Creating a Healthy School

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Creating a Healthy School
Bryn Thomas and Steve Lanckham - Assistant
Headteachers
Regional Winners National Teaching Awards, Award
for Healthy Schools.
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Aims

• To raise and explain current expectations with
  regards to the National Health Agenda in schools
• To offer examples of good practice
• To support schools in producing a bespoke action
  plan

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The National Agenda
DFES 5 Year Strategy for Children and Learners
Children Act 2004
NHSS
Extended Schools
Every Child Matters
Blueprint for Healthy Living
White Paper NOV 2004
Teaching Awards Healthy Schools
New PSHE Guidelines -QCA NOV 2005
SMRP
OFSTED
School Nursing
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Every child Matters www.everychildmatters.gov.uk
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Every Child Matters will help young people to

• Be healthy
• Stay safe
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• Achieve economic well-being

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Outcome 1 of ECM Being Healthy
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A Perpetual Health Cycle
START HERE
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The Health Promoting School
Wider community
lifestyles
Other schools
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• An Audit of Best practice

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Aims

• To identify current practice and match it against
  National Healthy Schools Standard level 3
• To share and discuss your current position within
  your learning groups

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A Three Phase Strategy for School Improvement
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Phase 1 Establishing the ProcessHealth Education
Policy Overview
Every Child Matters
National Healthy Schools Standard
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Phase 1 - Establishing the process
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Phase 2 - Going Whole SchoolSchool Food
Consultation June 2004

• School Council
• Staff
• Parents
• Governors
• PTA
• Community Healthy Summer Fayre
• Caterers

School Nutritional Action Group
Outcomes Vending machines removed Sale of
chocolate, crisps, sweets and fizzy drinks
banned New menus and food policy to be developed
to be launched Sep 2004 Profile of existing
NON FOOD practice raised across the school
community
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Phase 2 Going Whole School cont.
Aim - Raise levels of pupil achievement and
improve standards. Provide both a physical and
social environment that is conducive to learning.
Sports Days
Diet Diaries
Fitness Testing
Leadership Opportunities for pupils
School Food
Outreach work
Walk to School
BHF Jump Rope for Heart
Healthy Summer Fayre
Promote work life balance
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Phase 3 Sustaining the momentum

• Nutritional information for our menus to
  meet SMRP guidelines (based on CWT)
• Healthy Lunch Box workshops
• Breakfast club for staff and pupils
• Use PDM and SSCOs to spread
  Health/Sport/Diet message through partnership
  Primaries and Secondaries
• Fitness testing formalised in Dudley-wide pilot.
• Hand Washing Campaign
• Cashless System

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• Overview of Health Working Group
• (based on Outcome 1 of ECM Being Healthy)

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Sphere of Influence
New Hub
outreach
outreach
Hub
outreach
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Outreach Personnel
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What Message?
Lifelong Learning
Parents Carers and Families make Healthy Choices
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Methods of Evaluation