Communications
Are you 14 or over? Do you want to gain experience, develop skills working with children, discover more about working in libraries or help encourage children to read?
Solihull Libraries, Arts and Information are looking for volunteers to work across the whole of Solihull for ‘Mischief Makers’, the Reading Agency Summer Reading Challenge 2018 between 14 July - 8 September, with training provided. Please access further information below and submit your application before Friday 8 June 2018.
Video: School dental surveys
A new video has been published to inform parents about what happens when a child takes part in Public Health England’s school dental surveys. The purpose of the video is to inform parents and schools about the surveys and help increase the numbers of parents who return consent forms to allow their children to take part. Dental decay among young children remains an important public health issue as it leads to pain and distress, sleepless nights for children and parents, and time off school and work. The oral health survey of 5-year-old children takes place every two years to collect dental health information for children aged 5 years old who attend mainstream, state-funded schools across England. It is carried out as part of the PHE National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England. The two minute video provides a visual explanation of the process and is aimed at parents and school staff. Please click on the link below.
Using external sports coaches - the Coaching in Primary Schools Toolkit has been developed by a range of experts in PE and sport to provide useful advice on how to recruit and deploy external coaches in primary schools effectively.
Please see letter and press statement below from Public Health England.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Solihull and Heartlands hospitals, is asking all schools to pass on an important message to parents about where to take their children in the event of an accident. Attached below is a brief letter to headteachers, a letter to send to parents and a poster which can be put up at school.
