WE2 An empowering curriculum
Young People, Mental Health and Reading: A Training Session with Nicola Morgan
We are really pleased to announce a fantastic training opportunity with Nicola Morgan!
Nicola is an internationally-acclaimed author who focuses on pupil wellbeing, including how stress impacts performance, effects of screens, social media and reading for pleasure. She has spent more than 20 years studying the subjects she now writes and talks about and can make highly intelligent and perceptive connections between neuroscience, psychology, observation and the lived experience of the thousands of children, young adults, parents and professionals she has engaged with.
“Nicola Morgan has that rare gift of being able to communicate science and make it fun.” Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, University of Cambridge
You can find out more about Nicola at www.nicolamorgan.com
This will be a popular event so please book your place ASAP using our online form here
Event Information:
Date: Thursday 3 October 2019
Venue: Northgate House Conference Centre, Warwick, CV34 4JH
Outline of the session:
12.30-13.30: Arrival and buffet lunch
13.30-15.00: The science of stress, for young people and the rest of us, including the contribution of screen time. Nicola will bring you the well-researched science, going behind media headlines to find out what we do and don’t know about stress in our modern world, offline and online. At the end of the session you will understand the problems and challenges and improve your insight into how things are for many people of all ages, with a special focus on young people in your care.
15:00 – 15:30: Break
15.30-16.45: The important role of Reading for pleasure in wellbeing and success. This session takes reading for pleasure as one strategy for wellbeing and looks at the fascinating science and evidence for choosing (and funding) this as a powerful tool for success in schools. How can we support young people (and the rest of us!) to read more for pleasure and why should we? Do our reading choices matter? Fiction or non-fiction? Simple or complex? Digital or print?
Costs:
Book by Friday 26 July to benefit from our early bird rate:
WSLS subscriber: £55.00
Non subscriber: £65.00
After the 26 July tickets will cost the following:
WSLS subscriber: £75.00
Non subscriber: £85.00
*Please note that a cancellation fee will apply to all tickets. If you are unable to attend the session, 50% of the ticket fee will be charged up to four weeks before the event. After this point, tickets will then become non-refundable.
This will be a popular event so please book your place ASAP using our online form here
Please get in touch with us if you would like any further information: schoolslibraryservice@warwickshire.gov.uk
CPD for Primary School RE Subject Leaders and Coordinators
Thursday 4 July 4pm - 6pm at Southam College
Focus of the session: New to RE subject leadership
Religious Education (RE) subject leaders and coordinators from all Warwickshire primary schools are invited to the next twilight meeting on Thursday 4 July 2019, 4pm - 6pm at Southam College Welsh Road West, Southam, Warwickshire CV47 0JW
These sessions are organised by Warwickshire County Council in partnership with the Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) and are completely free to attend. They provide an excellent opportunity for teachers and subject coordinators of RE to:
- seek advice and support from the RE Facilitator
- receive updates on local and national developments in RE
- network with other RE coordinators
- develop subject knowledge
The focus for this particular twilight session will be new to RE subject leadership
How to book
To book your place, please email your details (name and school) to sacre@warwickshire.gov.uk by Friday 27 June at the very latest.
Become a Dementia Friend
In Warwickshire, there are estimated to be approximately 7,600 people living with dementia and this is likely to rise to over 11,000 in the county in the next ten years. The fact is that most people will be affected in some way by dementia during their lifetimes.
Raising awareness of dementia, creating dementia friendly communities and supporting people to live well with dementia are key aims of Warwickshire’s Living Well with Dementia Strategy (2016-2019). To support people to live well with dementia and to raise awareness and understanding of the condition, Warwickshire County Council and partners are aiming to create 30,000 Dementia Friends across Warwickshire by 2019. Our local target will also contribute to the national target: to create 4 million Dementia Friends in England by 2020.
Dementia Friends aims to change the way people think, act and speak about dementia. The initiative is led nationally by Alzheimer’s Society and is based on the principle that people with dementia can live well with a little help from other people and there are now over 2.5 million Dementia Friends in England. Becoming a Dementia Friend is about understanding a bit more about dementia and the small things that can help people with the condition. You don’t need to already know someone with dementia to become a Dementia Friend.
We already have over 25,000 Dementia Friends in Warwickshire, which is a fantastic achievement, but we need your support to reach our target of 30,000. To help encourage pupils, and their families, why not add a few words into your schools' newsletters, asking people to sign up over the school holidays? Signing up to be a Dementia Friend only takes 5 minutes. Go to www.dementiafriends.org.uk, where you can enter your details and find out more about becoming a Dementia Friend.
There are a number of benefits to raising the concept of Dementia Friends to your school and students/pupils:
- Nearly one in three young people already know someone living with dementia. Dementia Friends can help your pupils understand how dementia may affect someone and how they can support someone living with it
- Dementia Friends is a National initiative - be part of something really positive
- Can be delivered within PSHE lessons – links with Citizenship
- Free PSHE accredited lesson toolkits can be used by anyone in the classroom to raise dementia-awareness. These are tailored for each key stage
- A Dementia Friends Information Session can be delivered to a class, year groups or assemblies (up to 200 pupils)
- Information Sessions are interactive and focus on five key messages that are important for everyone to know about dementia. Information Sessions can be tailored to specific age groups (from 5-18).
- Free session lasting 45-60 minutes, delivered by volunteers.
- All resources provided
- Dementia Friends Badges and Information card provided to every participant
- Minimal organisation required from the school.
Warwickshire County Council and Alzheimer’s Society would like to support your school / college to host a Dementia Friends Information Session. Visit alzheimers.org.uk/youngpeople to find out more about raising dementia-awareness with your students. Or simply complete the attached Information Session request form and send to Alzheimer's Society: youngpeople@alzheimers.org.uk If you have any queries, please contact Ann-Marie Snelson, Senior Dementia Friends Officer on 07710381679
If you would like to use Alzheimer’s Society PSHE accredited lesson packs or use the animation to teach young people about dementia, you can request these resources from alzheimers.org.uk/youngpeople
Shake Up games for your school
Public Health England have teamed up with Disney to create a set of new 10 Minute Shake Up resources filled with fun, quick and easy activities that will take your pupils on an adventure with some of their favourite Disney characters.
The free resources are flexible and designed to be used throughout the school day, helping to embed physical activity in pupils' daily routine.
Get started with the range of resources below:
Find out more here.
Virtual School Training
For designated teachers of looked after children and previously looked after:
Autumn training reminder
Our annual DT training follows our usual format:
First session – new to role and refresher
Second session – updates
Third session – Warwickshire EPS delivering ‘Unveiling Anxieties: A Psychological Re-Think’
One free place per school, for the designated teacher, regardless of whether there are currently CLA/CPLA on roll.
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Venue
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Tue 1 October
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Pound Lane
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Wed 9 October
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Bulkington
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Thurs 17 October
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Rugby College
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Wed 23 October
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Bulkington
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Thurs 7 Nov
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Pound Lane
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- Event details are included in the flyer sent to designated teachers at the start of term
- Bookings are through the Virtual School
- Places available on all, but spaces limited on first two dates
Spring term training
'Inclusive Responses to behaviour that Challenges' will be run again next year. Booking information will be shared in the Autumn term, but planned dates are 15 January at Bulkington and 19 March at Pound Lane.
For queries and bookings:
virtualschool@warwickshire.gov.uk, 01926 742018
Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT)
The Anna Freud Learning Network has announced Mental Health Awareness Training (MHAT) for over 1,800 schools across England. MHAT is a national programme which will provide knowledge, skills and practical tools to staff working in secondary schools.
The MHAT training for Secondary Schools will be freely available to secondary schools who have not yet received Mental Health First Aid Training in 2017 - 2018. The training will be available for up to two members of staff from each eligible secondary school. The trainings will take place across England in over 100 locations between September 2019 – March 2020.
To find out whether your school is eligible or to register your interest in attending a training, please visit www.annafreud.org/mhat.