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Inclusion
Self-harm awareness training for education providers |
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Solent Mind are offering self-harm awareness training sessions for education providers from May to November 2023. The session aims to improve confidence and reduce fear around the topic of self-harm for those who work with children and young people. We’ll cover the basics of what self-harm is and what it isn’t, to enable understanding and awareness. We’ll also suggest strategies, resources and signposting to support those self-harming, and the people around them.
Each session runs for one hour and will be delivered remotely via Zoom.
The next training dates are:
- Tuesday 30 May 2023, 11.30am - 12.30pm
- Tuesday 30 May 2023, 1pm - 2pm
- Wednesday 7 June 2023, 10.30am - 11.30am
- Wednesday 7 June 2023, 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Fearless professionals session |
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Thursday 25 May 2023, 3.30pm - 4.30pm | Online
In May 2023, Fearless launched a targeted campaign in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, to raise awareness among young people around youth violence, knife crime and the option to report crime 100% anonymously through the Fearless service.
As a part of this campaign, Fearless.org is hosting an information session for professionals working with young people in Hampshire or the Isle of Wight, to learn more about their anonymous reporting service and how to speak to young people about the barriers to reporting crime.
The session will cover what is fearless?, the difference between snitching and reporting and the bystander approach. It will explore in more detail the bystander toolkit, what it means to be an active bystander and the wider impact this can have on keeping our communities safe.
Neurodiversity profile training |
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Children and young people who are showing signs of neuro-developmental needs can now access a new tool which can help identify what support a child or young person may need.
The Neurodiversity (ND) Profiling Tool assesses nine developmental strands of a child or young person aged 0-19. This includes speech and language, energy levels, attention skills, emotion regulation, sensory levels, flexibility and adaptability, and empathy.
The Neurodiversity Team are asking you to join a multi-agency training to learn about the new profiling tool so that you can complete this profile with parents.
This training is being delivered in person throughout the 2023 academic year:
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Tuesday 13 June 2023, 8.30am - 12pm
The Portsmouth Academy - Training and Learning Centre
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Tuesday 11 July 2023, 9.30am - 1pm
The Portsmouth Academy - Training and Learning Centre
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Tuesday 22 August 2023, 9.30am - 1pm
The Portsmouth Academy - Training and Learning Centre
School improvement
Help us make the Teach Portsmouth Jobs and Opportunities Fair a success |
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 The Teach Portsmouth team would like your help in attracting parents/carers to attend a recruitment fair at Portsmouth Guildhall on Monday 22 May 2023 from 10am to 2pm. The event welcomes schools, academies and colleges to showcase support and site vacancies in the city. Training providers will also be promoting apprenticeships and short courses to boost qualifications.
Whilst we have now confirmed all exhibitors for the event, we still need your help to promote it to parents/carers who are looking for opportunities in Portsmouth. From teaching assistants to administrative staff, working in a school or college provides flexible opportunities for parents/carers who might want a job that works around them.
If you are able to share a social media post or place text inside an email newsletter, we would appreciate it. You can download a Word document that contains text and images you can use below.
Mary Rose Museum All Aboard Access Fund - free visit for schools |
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A number of schools were contacted earlier this year about a free visit to the Mary Rose Museum plus a workshop. This is now being opened up to all schools.
Workshops allow pupils to investigate local history using a variety of resources, such as replica artefacts. Themes include teamwork, diversity, rich and poor, materials science and archaeology.
Expressions of interest from the headteacher/lead teacher need to be sent by Friday 26 May 2023.
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Teach Portsmouth Awards 2023 - What's next? |
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 The Teach Portsmouth team can't wait to celebrate you and your colleagues at the Teach Portsmouth Awards on Thursday 29 June 2023 at Portsmouth Guildhall from 6pm. The team are currently compiling the shortlist. To help you understand where they are in the process, the below FAQs have been created.
When will the shortlist be announced?
If you or a colleague put forward staff in the awards, the Teach Portsmouth team will be contacting you from Thursday 11 May 2023. This email will include information on who has been shortlisted in your school/college and what the team need from you.
This year, we will also be sending schools certificates for all staff who were nominated for an award to recognise them. You may choose to present the certificates in an assembly or share them in a different way. Teach Portsmouth would love to see colleagues presented with the certificates. Please share this on social media tagging @TeachPortsmouth and using the hashtag #TPA23.
When can we reserve tickets for the awards ceremony?
The team are in the process of contacting schools about ticketing as we are taking a phased approach this year due to reduced capacity for free tickets. Colleagues who have been recognised in the long service award category have already been contacted.
The next phase will involve contacting schools who have colleagues shortlisted in one of 11 award categories. After the shortlist has been confirmed, the team will then allocate any remaining free tickets to schools and colleges who have colleagues who are part of the shortlist. If all free tickets are allocated, the Teach Portsmouth team will then launch an additional 100 tickets which will be available to buy at cost price.
Can a +1 attend the awards ceremony?
The initial batch of 200 free tickets are for school and college staff only. Once the free tickets are allocated, schools and colleges will be contacted about the additional 100 tickets which can be purchased online through Eventbrite. Where possible, it is recommended schools and colleges take a co-ordinated approach to ticketing as the team will not be operating a seating plan at the event. Information on purchasing additional tickets will be shared in a future edition of the PEP bulletin.
If you have any questions, please contact TeachPortsmouth@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
 Do you have room in your heart to foster?
Foster Portsmouth will be marking Foster Care Fortnight (15 - 28 May) by lighting up iconic city buildings once again with our brand colours and flying our flag outside Portsmouth City Council's Civic Offices.
We'll also be holding a drop-in foster carer recruitment event on the morning of Saturday 20 May 2023 at the Holiday Inn Express – Portsmouth North at Farlington from 10am - 1pm where you can learn more about the positive impact you could make to the lives of Portsmouth's vulnerable children and young people, and to talk directly to existing foster carers about the rewards fostering can bring.
There’s no need to book, simply drop-in between 10am - 1pm.
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