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Relationships and Sex Education day – 27 June 2019

National Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) day will be a celebration of excellent RSE that educates children and young people about healthy relationships and positive sexual health. This is the first year this has been celebrated nationally, and provides an opportunity to highlight the new national guidance for Relationships Education, RSE and Health Education which will be mandatory from September 2020.

On 27 June 2019, schools, teachers, young people, families and the wider community are invited to:

  • Nominate excellent teachers of RSE for the RSE teaching awards. The Deadline for nominations is Friday 31 May 2019
  • Hold RSE activities, using the following ideas for primary schools and secondary schools   
  • Use social media, such as twitter, to share your RSE activities with pride and confidence – follow @RSE_day and use the hashtags #RSEday and #RSEtogether
  • Tell your local community about your RSE activities through a newsletter, web-site update, local newspaper or other media.

To support your journey in preparing for mandatory RSE, the Sex Education Forum has produced a useful roadmap which sets out the 10 steps for providing high quality RSE.

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Free Youth Mental Health First Aid training

Haringey Council is rolling out free two-day Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for schools, which will provide staff with the skills and confidence to spot early signs of mental health needs in a young person, offer mental health ‘first aid’ and, if appropriate, guide them towards other support they may need.

The provision of this training is part of the Mayor of London’s programme to ensure that every school in London has at least one Youth Mental Health First Aider. More information can be found in the attached leaflet.

If you would like a member of staff to benefit from this free training, they need to:

  • email healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk  with their name, role and email address;
  • select one of the groups as their preferred option;
  • identify a second group as back-up, as some of the groups are now filling up.

The groups will be delivered on:

  • Friday 7 June and Friday 14 June
  • Monday 17 June and Tuesday 18 June
  • Thursday 20 June and Friday 21 June
  • Thursday 26 September and Thursday 3 October

Every effort will be made to meet preferred options, but courses will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Depending on interest, we may be able to offer more than one place to those on the waiting list, but this is not guaranteed.

All training will take place from 9am to 5pm at Hornsey School for Girls and will be delivered by professionals from Haringey Council and Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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House of Commons passes Relationships, Sex and Health Education legislation

On 27 March the House of Commons voted to pass new regulations regarding Relationships, Sex and Health education. If the proposed regulations are passed by the House of Lords, statutory guidance will be produced and published, and schools will be expected to adhere to the guidance and ensure their curriculum is LGBT inclusive.

Although MP’s have voted in favour of the regulations, hundreds of parents have expressed their concern, with some parents protesting. As a result, various schools in Birmingham have suspended LGBT inclusive lessons, due to the religious beliefs of parents which they feel do not align with the proposed regulations.

The Department for Education’s draft guidance, highlighted that it would be permissible for schools with a religious character to deliver the curriculum with a “distinctive faith perspective on relationships" and allow for debate in relation to matters that are seen as controversial in respect to the school’s faith.

Other issues and concerns for parents surround the appropriateness of the material that children are to be taught, even though it is expected that the curriculum will be adapted to accommodate pupil’s age, as well as the right of parents to educate their children regarding matters related to sex and relationships.

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Healthy Schools network meeting on Wednesday 12 June

All schools are invited to attend the next Healthy Schools network meeting which will provide an opportunity to hear more about the SUGAR SMART campaign in Haringey, and to explore how this can support a whole-school approach to healthier eating.

Time and date: 2:30 pm-4pm Wednesday 12 June 2019

Location: River Park House, Wood Green, N22 8HQ

From 4pm onwards, there will be an optional opportunity to discuss any queries about the Healthy Schools London awards process.

To confirm your attendance, please email healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk. 

Read the latest Healthy Schools Newsletter

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Haringey’s Weekend of Play – Friday 24 – Monday 27 May

Weekend of play leaflet

Families can take to the streets or head to their local park for some free and fun outdoor play sessions as part of Haringey’s Weekend of Play, which is taking place at the beginning of May half-term over bank holiday weekend.

Various primary schools will be launching the weekend with their own play events on the afternoon of Friday 24 May. Then voluntary and community organisations will be hosting a range of activities across the whole weekend.

There is still time for schools to organise their own play event on Friday 24 May and apply for a £200 grant to cover any costs.

Please contact smarter.travel@haringey.gov.uk to enquire further.

Weekend of play leaflet

This flier will shortly be sent to all primary schools to promote the Weekend of Play. Please can schools share these flyers so that families are aware of the exciting free events taking place across the borough. 

The Weekend of Play is supported by the Haringey Obesity Alliance, which aims to tackle childhood obesity through play.

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Free youth mental health first aid training for schools

The Mayor of London has launched a programme to ensure that by 2021 every school in London has at least one Youth Mental Health First Aider.

The free two-day youth mental health first aid (MHFA) course for schools provides the skills and confidence to spot the signs of mental health issues in a young person, offer first aid and guide them towards the support they need. More information is included in the Youth MHFA leaflet.

The training will be delivered in Haringey on: 

  • Friday 7 June and Friday 14 June
  • Monday 17 June and Tuesday 18 June
  • Thursday 20 June and Friday 21 June
  • Thursday 26 September and Thursday 3 October

All training will be held at Hornsey School for Girls from 9am to 5pm. The course will be delivered by trained staff from Haringey Council and Whittington Health NHS Trust and is suitable for primary and secondary school staff working with 8-18 year olds.

To book, please email healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk stating your date preference, name, role, school and email address. Each school is guaranteed one place on the course, and additional places may be offered depending on availability.

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Watch an Active Mile in action and win a visit from Sir Mo Farah

Active Miles are 15-minute initiatives that encourage children to get outside and walk, jog or run around a mile regularly, in the playground, around school buildings, or at a nearby park. Research on The Daily Mile, a popular example of an Active Mile, tells us that doing one reduces body fat, and schools report that it increases concentration and may even raise attainment.

Two Haringey schools are offering opportunities for you to come and see it in action:

  • Bounds Green Primary (Wednesday 8 May 09:00) and
  • Lordship Lane Primary (Thursday 16 May 09:15).
  • Please email Healthy.Schools@haringey.gov.uk if you would like to attend.

The Daily Mile is running a competition for one school to win a visit from Sir Mo Farah! If you are currently running  or  starting to run The Daily Mile, sign-up to the website, and return the short questionnaire by 31 May.

Questionnaire:Daily Mile

Daily Mile leaflet

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Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for schools

Further to the information included in the previous edition of the Haringey Schools Bulletin on emotional wellbeing and mental health, dates for the two-day Youth MHFA training have now been confirmed:

  • Friday 7 June and Friday 14 June
  • Monday 17 June and Tuesday 18 June
  • Thursday 20 June and Friday 21 June
  • Thursday 26 September and Thursday 3 October

All training will be held between 9am and 5pm at Hornsey School for Girls and is suitable for primary and secondary school staff working with 8 to 18-year-olds. Further information about the course can be found in this leaflet.

Youth MHFA Two Day flyer

To book, please email healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk stating your date preference, name, role, school and email address. Each school is guaranteed one place on the course, and additional places may be offered depending on availability.

This training forms part of the Mayor of London’s programme to ensure that by 2021 every school in London has at least one Youth Mental Health First Aider. The course will be delivered by trained staff from Haringey Council and Whittington Health NHS Trust. 

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Nominate an Active School Hero

Do you know someone who works in a primary school who always goes above and beyond the call of duty to get kids active, really “going the extra mile”?

Why not nominate them to be an Active School Hero? Active School Hero is a scheme run in a partnership between ukactive Kids and Nike and supported by a range of sporting organisations including Sport England and the Youth Sport Trust.

They are looking for heroes who demonstrate enthusiasm to inspire children to be more active and act as a positive role model for both kids and other staff within their school.

It would be great if the hero has an inspiring story to tell around how activity has helped change their own life as well as those of the kids.

Nominations are free and you can nominate as many Heroes as you would like – but you can’t nominate yourself. An Active School Hero must …

 It can be any school staff member in a London primary school who helps kids be active; from the lollypop lady, teaching assistant and librarian to the catering staff, active travel lead or the after school activities manager.

Nominate your Active School Hero here.

Here is a toolkit for schools.

Nominations will close on Monday 8 April.

  • Twitter: @activesch_hero
  • Facebook: @activeschoolhero
  • Instagram: @activeschoolhero

 

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Healthy Schools Newsletter March 2019

Healthy Schools Newsletter March 2019

Here is the latest issue of the Healthy Schools Newsletter, which includes:

  • Training and information on emotional wellbeing and mental health
  • Update regarding Relationships and Sex Education
  • Survey on harmful practices (Female Genital Mutilation, forced marriage and crimes committed in the name of ‘honour’) – please complete the survey to help identify what support staff in Haringey schools need on these issues.
  • Silver award Healthy Schools workshop – 9:30am-11am Thursday 28 March at River Park House, Wood Green. Please email healthy.schools@haringey.gov.uk to confirm attendance.