
  • Group work to understand healthy/unhealthy relationships and all forms of abuse – some young people might struggle to recognise or name their experiences.
  • Staff training to spot the signs of abuse and trauma.
  • Download free well-being learning journals for primary/secondary school students here (external link)

Solace Women’s Aid offers a flexible approach. For further information, please contact Sasa Onayngo, Service Manager Formal and Informal Education, CYP Service on 07500 115761 or email cypservice@solacewomensaid.org

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Smarter Travel

Active travel and road safety – free resources for schools

September sees traffic levels increase and roads become more dangerous as more people travel by car  rather than public transport. Our aim is to get more children, parents and carers walking and cycling to school.  We have the following resources available for schools:

  • Leaflets and booklets for reception children
  • A Junior Travel Ambassador programme
  • Be bright, be seen leaflets and posters
  • Green Cross Code leaflets
  • Stepping Out (road safety activity books for years 3 and 4)
  • In car safety information
  • Air quality information
  • Walking maps
  • Cycle training A5 postcards
  •  Cycle training booklets
  • Cycle activity sheets for years 4,5 and 6

Here are some useful road safety and active travel links:

https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/schools-and-young-people/teaching-resources/junior-travel-ambassadors

http://www.brake.org.uk/

https://www.think.gov.uk/education-resources/

www.cycleconfident.com

Please e-mail if you would like any of these resources for your school and we will deliver them to  you: Halema.Uddin@haringey.gov.uk or Smarter.Travel@haringey.gov.uk

 

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Haringey Sixth Form College – opening of 3G pitch

At the beginning of term Haringey Sixth Form College unveiled its stunning new outdoor 3G pitch following extensive renovations during the summer.

The opening ceremony was attended by Spurs and Argentinian World Cup winner the legendary Osvaldo “Ossie” Ardiles and current first team player Harvey White, who cut the ribbon. Others present included members of the local community, business representatives and stakeholders.

The 3G pitch is one of many areas within the college to undergo major renovations recently.  The new pitch will be used to improve the physical and mental health of all students.

Haringey Sixth Form College students are national champions in basketball with 7 students gaining scholarships through sport this summer, including three full basketball scholarships in the US.

Spurs legend Ossie said:

“It is a privilege to be here opening this new football pitch just around the corner from our stadium. It makes me happy to know that it will help many local young people improve their football and lead healthy lives.”

Young midfielder Harvey added:

“The students here are all my sort of age and I really enjoyed meeting them today – taking the first kick of the game was an added bonus!”

 

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 02: <> at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 02, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 02: <> at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on September 02, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
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School Admissions

A Guide to Education Services: School Admissions 2020-21

Please find attached key information for Education Services and contact details for relevant partners that you may find useful over the coming year, together with a timetable for the school admissions cycle in the next year.

Guide to Education Services 2021-22 v2

School Admissions Process Timetable 2020-2021

 

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Schools

School Premises Management Handbook

The School premises management handbook gives an overview of school premises management and has been created by the Corporate Landlord team at Haringey Council specifically for Haringey schools.

The handbook covers the roles and responsibilities of both the schools and the council, safety and compliance, funding, expenditure and the processes to follow from start to finish to ensure the best outcome for everyone. It includes an annex of additional resources which should be helpful for anyone managing school premises.

The Corporate Landlord team works collaboratively with schools to ensure buildings and their systems are maintained and fit for purpose. Together with the Head, school site managers and business managers, the team is responsible for the upkeep of Haringey maintained schools.

The team is made up of a wide range of expert professionals including building surveyors, statutory compliance and fire safety officers, mechanical and electrical surveyors and inspectors and project managers. The Corporate Landlord team is here to support and guide school communities through the process of managing school premises effectively.

School premises management handbook

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Healthy Schools Schools

COVID campaign targets young people

Haringey Council has launched a new campaign to remind children and young people to protect their friends from COVID-19 by continuing to follow social distancing guidelines.

As lockdown eases, schools re-open and we start to see our friends regularly, it’s easy for young people to forget to do the things that will keep us all safe. 

Through this campaign they will be reminded of the things they need to continue to do to avoid spreading coronavirus to the people they care about.

The campaign is made up of ten different posters that will appear on social media and in schools, community centres, libraries and other venues throughout Haringey.

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School Admissions Schools

Variation to admission arrangements – St Mary’s CE (N8)

The Governing Body of St Mary’s CE Primary School (N8) has proposed a variation to the admissions arrangements for admission to Reception in September 2021, in respect of the over-subscription criteria relating to church attendance.

Please see this letter from the Chair of Governors at the school for your information:

St Mary’s CE Primary School Chair of Governors letter

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Smarter Travel

Haringey supports Streetspace School programme

Working with schools, teachers and council staff, Haringey Council is supporting children and young people to return to school safely through the Streetspace School Programme. As children and young people return to school, the guidance to continue to social distance remains in place and the advice for parents/carers, children and young people is to walk or cycle where possible, only drive if essential and avoid public transport.

Supporting active travel in Haringey has been a key priority as part of the council’s response to the pandemic, ensuring that residents can travel safely and in line with social distancing guidelines.

Transport for London (TfL) has supported Haringey to provide additional Streetspace for Schools across the borough, using funding that the council has successfully bid for.

These measures aim to make it safer and easier for people to maintain social distancing through active travel, while reducing air pollution to improve everyone’s health. 

The council is working closely with schools in the borough to ensure that measures to enable social distancing are in place through a set of temporary measures – some of which may become permanent following consultation with residents and local businesses.

This work includes the use of banners and barriers along the carriageway to widen pavements outside some schools, allowing teachers, adults and pupils to arrive at school safely.

Walking maps will also be shared around all schools, showing safe travel routes, and a number of walking initiatives encouraging a walking commute to school will launch.

Competitions to promote cycling, cycling schemes and active travel training will also be introduced as part of the programme – to encourage a strong and long-term take up of active travel.

The programme will run alongside TfL’s London-wide plans, which includes additional buses and dedicated school services, and will see an additional 230 extra dedicated buses being made available on some of the busiest low-frequency bus routes, from the 1st September.

More than 220 high-frequency routes that serve schools will have designated “School Services” before and after school’ and some existing regular buses will be designated as School Services, which would be prioritised for school travel. TfL is also urging children to walk, cycle and scoot to school where it is safe to do so.

In Haringey, additional school buses will run across at least 24 high frequency bus routes between 07:30-09:30 and 14:30-16:30, until at least the end of October – this includes the W3 route, a main route for secondary school students in the borough – an additional 7 routes will also see more buses added.

Keep up-to-date here: www.Haringey.gov.uk/school-journeys

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Schools

Haringey funds Free School Meals for families with NRPF

To support children and families during the pandemic, Haringey council is providing funding for Free Schools Meals (FSM) to schoolchildren from families with no recourse to public funds (NRPF).

Families with NRPF can access FSM as a result of temporary changes introduced by the government owing to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Families who have a child that attends a Haringey school may benefit from FSM if they fall into one of the following groups:

·        they are a Zambrano carer;

·        they have the right to remain in the UK under Article 8 of the European Court of Human Rights;

·        they receive support under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 and are subject to an NRPF condition.

The income threshold for this provision has also recently been revised to £31,500 to allow more families to benefit and has been extended to include the 2020 Autumn Term.

Additionally, families receiving support under Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 will also be temporarily eligible during this time.

The council is committed to ensuring children with no recourse to public funds continue to receive free school meals even if the temporary measures introduced by the government are withdrawn. No child in a Haringey school will go unfed at lunch time as a result of a lack of funding.

The council is also working with partners, including our schools, to explore opportunities to improve the value and quality of meals and school lunches more generally, to make them healthier and more nutritious – as well as considering options to ensure that they are more sustainable.

Learn more about the government’s latest guidance on Free School Meals (external link).