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Autumn Term 2023
 Welcome to the second edition of the Dudley Healthy Schools Update. The aim of this termly update is to provide schools with information to support the healthy schools agenda, covering areas such as:
- Training opportunities
- Resources and guidance
- Services for children and young people and their families
- Sharing good practice
- Other organisation/partner updates
Children & Young People’s Public Health Team - cypteam@dudley.gov.uk
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Dudley’s Let’s Get Healthy website now has a Workforce/Professionals Area where schools and other organisations can access information about services, referrals, training, guidance and resources to support the health and wellbeing of the children and young people they work with.
Visit the Let’s Get Workforce Area and log in using the password: Dudley1
We hope this is helpful. Please contact cypteam@dudley.gov.uk if you have any feedback or suggestions for content you would like to see added.
https://lets-get.com/workforce-area/
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The Children & Young People's Public Health Team produces a termly newsletter for children and families, which provides information about what’s available to support their health and wellbeing.
To ensure this information reaches as many families as possible, we are asking all schools to share this update with parents/carers via your normal communication methods, e.g. school newsletter, email, app, website. The update can be used as an online or printed resource.
If you have any questions, please contact the Children & Young People's Public Health Team cypteam@dudley.cov.uk
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Book your place to attend on Tuesday 10th October 2023 at Saltwells EDC
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For anyone who works in schools promoting health and wellbeing (including Support Staff, Teachers, Pastoral Staff, PSHE leads, P.E leads, DSL’s, Headteachers, SLT, Governors). Browse through a 'provider marketplace' and have an opportunity to network with organisations to find out what is on offer to schools across Dudley borough that supports the health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families.
- Saltwells Education Centre, Bowling Green Road, Dudley, DY2 9LY
- Drop in anytime between 12.30 – 4.30pm
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Visit the Let’s Get Workforce Area and log in using the password: Dudley1 to download the latest guide to the RSHE support package Dudley Council, along with other local and national organisations is offering education settings in Dudley.
Loudmouth’s Theatre in Education RSHE Tour 2023/24
Dudley Public Health subsidises an extensive programme of Theatre in Education available to schools and colleges in Dudley, delivered by Loudmouth. Visit the Let's Get Workforce Area for details of the tour and how to book. Log in using the password: Dudley1
Dog, Duck and Cat
Dudley Council has funded all local primary schools to have free access to The Dog, Duck & Cat Trust resources. The resources aim to help children learn about staying safe, in a way that is fun and age appropriate, in their day to day lives, at school and in their local community. The resources will help teachers educate on subjects that affect a child’s physical health and emotional wellbeing in an engaging and structured way, helping schools to deliver effective RSHE.
Email DDC Trust to request log in details: info@dogduckandcat.co.uk
NEW Vaping Teaching Resources
To support teachers’ concern about the rise of vaping in schools, Better Health has created three short, flexible and evidence-based vaping resources. |
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These free bitesize activities help young people understand the health and wellbeing risks associated with vaping such as increased anxiety, nicotine addiction and effects on brain development. They contain interactive activities and engaging videos, perfect for lesson starters or a full lesson. Each resource is linked to the PSHE curriculum and RSHE curriculum, which is currently under review to include vaping. Start the conversation with students by signing up to the Better Health School Zone and downloading the free resources and a helpful Teacher Guide.
Dudley Public Health will soon be releasing a guide to youth vaping to help schools respond to growing concerns about the number of young people vaping. This guide will also include a set of frequently asked questions for parents and carers. For further information regarding this resource, please email cypteam@dudley.gov.uk
Links to a range of resources to support RSHE delivery can be found on the Let’s Get Workforce Area. Log in using the password: Dudley1
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The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has produced school feedback letters personalised for each school that took part in the 2021/22 programme. The letters include non-identifiable aggregated NCMP data relating to:
- school and England participation rates
- school, local authority and England overweight and obesity prevalence rates
These confidential letters have been shared directly with the head teacher at each primary school. If your school has not received their letter, please contact cypteam@dudley.gov.uk
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On Thursday 29 June schools from around the Black Country went to the University of Wolverhampton to battle for the School Games Trophy. Qualifying events had been held throughout the year through the School Games Organiser network in sports such as Cricket, Handball, Dodgeball, 3x3 Basketball and many others. Over 2000 students were there on the day to battle it out for the pride of the Black Country. All students were fantastic, and the effort put in was rewarded as Dudley were crowned CHAMPIONS!!!! This is the second time in three years that Dudley has won the trophy and through the SGO's Luke and Sam, they will be working hard next year to hopefully retain the crown in 2024.
If you would like anymore information regarding School Games please contact Luke Philpotts: luke.philpotts@activeblackcountry.co.uk
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Each year Active Black Country coordinates a regional swim survey for schools, designed to capture attainment in primary school swimming provision across the Black Country. The survey supports legacy work linked to the Commonwealth Games as well as regional and national campaigns including Speedo’s Swim United campaign. The data is utilised to identify schools and pupils for supplementary programmes of support (including the Black Country Pop Up Pool Programme and Swim England's Breakfast Swim Clubs). In addition, the data will be used for the annual Black Country primary school swimming report and will include non-school specific findings. We recognise that whilst the survey focusses on year 6 data, a large majority of schools across the region ensure swimming provision takes place within earlier year groups.
The survey should take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete. All schools completing the survey will be entered into a prize draw to win £150 of sports equipment vouchers. Please note the deadline for completing the survey is Monday 25th September
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The British Nutrition Foundation's Food – a fact of life is proud to present their very own roadmaps for the food curriculum. They are a visual guide to food and nutrition education from 3-16 years and are a way of representing what pupils should learn, and the sequence. |
Roadmaps are available in both interactive and print versions. The interactive versions contain links to relevant areas on the website.
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Happier Minds is a website to help young people, parent carers and professionals find information about mental health in Dudley Borough.
It can help you find the mental wellbeing information you need. It also provides information on how to get help urgently for people in crisis.
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Dudley's five family centres officially launched as local family hubs in August.
Dudley's local Family Hubs are located at: Brierley Hill, Dudley, Coseley, Lye and Stourbridge.
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A range of agencies and organisations work together across the family hub network to support families, with the aim of providing access to support and advice. The local hubs offer the following support for children and young people from birth to 19 years (or to 25 years for those with learning difficulties or disabilities):
- Parenting Groups
- Baby Clinics
- Citizens’ Advice
- Pre-Natal Support
- Signposting to Services and Groups
- Family Support Work
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Congratulations to Glynne Primary School which has achieved a Gold Healthy Schools Rating.
The school has now progressed onto completing the Black Country Healthy Schools Platinum Award and has submitted their evidence, which will be reviewed by Active Black Country in partnership with Dudley Public Health. The Glynne has worked extremely hard to implement a whole school approach to Physical Activity and Food & Nutrition and staff should be very proud of their commitment and effort.
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For further information on the national Healthy Schools Rating Scheme or Black Country Healthy School Platinum Award visit Active Black Country or contact Leah Goode, Education Programme Lead for Active Black Country leah.goode@activeblackcountry.co.uk
Resources and guidance to support schools to achieve these awards can be found on the Let’s Get Workforce Area. Log in using the password: Dudley1
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Brook provides free, confidential sexual health services for young people aged 24 and under in Dudley, including:
- Sexual health screening (free chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing)
- Free condoms and advice via the C-card scheme (free condoms accessible by post or pharmacy)
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Contraception including emergency contraception
- Pregnancy testing
- Termination referrals
- Self-referral counselling service
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This free service should be promoted to secondary-age students in RSE lessons where appropriate. Slides can be downloaded from the Let's Get Workforce Area to support the promotion of this service. Log in using the password: Dudley1
Brook’s Sexual Health Drop-in Service for Secondary Schools
Brook's school sexual health drop-in service provides information and support to all young people in the school around issues such as consent, relationships and sexual health. The service is usually provided over the lunch time period, on the same day every four weeks. For further information about how to set this service up in your school, visit the Let's Get Workforce Area and log in with password Dudley1
Guidance for education settings with a young parent on roll
Dudley Council is producing guidance to support education settings if they have a young parent on their roll.
This document will provide national guidance and details of the local offer of support. In addition, it will outline the responsibilities and necessary actions that both education settings and the Local Authority can take, to assist young mothers and fathers, where at all possible, to continue at their education setting throughout their journey of pregnancy, and beyond into parenthood.
The document will also provide guidance for education settings in providing early, coordinated and sustained support, so young parents feel safe and supported, but also empowered and informed, to make the best choices possible for their baby and for themselves during this time.
Dudley Council would welcome the support of education staff with the creation of this guidance. If you would like to be involved in this piece of work, please contact cypteam@dudley.gov.uk
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The HRBQ is a nationally regarded and widely used survey Dudley Council commissions the Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU) to undertake. The survey offers educational settings and partners an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding about the health and wellbeing needs of Dudley’s children and young people.
The survey is offered to all education settings including 16+ provision. Years 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 13 are invited to take part in the survey.
The survey covers a range of topics including:
- You and your home
- Physical activity
- Risk taking (drugs, alcohol and tobacco) (as age appropriate)
- Relationships and sexual health (as age appropriate)
- Emotional health and wellbeing
- Safety
- Healthy eating
- School and career
- Leisure and money
The questionnaire results are anonymised and processed by the SHEU, and each setting participating in the survey receives the following:
- Instant results if surveys are completed on-line
- Full results in tabular form
- A report containing a summary of key aspects of the data as well as full analysis of data compared to the wider Dudley picture
- Guidance on how to use the data
- Data to support ‘Voice of the Child’ specific to your setting
Past Summary Report: Dudley HRBQ Report 2022
The next survey will be in the 2023/24 academic year and will take place between mid January 2024 and February half term. Schools and colleges will receive an invite to take part in the survey in December 2023, with a briefing session online early in January 2024 and an online results session in June 2024.
If you would like more information about the survey visit the Let's Get Workforce Area and log in with password Dudley1, or if you have any questions please contact Dudley Public Health’s Children and Young People's Team: cypteam@dudley.gov.uk
This resource contains guidance on how to deliver the Healthy Steps content for primary schools, including extra ideas and resources to consolidate and extend learning. The assembly resource has been developed with teachers, and encourages pupils to explore simple steps they can take towards a healthier diet. It includes aiming for at least 5 servings of fruit and vegetables a day, ways to plan ahead for a healthy diet and how to make healthier snacking choices. Additionally there are 3 quests for children to complete at home or in school. Alternatively a whole class, year group or the whole school could pick one quest each fortnight and work together to complete the activities. |
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September 2023 - Update on Flu and Measles
Visit the Let's Get Workforce Area and log in using the password: Dudley1 for more information about how education settings can help to promote vaccinations and reduce the spread of infectious diseases.
Advice on children’s routine vaccinations is now available for parents and carers on the Let’s Get website in an animated video. As well as there being an English version, it has been translated into Arabic, Polish, Punjabi, Romanian and Urdu.
The NHS is launching an Asthma Friendly Schools initiative this autumn and is encouraging all schools in the Black Country to register. An Asthma Friendly School is one where children with asthma are safe and can fully participate in all elements of school life. By signing up schools are committing to ensuring that all school staff know what to do if a child has an asthma attack. More information to follow or email cypasthma.blackcountry@nhs.net
If you identify a family who would benefit from one-to-one support to improve their diet, physical activity levels or lifestyle please use the referral form below to refer them directly to the Wellness Coaches at the Family Healthy Lifestyle Service.
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A new healthy lunchbox booklet will soon be available for schools to share with parents and carers. The resource will provide families with lots of healthy lunchbox top tips, ideas and recipes. For more information contact cypteam@dudley.gov.uk |
Corporate Landlord Services would like to make all their school meal customers aware of the support available to help find alternative catering arrangements by April 2024.
It is acknowledged that sourcing an alternative provider / arrangement for your school could be difficult to navigate so they have added dedicated resource pages available, via the Revolution portal. The catering team is on hand to support schools to ensure that they are selecting the best option for their setting and will be making direct contact with schools to ensure a smooth transition.
If you have made a decision for your catering service, please notify the team as soon as possible via CLS.AdminSupport@dudley.gov.uk
Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) Student Workshops
The VRP provides student workshops on a range of topics, delivered by their team of expert facilitators. One of the most popular workshops uses virtual reality (VR) headsets to discuss choices and challenge behaviours surrounding gangs, knives, peer pressure, the role of social media, violence, and grooming. These VR workshops include 18 weeks of lesson plans and are designed to fit into the PSHE curriculum.
There is also a unique opportunity for schools to be part of an evaluation of the Violence Reduction Knives programme which will be published as research. This is a fantastic opportunity for a higher level of delivery in your school and will support the Serious Violence Duty. Please note spaces for this are very limited.
The VRP also offers a 25-minute film which draws upon the real life experiences of a young person groomed into county lines. This brings home the reality of county lines and aims to dispel a lot of the myths perpetuated on social media.
All of the VRP’s offer is fully funded and available for the next academic year. All workshops are adapted for each specific school, and are suitable for year six and above.
For further details, please email antony.duff@westmidlands.police.uk
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Staff Training
RSHE Training
The following training sessions are available for the 23-24 academic year:
- Planning an Effective PSHE (RSHE) Curriculum and Assessing Impact (Primary & Secondary phase)
- Ofsted & PSHE: Making the Links (Primary & Secondary phase)
- Engaging Positively with Parents/Carers on RSHE – top tips and advice! (Primary & Secondary phase)
- A Governors Introduction to Relationships & Sex Education (RSE)
- How to Deliver Relationship & Sex Education (RSE) (Secondary phase)
- How to Deliver Relationship & Sex Education (RSE) (Primary phase)
- How to Teach about the Protected Characteristics (Primary & Secondary phase)
- How to Deliver Teaching on STI’s & Contraception (Secondary phase/Colleges)
For more details and how to book, please see the RSHE Training brochure on the Let's Get Workforce Area and log in with password Dudley1
FREE Public Health e-learning courses
Health Education England has created some quality assured online training programmes, developed in partnership with the NHS, 3rd sector and professional bodies. These courses can be accessed online for free, vary in length, and can be completed at your own pace.
Available e-learning courses cover a wide variety of topics to support professional development. They include bite-sized introductions to childhood obesity, healthy eating, child oral health, sexual health, substance misuse and many more.
Visit the Let's Get Workforce Area and log in with password Dudley1 for further information.
Brook - Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool
Brook’s nationally recognised Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool and training provides a highly visible, multi-agency response that helps frontline staff to identify, understand and respond appropriately to sexual behaviours in young people. Participants will learn about healthy sexual development, understand key laws relating to sexual behaviour and gain knowledge on enabling robust and meaningful conversations around harmful sexual behaviours that cause concern.
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If you have any feedback on how we can improve this e-bulletin or any specific information you would like to see covered, please email Public Health’s Children and Young People’s Team: cypteam@dudley.gov.uk
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