Heads Up - 8 July 2021

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8 July 2021

Heads Up replaces the Covid-19 Briefings and will be published weekly until further notice.

Safeguarding

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021 PUBLISHED

Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021 has been published. As part of Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership’s on-going commitment to Gloucestershire Schools through traded services, they are pleased to announce there will be short webinar to go through the changes and what action you now need to take. Further details can be found on the Bulletin Board at the above link.

Covid-19 Information for Schools

Key Communications from DfE for Schools (28.06.21 - 02.07.21)

Details and links to the key communications from the Department for Education are available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.

Guidance for schools and summer schools

Following government announcements this week and a move to Stage 4 of the Roadmap, the operational guidance for schools has been updated here. Step 4 changes currently apply from 19^th July, subject to review on 12^th July. Points to note and key changes to the guidance are available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.

Holiday Activity and Food Programme (HAF) and Children’s Activity Booking System (CABS)

Gloucestershire County Council has a database that will track and monitor the attendance of all children and young people at out of school provision and targeted commissioned provision over all holiday periods. The system holds live registers and can send reminders to children, young people and their families as well as tracking whether they have accessed a meal during the day. Additional information is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.

All Schools

Free School Meal support this summer from Gloucestershire County Council

This summer, Gloucestershire County Council is running two schemes for children eligible for free school meals. Further information is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.

Alternative Provision Assessment Survey

Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for message from Phil Haslett, Head of Education Strategy and Development.

Child Sexual Exploitation & Missing Update

The Bulletin Board at the above link has information on an updated CSE Screening Tool which incorporates both Criminal and Sexual Exploitation. Please share this information with all staff so they know what to do should they have concerns.

Summer Wellbeing Support from Occupational Health

Occupational Health services and the free Employee Assistance Programme are available to use over the summer holidays. Occupational Health and the EAP support provided by Health Assured is available all year round, please do not hesitate to call 0800 028 0199. Further information is available on the Bulletin Board at the above link.

Books Beyond Words

Books Beyond Words are award-winning wordless picture stories, covering themes such as physical and mental health, life skills, relationships, abuse, trauma, grief and bereavement. They also provide the Open Book webinar series this carefully curated series of six free webinars covers a range of challenges that schools are currently facing. To find out more please see the Bulletin Board at the above link.

Primary

Engagement Model Webinars - July 2021 (reminder)

Use of The Engagement Model for KS1 and KS2 pupils who would have previously been working at P Levels 1-4 is statutory from September 2021. A series of webinars will be available on 12th, 14th and 15th July to provide further information and support. Additional details can be found on the Bulletin Board at the above link.

Secondary

Revealing Reality

Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning (GHLL) would like to highlight the work that the Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) Association in conjunction with colleagues at the research agency are working on ‘Revealing Reality’. They are seeking Year 11/12/13 students to respond to an anonymous online survey about their attitudes and experiences surrounding image sharing (the sharing of nude or nearly nude pictures or videos) to help explore the impact of this practice on young people. Please see the Bulletin Board at the above link for further information.

Previous issues of Heads Up, for the current academic year, are available on Schoolsnet at this link

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