In October, the Achieve Well Team launched an exciting competition, inviting children to design a ‘Smoke-Free Spaces’ poster to be showcased at City Council events. We received some brilliant entries, with the winning designs selected by delegates at the Nottingham Healthy Child Conference.
This week, Catherine has been visiting schools to present the two winners with their certificates and prizes. Huge congratulations to Holly from Snapewood Primary and Isabelle-Melanie from Old Basford Primary for their outstanding designs!
Their posters will be proudly displayed at Nottingham Light Night, and digital versions will be shared with schools across the city, allowing them to be featured in and around school sites.
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Nottingham secondary schools can access the INTENT Programme for free! This evidence-based behavioural change initiative helps students in Years 7–10 avoid vaping and smoking while integrating key elements of the PSHE curriculum.
Backed by 20 years of research, INTENT reduces the likelihood of smoking by over 25% and equips students with "if-then" plans to resist peer pressure and triggers. It addresses key PSHE topics such as the risks of substance use, strategies to manage influences, and building resilience.
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Flexible Delivery: 1–2 smoking sessions annually, with optional vaping sessions.
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Curriculum-Aligned: linked to PSHE objectives.
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Teacher Support: Full training and detailed session plans provided.
For more information visit the website or to register click here
The Achieve Well Team, in partnership with Challenge Nottingham are hosting a free CPD session on 12th March exploring how schools can deliver health and wellbeing education in a creative way. The session will focus on the evidence for a creative approach, sharing good practice, and raising awareness of local art practitioners. The event will be relevant for a range of school staff, including arts leads, PSHE leads, Wellbeing leads, and pastoral staff. The session will be held at Whitemoor primary school from 4pm to 5.30pm. Book your space here.
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The first of our on-demand training videos can now be found on the Achieve Well website. In this first video, our PSHE Officer, Zain Iqbal, explores assessment in PSHE. The content is relevant for both primary and secondary schools. Please share with colleagues in your school who may benefit. More on-demand training is on the way, if there is something specific you would like to see in our on-demand catalogue, please let us know. |
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The Guardian Foundation has gathered specialists from the National Literacy Trust and the PSHE Association to create and offer free lesson plans, resources and workshops for schools. The focus is to equip children with the skills and knowledge to make sense of the world.
News literacy is important for children to be able to navigate our online world in a way that arms them with skills to determine whether sources are credible, present bias and how to spot fake news. NewsWise aims to generate curiosity and critical engagement with news, equipping children with the skills and knowledge to make sense of the world
NewsWise also offers free training and webinars to support teachers with this. Access the resources here.
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Choices and Consequences is an award-winning anti-knife crime workshop delivered in partnership with The Ben Kinsella Trust at the National Justice Museum. The workshop is aimed at Year 5 upwards, specifically at young people who are unlikely to have considered carrying a knife. It tells the story of Ben Kinsella, who was tragically killed in 2008 aged just 16, and is a vehicle to encourage young people to think about the consequences of carrying a knife and the choices they can make to avoid becoming impacted by violence.
As well as knife crime, Choices and Consequences also covers themes of personal safety, making positive choices to stay safe and making safe decisions when it comes to good friends which are all important life skills.
Currently the National Justice Museum are able to offer free funded places to all schools wanting to attend, for more information and to book please check our website.
Just a reminder that there are a range of City-specific knife crime lesson plans created by the Achieve Well Team and partners here.
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The Virtual College have worked with the Forced Marriage Unit of the Foreign Office to create a free online course that aims to raise awareness, challenge perceptions and inform you of the correct actions to take should you suspect someone is at risk of forced marriage.
After completing this training you will be able to:
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Recognise the warning signs of forced marriage
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Take the right actions to help protect the potential victim
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Co-operate effectively with other agencies
This course is aimed at all professionals who have a responsibility to safeguard vulnerable children, young people and adults at risk. The course is ideal for education professionals.
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The University of Lincoln School of Education and School of Health are pleased to be offering a free CPD day for Relationships Sex and Health Education for primary and secondary schools.
The event will take place at the University of Lincoln in the Minerva Building at the Brayford Pool Campus, on Friday 7th March 2025, 9.30am (for 10am start) to 4pm. The event is completely free of charge and includes a fully catered lunch.
The session will be run by EJ Renold and Ester McGeeney, both very experienced researchers and practitioners in this field who have both been instrumental in forming Wales’ innovative Relationships and Sex Education curriculum. The session will be creative, participatory and hands-on – you will leave with a wide range of strategies and approaches for delivering high quality RSE in your school.
This is a fantastic and unique opportunity to receive training at the leading edge of best practice in this area. There are only 30 spaces available so please sign up as soon as you can, using the Eventbrite link.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch via jheyes@lincoln.ac.uk or by phone 07540065995
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