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REDCAR AND CLEVELAND HEALTHY

SCHOOLS PROGRAMME

July 2016

NEWSLETTER

Edition 24 Welcome to the 24th Edition of Healthy Schools Newsletter

Congratulations to the schools below who have achieved Enhanced Healthy Schools Status during summer term 2016. Each school has identified health and well being outcomes to improve for their children and young people and they have put in place actions to make this happen. The actions which these schools are implementing will impact on their children and young people’s ability to make safe, informed healthy choices and this will ensure that pupils feel happy and safe at school and achieve their full potential.

Enhanced Healthy Schools Status Achieved

St Margaret Clitherow’s Catholic Voluntary Primary Academy

Sarah Butler, Healthy Schools Co-ordinator

St Paulinus Catholic Voluntary Primary Academy

Ruth Jones, Healthy Schools Co-ordinator

St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Primary Academy Christine Smith and Kath Doyle Healthy School Co-ordinators

Lingdale Primary School Carolyn Gallagher, Healthy Schools Co-ordinator

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Redcar and Cleveland Healthy Schools Programme

Congratulations on maintaining Healthy Schools and Enhanced

Status

During summer term 2016, the following schools have maintained their Healthy Schools Status: Zetland Primary School, St Paulinus Catholic Voluntary Aided School, Pathways School, Belmont Primary School, Galley Hill Primary School, Handale Primary School, Hummersea Primary School, Laurence Jackson School, Overfields Primary School, St Margaret Clitherows Academy, St Marys RC Academy and St Peters Catholic Academy. The following schools have maintained Enhanced Healthy Schools Status: Badger Hill Primary School, Bankfields Primary School, Dormanstown Academy, Newcomen Primary, Normanby Primary, Nunthorpe Academy, Saltburn Primary School, South Bank Primary School, St Peters Primary School, EOTAS, Sacred Heart School, Highcliffe Primary School, Wheatlands Pirmary School, Huntcliff School, Skelton Academy, Rye Hills School and Errington Primary School.

Congratulations to you all!

Redcar and Cleveland Public Health department are continuing to fund the School Health Survey next

academic year.

We have worked with the nationally respected School Health Education Unit based in Exeter

http://sheu.org.uk/ to develop the surveys and have adapted them to be really useful to Redcar and

Cleveland Schools. The results are available instantly to schools and provide a useful way of ensuring

any PSHE programmes meet the needs of your children and young people.

The survey is available for completion by year one to year eleven pupils however there is flexibility for

schools to choose which year groups take part. Key stage one children answer thirteen questions, key

stage two children answer twenty nine questions and secondary students answer sixty two questions.

Questions cover the following themes: Safety, Bullying, Behaviour, Healthy Eating, Relationship,

Smoking, Physical Activity and Emotional Health and Well-being.

Schools/academies who have taken part this year have found the results extremely useful when

planning health and well-being activity/developments for the year ahead.

All schools who have completed the surveys this year will have accessed their online results however

just a reminder that you will also receive a printed copy of your survey report by September 2016.

If anyone would like further information regarding the School Health Survey and how to sign up for next

year please do not hesitate to contact:

Lesley Gibbin or Jill Calvert

[email protected] [email protected]

School Health Education Unit Survey

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Quorn Cooking with Jill Weatherburn – Badger Hill


On Thursday 13th January, Year4, Year3, Year2 and Year1 at Badger Hill

Primary School were lucky enough to have the chance to cook up a storm with

a fantastic cook called Jill Weatherburn. After washing our hands, Jill and

some lucky children got to cook some delicious food from different countries.

‘Amazingly, the very first Quorn product was produced in 1930! Swiftly, we

moved on to the cooking. Before we went on to the pizza, we started to make

the rainbow Bolognese. First into the pan we added a tub full of onions, then

crunchy peppers and red ripe tomatoes! While the rainbow Bolognese was

cooking, some children were allowed to go up to the front and cook a healthy

pizza for the rest of the children. As the children got up to the front, Jill

prepared the pizza base. Smelling the food, Jill spread the tomato puree

across the pizza base. Then, Jill sprinkled creamy cheese on the pizza. When

she had finished, we started the paella. Interestingly, Paella comes from

Spain.’

‘THEN WE ATE THE DELICIOUS FOOD!!!! Will you try Quorn? ‘

Written by Corey Hopwood and Georgia Richmond

The rising trend in obesity is one of the biggest threats to the health of the population of Redcar and

Cleveland. To help tackle this Redcar and Cleveland Council have adopted the Food4Health Award

Scheme from Middlesbrough, where it has proved very successful. We are now into year 3 of the

Award Scheme.

The following schools have achieved Gold Award:

• Lingdale Primary

• Lockwood Primary

• Newcomen Primary

• Saltburn Learning Campus

• Hummersea Primary

• Ings Farm Primary

• KTS Academy

• KTS +

• Lakes Primary

• Normanby Academy

• St Peters CE Primary

Another seven schools are working towards Gold award.

If anyone is interested in taking part in the award please contact:

Karen Pearson

Email: [email protected] Telephone: 01287 612506

FOOD4HEALTH AWARD

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Fluoride Varnishing and tooth brushing scheme

HEALTHY TEETH IN OUR SCHOOLS

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council have just re-commissioned the Fluoride

Varnish programme in 11 schools across the borough. The schools were

selected because of the levels of tooth decay in their schools, their

participation in the school tooth brushing scheme, and their commitment to

supporting the delivery of the programme to as many pupils as possible. The

scheme has been shown to work best in schools that work hard to encourage

parents to complete consent forms, and the Council are extremely grateful

for their assistance.

Redcar & Cleveland has one of the worst dental disease rates in the North

East with disease highest in our most deprived areas. A review has shown

that applying fluoride varnish has a really positive impact on the dental

health of children, with those children participating experiencing an average

43% reduction in decayed, missing & filled teeth.

Coatham Dental Practice and Eston Dental practice have been appointed as

the deliverers for the schemes and are currently meeting with their schools

to book dates for delivery for a minimum of 2 years from September 2016.

We also fund tooth brushing programmes within primary schools – please

take the opportunity to participate in this valuable scheme if you are

contacted by the Oral Health Promotion Team. We provide all the

equipment, training and support. Encouraging good oral health early can set

good dental habits in our children for life!

If you would like any further information on these two programmes please

contact Lesley Gibbin or Katrina Jackson (01287 612302).

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Healthy School Week in KTS Academy

Between Tuesday 24th

May and Friday 27th

May, students at KTS Academy took part in a wide range of

healthy activities as part of this year’s Healthy Schools Week. Supported by Redcar and Cleveland Health

Improvement team, this year’s activities included: fencing with Bangs and Blades, light and sound

sessions led by TNT, Attention Balance and Coordination (ABC) with My Leisure, Sound Sensations

sensory sessions, archery with Valley Adventures and Quorn foods cookery lessons.

Students loved learning new skills and experiencing new activities. The Quorn stir fry and pizzas proved

very popular with Jill Weatherburn from Quorn, as did the range of class smoothies and healthy snacks

that were made during the week. Article written by Chris Race, Healthy Schools Co-ordinator

KTS Academy Health Week

The year 5 and 6 classes had an interactive cookery session with Jill Weatherburn, who works for Quorn. The

children learnt about the history of Quorn and how it was invented after the Second World War when the

government thought there might be a food shortage.

Jill Weatherburn brought lots of healthy ingredients, including fruit and vegetables, as well as Quorn and spices

for seasoning. The children tasted some new ingredients and then had the opportunity to make a range of dishes,

including rainbow Bolognese, sausage rolls, paella, wraps and pizza, all with Quorn.

The best part was trying all the different dishes that had been made and both classes found the afternoons both

informative and fun. The children used their ICT skills to write and send thank you letters to Jill and they

mentioned they would like to visit the Quorn factory in the future so we will have to see if that is

possible!

John E Batty Primary School

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Over the course of this academic year, Little Sprouts have been coming into our school to work with pupils from Year 1, right through to Year 6. Throughout, we have been very impressed with their level of expertise and their willingness to work with school in a positive and productive fashion. From our first meeting, when we began to plan possible cooking sessions, we decided that linking healthy eating with children's current topics would be a good idea and we have been very impressed with the results. All of the 11 sessions that have been delivered in school so far this year have been well attended by our pupils' parents as well as the children themselves and their feedback to us has been extremely positive. With this in mind, we plan to host an after-school club in the second half of the summer term. I would not hesitate in recommending Little Sprouts and hope to be able to work with them again soon. Article written by James Ledger, Deputy Head Testimonials from Handale Primary

‘A wonderful educational morning in which the children were educated and entertained. They loved it!’ Healthy Eating Workshop ‘We loved every second! Great for kids to try new things and linked perfectly with our topic’ Vikings and Saxons ‘Expertly delivered and the children were continually engaged in the session. Fully enjoyed by both staff, parents and children.’ Roman Workshop


Handale Primary and Little Sprouts

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NSPCC – Stay Safe

The NSPCC have launched our Speak out. Stay safe. programme so that a generation of children have

the knowledge and understanding they need to stay safe from abuse and neglect.

The programme provides child-friendly, interactive assemblies and workshops delivered by specially

trained staff and volunteers to help children:

• understand abuse in all its forms and recognise the signs of abuse

• know how to protect themselves from all forms of abuse

• know how to get help, and the sources of help available to them, including our Childline service.

By the end of our visit we know the children feel empowered – knowing how they can speak out and

stay safe.

"NSPCC has helped me to build the confidence to tell people about my worries and problems." –

Child’s feedback

"This service provides important information in a child-friendly way – it should be made mandatory in

all schools. A brilliant service!" Teacher, Wistaston Primary, Crewe

Here to help you and your school

The Speak out. Stay safe. programme has been designed to link directly to the curriculum, and also

helps with your responsibility to provide evidence that your school is meeting safeguarding inspection

requirements.

Book your Speak out. Stay safe. Visit today

Our programme consists of an assembly presentation for all children followed by an hour long

workshop for Years 5 and 6. Our materials have been developed to meet the needs of all children and

support their learning in an appropriate and engaging way. We will also provide information and

resources to share with parents ahead of, and after, our visit.

If you feel the Speak out. Stay safe. programme would benefit the children in your school and want to

join thousands of schools already taking part, please get in touch and I’d be delighted to provide more

information, or book an appointment for you:

Lynsey McCabe

Area Coordinator Tees Valley

NSPCC Schools Service

07976986459

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Normanby Primary School ran a successful ‘Healthy Minds and Bodies’ week from 16th – 20th May. Many of the health related initiatives that run nationally during May were promoted, including Mental Health Awareness Week and National Walking month, which encompassed Walk to School Week. The children were given a WoW (Walk once a Week) postcard to complete throughout the month with a chance to be entered into a prize draw. Isabelle Watson, Y4, was delighted to receive a football signed by the Middlesbrough football team. On Tuesday 17th May, walking to school was once again promoted with ‘Happy Shoesday’ where the children and staff in school wore the shoes that made them feel the happiest. There were also three walking buses from around the local area, which were greeted by Spike the Hedgehog on their arrival at school. Throughout the week in school, the majority of the children in school were involved in a health related workshops with visitors to school from a number of different agencies, which ranged from making health banana scooters in the Foundation Stage, Hand or Personal Hygiene across most year groups, First Aid training in Y4 and Circuit Training and measuring heart rates in Y5 & Y6.

Normanby Primary Healthy Minds and Bodies Week & Health Fayre


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On the afternoon of Wednesday 18th May, they also hosted another successful Community Health Fayre. Many of the agencies who kindly gave up their time for workshops during the week, also came to support the Health Fayre as well as a wide variety of representatives from other local and national organisations, such as SureStart, People’s Information Network, Macmillan, NSPCC, Age UK and Normanby Methodist Church. There were also fun family fitness activities organised by Everyone Active and students from Redcar and Cleveland College as well as their very own sports coaches, Miss Conroy and Mr Robinson. The school nurses were on hand to chat to parents about any issues from head lice to stages of development. Normanby Dental Surgery came along to promote good dental health and Girl Guiding and Scouts were also represented. The children enjoyed kite-making activities with staff from Flatts Lane Woodlands Centre and there were healthy snacks to try, such as fruit kebabs and smoothies from the Smoothie Bike. It was wonderful to see the community coming together and Normanby Primary families were very supportive of the event, which helped to raise awareness of a wide variety of health related issues and further the understanding of both children and adults alike.

Normanby Primary Healthy Minds and Bodies Week & Health Fayre


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TNT Fitness place high quality sports teachers (with QTS) and coaches into schools with the objectives

of increasing the number of health related opportunities children receive, giving children the opportunity

to the try new sports and activities and also work with staff to increase their physical activity and health.

We are proud to have been invited to work in Primary Schools from Barley Fields in Stockton, through

to St Joseph's in Loftus. Secondary Schools locally with Laurence Jackson, through to Whitby

Community College, as well as sessions with KTS Academy.

TNT Fitness place high quality sports teachers (with QTS) and coaches into schools with the objectives

of increasing the number of health related opportunities children receive, giving children the opportunity

to the try new sports and activities and to work with staff to increase their physical activity and health.

The curriculum P.E sessions are delivered using the Rawmarsh College Schemes of Work, covering

Foundation, Key Stage One and Key Stage Two.

We offer:

• Before School Clubs

• Curriculum cover

• PPA cover

• Lunchtime clubs

• After School Clubs

In addition we can support you to deliver themed workshops during health weeks, sports days, intra

school competitions and sponsored events and with Rio 2016 coming up - Olympic Themed Events.

We also offer a wide variety of activities including some of the following:

Fitness: Boxercise, Circuits, Dance, Movement to music, NEAT circuits, Agility awareness

Sport: Team building activities, Themed sport sessions, Multi Sports, Kwik Cricket, Football and more

Specialist: Healthy eating awareness education and activities, Movement and reaction to sound, light and

music. Discos

For more information please look on the website or contact:

TNT-Fitness Limited

18 Fountain Street

Guisborough

TS14 6PP

01287 634439

www.tnt-fitness.com

email [email protected]

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Healthy Schools Network Event, 7th

July 2016


Redcar and Cleveland Health Improvement team ran a Healthy

Schools network/market place event on Thursday 7th

July.

The aims of the event were too:

• Update schools and services on Healthy Schools

opportunities and developments

• To give schools and services an opportunity to network,

establish links and develop working relationships for the

year ahead.

• To network with colleagues, share practice and support

each other

The event was very well attended by schools and services alike:

The following services ran stalls at the event:

Barnardo’s, EVA, Fire Brigade, Junction, Link, Little Sprouts,

Cookery Opportunity, MoreLife, NSPCC, Oral Health, People’s

Information Network, Public Health and Health Improvement,

School Nursing Service, Trading Standards and Vulnerable,

Exploited, Missing, Trafficked Service

Feedback from Services

What went well…

‘I made contact with current schools who we work with and

schools who would like to work with us and hadn’t known how to

sign up to the scheme’

‘Brilliant opportunity to introduce ourselves to local schools and

services on a local level’

‘Stalls were a really valuable way of meeting different staff and

promoting our service ‘

Feedback from Schools

What went well…

‘Great chance to see what is available in the local area to use

within school’

‘Finding lots of ‘free’ support available to support Healthy Schools

‘Getting a thorough overview of the different services available’

‘Speaking face to face and making contacts’

‘New to role so lots of brilliant new contacts for the new year’

‘Useful to meet other Healthy School coordinators and share

practice’

Redcar and Cleveland Health Improvement team invite all schools

to a network event each term.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended this event and made

it a great success!

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Change4Life with Disney returns with 10 Minute Shake

Up activities to get kids moving!


This summer, Change4Life with Disney returns with 10 Minute Shake Up activities inspired by the new

Disney·Pixar Finding Dory film. The campaign encourages kids to ‘Just Keep Moving’ to help reach the 60

minutes of exercise they need each day through 10 minute bursts of activity.

Primary schools will have received Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum-linked 10 Minute

Shake Up with Disney PE lesson plans and activities to use throughout the year. Pupils will also have

received fun wall charts to take home and record their activity over the summer holidays.

The teaching packs will have arrived in your School Fruit and Veg Scheme deliveries

Visit the Change4Life School Zone or Search Change4Life/schools for more information and subscribe

be to keep up to date with new campaigns and resources.

The Daily Mile

The aim of the Daily Mile is to improve the physical, mental, emotional and social health and wellbeing

of our children – regardless of age or personal circumstances. It is aimed at Primary and nursery age

• It takes place over just 15 minutes, with children averaging a mile each day.

• Children run outside in the fresh air – and the weather is a benefit, not a barrier.

• There’s no set up, tidy up, or equipment required.

• Children run in their uniforms so no kit or changing time is needed.

• It’s social, non-competitive and fun.

It’s fully inclusive; every child succeeds, whatever their circumstances, age or ability.

To make it easy for you to implement The Daily Mile website has everything you need to get started; a

booklet containing all the information you require, a PowerPoint presentation, a template letter for

parents/carers, and a sample risk assessment.

http://thedailymile.co.uk

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Thank you to all schools who have continued to maintain Healthy Schools

Status this year and congratulations to those schools who have achieved

Enhanced Healthy Schools Status.

Thank you to those schools who have shared good practice throughout this

newsletter.

If you are interested in contacting any of the partners mentioned in this

newsletter then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Thank you to all schools who have taken part in the School Health surveys

this year. You will receive a printed copy of your results soon.

GOOD LUCK to all Co-ordinators who are moving on to pastures new, we

wish you the best of luck and would like to thank you for all your hard work

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Wishing you all a well-deserved summer break to recharge your batteries.

We look forward to working with you when you return.

Jill Calvert

[email protected]

Lesley Gibbin

[email protected]

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