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Inclusion
Self-care summer resources |
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The summer holidays offer an opportunity to recharge, but some young people may find themselves struggling without the structure and support network of school.
Anna Freud have created #SelfCareSummer packs for primary and secondary schools. These packs feature a range of creative activities based on self-care strategies that other young people have found useful in helping them stay mentally healthy.
It is also important that staff look after their mental health and wellbeing over the holidays, which is why they’ve teamed up with Education Support to create self-care resources for education staff with tips and resources to support you in looking after your wellbeing.
MHST summer workshops |
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MHST are offering summer workshops for young people and parents/carers. These are an opportunity to learn CBT-based skills to support young people's mental health and wellbeing. Workshops are being run twice a week at either Somerstown Family Hub (Omega St, PO5 4LP) or Northern Parade Family Hub (Doyle Avenue, PO2 9NE).
Topics include:
- Supporting wellbeing
- Supporting low mood through activity
- Challenging negative thoughts
- Responding to your child's worries
- Managing worries
Please note that there is a maximum capacity of 20. Spaces will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
A poster to download and share with parents/carers is available here.
School improvement
Climate change project: SOS Save our Solent campaign and Letter to Tomorrow event |
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This May, Portsmouth's Youth Cabinet were successful in winning funds from Save the
Children from their Children and Young Peoples Climate Fund. This fund is to raise the awareness of impacts from the climate crisis, and its effects on children and young people.
With our funding we have created the SOS Save our Solent campaign, demanding Southern Water take immediate action to stop pollution in our seas. Additionally, we invite schools to take part in a Letter to Tomorrow event, helping to get young peoples voices heard.
SOS Save Our Solent
This is a youth led campaign and we would like your support in this campaign by:
- Screening our campaign video in your school
- Signing and sharing our petition for action
- Follow Portsmouth Youth Cabinet on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok or YouTube for more updates.
What are Letters to Tomorrow?
Giving youth a platform to explain their hopes for future generations if our leaders step up to protect the environment and their fears about what life could be like if we don’t slow down climate change. It could be a short letter to their friend, their family, their future self, their MP, or local councillor.
The Girls' Network |
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Portsmouth schools are encouraged to sign up for The Girls' Network - an award-winning charity that inspires and empowers girls aged 14-19 from the least advantaged communities, by connecting them with a mentor and a network of professional female role models.
The programme lasts for one year and has a proven track record of transformational impact on girls' confidence, motivation, skills and aspirations.
The charity is already working with several schools locally but are keen to engage more. To find out more, visit The Girls' Network website and contact Rebecca Jewitt, Senior Network Manager for Portsmouth, for a no-commitment discovery call.
Outdoor learning update from Hampshire Outdoors |
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The latest edition of Hampshire Outdoors Outdoor Learning (including Trailblazer) newsletter is now available. The theme this month is History Outdoors and with contributions from HIAS, English Heritage and Hurst Castle as well as ideas from Minstead, Stubbington and free Trailblazer outdoor learning resources, it really is a bumper issue!
Along with signposting you to free outdoor resources and CPD, we hope you find the newsletter useful in giving you ideas as to how to get you and your class outdoors for learning.
Save the date!
The Hampshire Outdoors’ Outdoor Learning Conference will take place on Friday 6 October 2023 at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey. The conference will focus on ‘Getting your hands dirty’ and will be a practical day of outside activities that you can take back to school. Further details and booking information will be made available soon.
Course dates, for courses such as Outdoor and Visit Leader, Educational Visits Co-ordinator, Outdoor Learning and PE, for the new academic year are now available on the Hampshire Learning Zone and here.
World Humanist Day |
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Wednesday 21 June 2023 is World Humanist Day, an annual global celebration of human achievements and potential, and a time to recognise our human responsibilities.
The comprehensive Understanding Humanism website provides a wealth of free resources for early years foundation stage to age 18, to support teaching and development of units of work about humanism. On the site you will find information sheets, presentations, activities, films, assessment ideas, and humanist perspectives on a wide range of questions and topics.
These are designed to help teachers explore non-religious worldviews with their students but, along with the core knowledge guide, will also be helpful to SACREs and Agreed Syllabus Conferences working to revise their syllabus or create age appropriate content or units of work. The handy guide helps users to get started.
Kids in Museums Takeover Day at the Mary Rose Museum |
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Kids in Museums Takeover Day is a national initiative to give young people the chance to work alongside museum staff and act as young consultants. This year's theme is play so we are particularly interested in new ideas for activities and events which relate to the ship and collection.
When: Wednesday 5 July 2023, 10am - 2.30pm
Who: We are looking for small groups of up to six year 6 or year 7 pupils
Cost: Free - includes visit to museum and new 4D Dive the Mary Rose experience
Please note, participants would need photo permission for all media. The event is often featured on various online news sites – a good PR opportunity for your school!
If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Clare Barnes at c.barnes@maryrose.org.
Association for Language Learning (ALL) Portsmouth primary hub meeting |
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How teaching approaches to primary languages and EAL can bring benefits to both
The next ALL Portsmouth Primary Hub meeting will take place on Thursday 22 June 2023, 4pm - 5.15pm at The Training and Learning Centre, Manor Road, PO1 5LB.
In addition to being a staunch supporter of, and frequent speaker at our hub meetings, Marie Allen works as an adviser for the Ethnic Minority Achievement Service (EMAS) in Portsmouth. In this session, Marie will tap into her different teaching experiences to look at approaches and strategies used by MFL and EAL teachers within schools, shining a light on the similarities between the two. Importantly, this session will also investigate opportunities to share best practice between these two areas for the benefit of all pupils.
The final part of this session will be a sharing platform for attendees to talk about effective ideas and strategies that they have used in their own classrooms that could be applied to supporting children learning another language in either context.
Please confirm your attendance by emailing lizlord0502@gmail.com.
Participation and progression
Portsmouth International Port & Wightlink – 2 Maritime Mondays – Maritime introduction for careers and curriculum leaders |
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Maritime roles pay 50% more than an average job in Portsmouth whilst maritime and logistics roles account for nearly 200,000 roles across the Solent area.
Portsmouth International Port (Monday 3 July 2023) and Wightlink (Monday 10 July 2023) are hosting two evenings (5pm – 7.30pm) where careers leads can hear from maritime employers, tour around the port, see behind the scenes of the Victoria of Wight and learn more about future skills and how maritime can support educational curriculum and careers.
This event is limited in number and will offer a networking opportunity after both events, but will need the individual to attend both evenings. 2 Maritime Mondays is offered free, however failure to take up a booked place would see a small fee to cover costs incurred for the event.
Please send expressions of interest to chris.hatter@portsmouth-port.co.uk.
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