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Resources from Wiltshire Police
Tuesday 15th October 2019Wiltshire Police have resources for both primary and secondary schools to help raise awareness of hate crime...
Support for schools from Carer Support Wiltshire
Monday 14th October 2019Carer Support Wiltshire have produced a poster to raise awareness among school staff of the needs of young carers and local support available...
Wiltshire SEN Self Evaluation
Friday 27th September 2019Please see below the link to the 2019 Wiltshire Special Educational Needs (SEN) Self-Evaluation...
Wiltshire Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference
Monday 23rd September 2019Wednesday 13th November 2019, 9:30am-4:30pm @ Devizes Corn Exchange...
Wiltshire Mental Health Support Teams for schools and colleges
Friday 13th September 2019Wiltshire Council is pleased to confirm that Wiltshire (with BaNES) has been confirmed as a trailblazer site for the delivery of Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) from January 2020...
Wiltshire SEND consultation
Thursday 12th September 2019Wiltshire 0-25 SEND strategy Do you have an interest in the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND)? If the answer is yes, we need you to join us at one of the sessions we are running in partnership with Wiltshire Council...
Wiltshire’s Children and Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Survey 2020
Wednesday 11th September 2019All Wiltshire schools and colleges have been invited today to take part in the Wiltshire’s Children and Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Survey 2020 This survey is for all pupils in years 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 including FE colleges and participation is free for all schools, academies and colleges...
Alcohol guidance for secondary schools and FE settings
Tuesday 10th September 2019In August 2019 NICE updated their guidance for secondary schools and FE settings...
Wiltshire Fun Day for Looked After Children
Monday 9th September 2019Please help in promoting this fun day for our Looked After Young People...
Wiltshire peer mentoring programme with Kidscape
Friday 6th September 2019In October a new programme of peer mentoring is being offered to Wiltshire secondary schools to help support young peoples mental wellbeing...
Resource packs from Splitz
Thursday 5th September 2019Splitz have provided links to the following online resources and toolkits for schools and parents: Splitz is an independent charity and leading provider of domestic abuse support services in southwest England, with a key role in shaping strategy and policy through our participation in local strategy groups, domestic abuse forums and by lobbying local, regional and national government...
Make Your Mark 2019
Wednesday 4th September 2019Who can vote in Make Your Mark?Young people aged between 11-18 can take part...
Free resources to support transition
Monday 2nd September 2019ASDAN has created two free resources focused on addressing key issues relating to young people around the time they are dealing with transition from primary to secondary school: using a phone responsibly; and out in the community which form part of the Lift Off programme...
13th November, Devizes: Listening to young people 11-18 and getting it right.
Tuesday 23rd July 2019Hold the date for an event focused on the mental health of young people: Listening to young people 11-18 and getting it right...
Wiltshire Mental Health Support Team trailblazer
Monday 22nd July 2019Wiltshire, along with BaNES, are pleased to have been successful in our application to become part of the Mental Health Support Team (MHSTs) trailblazer...
Updated lessons for teaching about mental health and emotional wellbeing
Thursday 18th July 2019Teacher guidance & lesson plans — updated July 2019 can be found here Guidance on teaching about mental health and emotional wellbeing through PSHE education was originally produced, by the PSHE Association, under a Department for Education grant, and has been fully updated and relaunched for 2019 to match the government’s new statutory PSHE requirements regarding Health Education, Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE)...
What if schools valued wellbeing more than results?
Wednesday 17th July 2019There is an interesting article in the TES which can be read here exploring how the New Zealand government puts mental health above economic stability...
Professional Association for School Mental Health Leads
Tuesday 16th July 2019From September Dr Pooky Knightsmith will be leading a Professional Membership Association for School Mental Health leads on behalf of the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools...
Time to Change’s In Your Corner campaign now live for secondary schools to sign up.
Monday 15th July 2019This year’s campaign is called In Your Corner, encouraging young people to reach out to and support their friends, and aiming to breakdown some of the misconceptions about mental health and illness...
New Wiltshire Special School Equality Information Template
Monday 15th July 2019The new 2019-20 Special Schools’ Equality Information Template is now available here...
DfE RSE and Health Education guides for parents.
Friday 12th July 2019Following the publication of the final statutory RSHE guidance, the DfE has also published two short guides for parents of primary and secondary age pupils that schools can use to communicate with them about teaching relationships and health education...
Make Your Mark 2019 - the UK’s largest youth consultation
Thursday 11th July 2019Please find attached here a letter from Helen Jones (Director of Commissioning) & Helean Hughes (Director Education and Skills) containing the following text: During 2018 over 1...
November network meeting - Wiltshire PSHE and Healthy Schools
Wednesday 10th July 2019Wednesday 27th November 2019, 4:00-5:30pm at Sutton Veny Primary School Refreshments available from 3:30pm This meeting will Enable colleagues to share good practice in the planning and delivery of PSHE education Provide national and local updates around issues relating to Healthy Schools, PSHE education and pupil wellbeing To book a place at this free event email: Helen...
DfE Healthy Schools Rating Scheme
Monday 8th July 2019This morning, the Department for Education published details for the new Healthy Schools Rating Scheme...
New primary 10 Minute Shake Up activities launched by Disney and Change4Life
Thursday 4th July 2019Teachers can make a difference to pupils’ wellbeing by implementing fun physical activity across the school day Find out more about the Change4Life and Disney resources on the School Zone of the Public Health England website...
National news archive
Genetic tests: Experts urge caution over home testing
Thursday 17th October 2019People should not make health decisions based on genetic tests they do at home, experts warn...
Defiant head vows to keep unregistered school open
Thursday 17th October 2019Nadia Ali calls the pupils "happy learners" and denies the school, in south London, is breaking the law...
School's mobile phone ban relaxed to 'ease friction'
Wednesday 16th October 2019A head teacher says the outright ban detracted from pupils' education...
More children caught bringing knives into school
Wednesday 16th October 2019Knives, swords and machetes are among the weapons taken into school, police figures show...
Mobile phone ban in school relaxed to 'ease friction'
Wednesday 16th October 2019A head teacher says the ban detracted from pupils' education - but other schools take a different view...
Child, 4, among 1,383 pupils caught with weapons
Wednesday 16th October 2019Knives, swords and machetes are among the weapons taken into school, police figures show...
Mental health sick leave rises for emergency workers
Wednesday 16th October 2019More police, firefighters and ambulance workers are having to take time off for mental ill health...
Child, four, among pupils taking weapons to school
Wednesday 16th October 2019Knives, swords and machetes are among the weapons taken into school, police figures show...
How dad saved son from 'scalding cuppa' scars
Wednesday 16th October 2019Each year hundreds of young UK children end up in hospital with severe but avoidable coffee and tea scalds, like Archie...
Richard Huckle: Paedophile killed in prison 'strangled and stabbed'
Wednesday 16th October 2019The sex offender, who abused as many as 200 children, was found dead in prison on Sunday...
Career ambitions 'already limited by age of seven'
Tuesday 15th October 2019Young people are often trapped by a lack of knowledge about job options, a report says...
Home education a 'huge undertaking for parents' - Ofsted
Tuesday 15th October 2019Home educating is often a last resort for parents whose children have had problems at school, Ofsted says...
Braille books for schoolgirl made by Maghaberry prisoners
Tuesday 15th October 2019Men at the Braille unit in Maghaberry Prison are making much-needed books for schoolgirl...
William and Kate meet schoolchildren in Pakistan
Tuesday 15th October 2019The five-day tour will be the royal couple's "most complex" to date because of security concerns...
Prince William speaks about mental health on Pakistan school visit
Tuesday 15th October 2019On the first full day of a royal tour, the duke and duchess visit a school for disadvantaged children...
Child gambling a 'growing problem' - study
Tuesday 15th October 2019Two-fifths of 11- to 16-year-olds have gambled in the past year, research suggests...
Police Scotland stopped and searched 3,000 children
Tuesday 15th October 2019Analysis of Police Scotland data shows that officers found nothing in almost two thirds of cases...
Racist abuse of England players 'utterly disgusting'
Tuesday 15th October 2019Pupils at Raheem Sterling's old school give their reaction to the abuse England players faced in Bulgaria...
Prince Harry has an emotional moment during speech
Tuesday 15th October 2019Prince Harry talks about becoming a father at the WellChild Awards...
Mental health sick leave rises for emergency workers
Tuesday 15th October 2019Officers are urging police, ambulance and fire service colleagues to "seek help" after traumatic events...
Harry's emotional moment during speech over Meghan's pregnancy
Tuesday 15th October 2019Prince Harry takes a moment as he talks about becoming a father at the WellChild Awards...
Mum's life a 'living hell' after son's death
Tuesday 15th October 2019Henry Curtis-Williams took his own life five days after being discharged by a health trust...
'I rebel so I can look my grandchildren in the eye'
Tuesday 15th October 2019Despite a London-wide police ban, a group called Extinction Rebellion Grandparents continue to protest...
Labour's nationalisation price tag would start at £196bn, CBI says
Monday 14th October 2019The CBI employers' group claims Labour's plans would cost the combined health and education budgets...
Queen's Speech: New laws on crime, health and the environment planned
Monday 14th October 2019Crime and health will take centre stage in Boris Johnson's new programme - but Labour call it a "stunt"...
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