health and wellbeing
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- emotional wellbeing and mental health (5)
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- PSHE (8)
- safeguarding through the curriculum (5)
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The aims of the sessions are to train pupils to offer support to their peers, and to help them in the creation and delivery of campaigns within school that reduce the stigma and discrimination around mental health. If your school is interested in developing a team of Mental Health Ambassadors, please contact Nicky Gilbert ngilbert@solihull.gov.uk or Gary Mcleod gmcleod@solihull.gov.uk from Engage. Please see flier attached below for further information.
Mentally healthy schools is a new website to help primary school staff support the mental health of pupils. There is a range of expert and practical information and resources to help all primary school staff understand, promote and deal confidently with children’s mental health issues: jargon-free information on what can undermine and what can help emotional wellbeing; tips and strategies to help; and specific advice on vulnerable groups. There is specific advice for governors which you may find helpful.
I would particularly like to draw your attention to the section on a ‘whole school approach’ to mental health and wellbeing. In our borough, those schools that are recognised as having Solihull Healthy School status have embedded this approach within their work around health and wellbeing. For more information please email me at nchamberlain@solihull.gov.uk.
Training taking place on 1st March 2019. Please see document attached below for full details.
For the tenth anniversary of My Money Week, My Money (formerly pfeg) have developed exciting and brand new digital video resources for primary and secondary schools which offer an interactive learning experience with short videos focused on making money decisions.
Primary pupils will explore raising and saving money and charitable giving by making decisions on behalf of the school council featured in the videos. Secondary students will consider mobile phones, insurance and risk by making decisions on behalf of the young people featured in the videos.
Please see links below to the main website for further details and to the primary and secondary resources.
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.
