Health and Wellbeing Accreditation Framework
All schools continue on their journey through the Health and Wellbeing Accreditation Framework.
To date the number of schools who have completed each Phase are:
- Phase 1 - 183
- Phase 2 - 152
- Phase 3 - 36
The School Health & Wellbeing Coordinators have been provided with contact details of their colleagues from across Fife. This enables staff to share practice and support each other when undertaken the quality assurance aspect (Card Game) of the framework. If you have not received the list and you are a coordinator please contact me and the email address at the end of this article.
Moderation of the accreditation framework continues.
Curriculum for Excellence: Health and Wellbeing
Support Materials:
Materials supporting the health and wellbeing experiences and outcomes
are available on the www.healthpromotingschoolsfife.co.uk website and can be accessed through the curriculum for excellence folder.
The material in this section provides examples of progression, cross curricular links and partnership working that may help education staff and all contributing services in taking forward the health and wellbeing outcomes.
The suggestions provided to support the outcomes are not prescriptive and can be changed to meet the needs of children, young people and the whole school community. The folder also contains Reflection Tools for use by all staff.
There are also national documents available in this section of the website.
Curriculum for Excellence: Health and Wellbeing Milestones:
Short life working groups are in the process of developing Milestones for the 6 organisers in Curriculum for Excellence: health and wellbeing experiences and outcomes. Teaching staff from primary and secondary schools and staff from across other services are involved in this process.
The work undertaken to date has be shared at the Primary School Learning Events that were held in May and November and at Secondary Headteachers meetings.
All materials shown on the day have been sent to the chairs of each cluster group.
Fife are also going to be involved at a national level in developing strategies for the Health and Wellbeing curriculum and will be taking the work undertaken to date as examples.
Curriculum for Excellence: Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood in Primary Schools
Joint training of facilitators between NHS Fife and the Education Service has taken place to train 2 members of staff in each cluster to support the delivery of Curriculum for Excellence: Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood in primary schools.
The training session has evaluated very well. Only 3 clusters did not participate.
It will be the responsibility of the cluster headteachers to ensure that the staff trained to disseminate the training, are able to facilitate training to staff in session 2011/2012. The participants have now received electronic copies of materials used. They will be supported by Anne Aberdein and members’ of the Improving Health Teams, if appropriate in taking this forward. It is recommended that training for Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood feature in the cluster development plan.
Child Protection Training Education Staff
A one day course for New Child Protection Co-ordinators has been arranged. The course covers practice and procedures for Child Protection and in particular, the Co-ordinators role in supporting pupils and staff with Child Protection/Care and Welfare issues in the education setting.
All staff must access the course through the education CPD system. Ref CPD 1035. Staff will chose one of the 2 dates on offer.
Monday 23rd January 2012 at 9.30 in Auchterderran Centre
OR
Tuesday 13th March 2012 at 9.30 in Auchterderran Centre
Please note that lunch will not be provided to participants on this training course .
All staff should access multi-agency training via the Fife Child Protection Committee Inter-Agency Child Protection Training free of charge.
For further details please contact:
Nancy Hainey
Support Assistant
Fife Child Protection Committee
Auchterderran centre
Woodend Road
Cardenden
KY5 0NE
08451 555 555 ext 442063
E-mail nancy.hainey@fife.gov.uk
Policy Development
Health and Wellbeing Strategy:
The Education Service Health and Wellbeing Strategy that provides advice and guidance for education establishments in taking forward Health and Wellbeing across the whole school community has been sent to all education establishments and appropriate service providers electronically.
The purpose of the strategy is to take forward the values, purposes and principles in Curriculum for Excellence: Health and Wellbeing and to continue with taking forward health promotion activities within the whole school community. Partnership working is core to this strategy.
Curriculum for Excellence: health and wellbeing, Relationships, sexual health and parenthood education policy.
Educations Effective Sex and Relationships: Education in Schools Policy and Guidance has been reviewed and amended in line with local and national policy and legislation. The amended policy and guidance document has been sent electronically to schools and appropriate service providers. It can also be found on FISH.
Managing Substance Misuse Incidents Policy & Guidance:
Educations Managing Drug Incidents Policy and Guidance has been reviewed and amended in line with local and national policy and legislation. The amended policy and guidance document has be sent electronically to schools and can also be found on FISH.
Fife ’s Health & Wellbeing Plan 2011-14 Reducing Health Inequalities
This is the third health and wellbeing strategy for Fife and reducing health inequalities remains its overarching aim. A hard copy was sent to every educational establishment at the end of 2011. Further information can be found on www.healthyfife.net.
Fife Children’s Services Plan 2011-2014
The Children’s Services Plan seeks to deliver the three national frameworks: Equally Well; Achieving Our Potential and the Early Years Framework. The policy can also be found on FISH
Articles Wanted
It is important to reflect the innovative and partnership working that is ongoing across all services in Fife. To help this process please could you let me know of any work or events you would like to share with others and we will put it on the website.
The website will continue to be reviewed and updated in line with national and local developments.
This is a snap shot of some of the activities being undertaken.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wish further information - or to forward any examples of good practice, innovation or events happening in your area - contact Anne.Aberdein@fife.gov.uk