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We have been working in partnership with West Midlands Police in response to a recent spate of stabbings of young people across the West Midlands region. We have considered preventative measures which we can undertake in order to ensure our children and young people across the borough are safe. In order to do this, we require your assistance in helping to educate children, young people and their parents in relation to knife crime. Attached is a letter from West Midlands Police to headteachers, a separate letter for parents and carers, and suggested resources to use in school to teach young people how to keep safe. We would like you to make this work an urgent priority this week. Our designated safeguarding lead handbook has a section entitled gangs and youth violence which is a further resource if you need it.
We have been working in partnership with West Midlands Police in response to a recent spate of stabbings of young people across the West Midlands region. We have considered preventative measures which we can undertake in order to ensure our children and young people across the borough are safe. In order to do this, we require your assistance in helping to educate children, young people and their parents in relation to knife crime. Attached is a letter from West Midlands Police to headteachers, a separate letter for parents and carers, and suggested resources to use in school to teach pupils how to keep safe. The lesson plan is targeted primarily at Year 6 and Year 5 pupils, however we suggest and wider safety for all pupils in school is considered in an age appropriate way. We would like you to make this work an urgent priority this week. Our designated safeguarding lead handbook has a section entitled gangs and youth violence which is a further resource if you need it.
We recently wrote to headteachers/principals and governors to share the findings of our focused work on bullying during recent safeguarding visits. See below for more information.
The School Nursing team from Solihull Healthy Child Programme Service (in South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust) have launched two exciting websites for children and young people in the borough to find information on health and emotional wellbeing as well as local services that can help. The websites are packed full of age-appropriate health and wellbeing information and advice and there are quizzes, games and interactive features to engage children and young people. There is a website specifically for primary aged children (aged 4-11years) and a site for teenagers at the links below.
One aspect of governors’ duties is to appoint an external adviser for advice and support on the headteacher's appraisal and to consult that adviser on setting objectives for, and appraisal of, the headteacher. In order to support schools with this important activity, there was the opportunity to buy the support of an external adviser within the Governor Services package this year. If you have not yet indicated that you wish to do so, please complete the form below and return it to edgovs@solihull.gov.uk by the 1st July. If we do not receive confirmation by this date, we will be unable to guarantee that an adviser can be provided for this role in the autumn term.
Clean air day is taking place on Thursday as part of a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of the issues surrounding air. To find out what’s happening and how you can use the day’s events in your lessons, visit the website for a toolkit.
‘Period poverty’ refers to having a lack of access to sanitary products due to financial constraints. A survey by Plan International UK published in October 2017 found that 10% of girls have been unable to afford sanitary products with 7% forced to skip school during their period. This equates to more than 137,700 girls missing school in the last year.
Soroptimist International Solihull & District would like to find out more about the extent of this issue in Solihull and look at how they can support in eradicating the issue. Please find more details below.
The University of Wolverhampton would like to invite you to a free CPD conference on 13th/14th July aimed at both primary and secondary science educators from across the West Midlands.
Please see flier attached below for full details, agenda and booking process.
Education Secretary Damian Hinds has launched a clampdown on agencies charging schools “excessive” fees to recruit staff and advertise vacancies. To help combat these costs, the Secretary of State has announced a free website has been launched to advertise vacancies. Please see link below for more information.
Every local authority maintained school must publish specific information on its website to comply with The School Information (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and 2016 and other relevant legislation. Please see links below.
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