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If you have information to be included in the next issue of the PEP bulletin, please send your text, image and link by Tuesday at 12pm to pep@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
Inclusion
Play your part and help shape SEND services for young people |
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Portsmouth SEND Local Offer has launched their young person's survey for 13 - 25 years old who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The information gained from the survey will be used to introduce new services as well as improve existing ones.
Please share this information with parents/carers in newsletters and on social media. You can download a promotional image here.
We will also be sending promotional material to SENCOs in schools in the next week to support this activity.
Parents/carers can complete the survey with their young person too. For more information on the survey, please visit: https://www.portsmouthlocaloffer.org/survey.
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Moving Forward: event for adults and young people with SEND or a learning disability |
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Adults and young people with SEND or a learning disability are invited to Moving Forward, a free education, employment, health, and community support information event.
Young people aged 14-24, along with their parents and carers, are invited to find out about opportunities available as they transition to adulthood. Information will be available on employability, health, independent living and community inclusion.
Adults, carers and professionals are invited to find out more about services in Portsmouth for people with a learning disability.
There's no need to book - just drop-in to the Victory Suite, Fratton Park, on Tuesday 19 March between 9.30am and 3.30pm.
For more information, visit the Health and Care Portsmouth website.
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'Let's Talk About It' - easier to translate |
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Solent NHS Trust Sexual Health Service used feedback from partners and the public to make it easier to translate the Lets Talk About It website into different languages.
This change is hoped to benefit residents and professionals locally. The site has lots of useful information about sexual and reproductive health, including information about local services.
There is also a professionals section of the site to support the wider workforce. To view the changes, visit: Lets Talk About It.
Green Football Weekend has arrived! |
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This weekend is Green Football Weekend across the country, where all professional teams (including Pompey and our home fixture against Northampton) will be promoting ways of helping the environment and looking towards a greener future.
Between now and the 7 February, you, your pupils and the wider school community can also get involved with making a pledge to take climate action and/or complete and upload pictures of fun challenges via Planet League.
These can be as simple as learning some vegetarian and vegan recipes, showing you using a reusable water bottle or making a meat free meal! It also adds a competitive element, as every challenge completed can count as a 'goal' for Portsmouth FC in the Planet League standings.
For more information, visit the Green Football Weekend website.
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Loss and Bereavement Support and Network |
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As part of the Inclusion Outreach Service, Lucy Lynch from Craneswater School provides support, signposting and networking opportunities for school staff, around loss and bereavement. This includes a Bereavement and Loss Network.
As network lead, Lucy coordinates the meetings for loss and bereavement champions across Portsmouth schools. They meet approximately four times per year at Craneswater Junior School from 2pm-3.30pm. The team includes many services from across the city, alongside other agencies such as Public Health, Simon Says, Winston's Wish and Sue Ryder.
It provides networking and signposting when schools have a loss or death and need some advice in managing the situation or providing a way forward for the child involved. This network brings together ELSAs and other colleagues who have received training as Loss Champions.
The network provides a forum to share practice and resources. It also provides a supportive group for staff who may be working in relative isolation in their own setting. If you would like further information, or to join the network please contact Lucy llynch@craneswater.portsmouth.sch.uk
Cost-of-living survey for families |
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Maze Smith is a Community Researcher based at Kings Church foodbank. With training and support from Reading University, the Scottish Community Development Trust and Portsmouth City Council, she is researching the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on families of school aged children in Portsmouth through her interactions with parents and practitioners.
Maze has developed a parent questionnaire that she would like to reach as many parents of school children in the city as possible.
Please share this information with parents/carers directly using the following text which you can copy and paste.
Cost-of-living survey for families
Maze Smith is a community researcher who also works at Kings Church foodbank in Somerstown. She aims to find out how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting families (like her own) with school aged children in Portsmouth. If you would like your views and experiences to be included in Maze's research, please click on this link to answer her survey Survey form (google.com)
School improvement
Help us promote the Teach Portsmouth Jobs and Opportunities Fair |
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 The Teach Portsmouth team need your help in attracting parents/carers to attend the Teach Portsmouth Jobs and Opportunities Fair at Portsmouth Guildhall on Monday 26 February 2024 from 10am to 2pm. Over 24 exhibitors will promote jobs, training and volunteering opportunities in schools and colleges across the city.
We are asking schools and colleges to share this information with parents and carers to increase interest and awareness about careers in education. Please include this suggested text and image in your school newsletters and social media pages. A poster to print or share online is also available.
If you need something more bespoke, email teachportsmouth@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
Let's get everyone thanking school superheroes |
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Thanks to your efforts, even more primary and secondary school staff are being recognised for going above and beyond in our community. However, there are still schools who don't have any thank you messages at all.
We need all primary and secondary schools to pull together and include information in email newsletters and on social media to encourage families and colleagues to get involved. Please use the text below with a link to our website to say thank you.
Thank you messages will be shared with schools alongside other goodies in June 2024.
Help us thank our school's superheroes!
We need your help to recognise staff in our school who have gone above and beyond for you. Teach Portsmouth are asking primary and secondary schools in the city to thank their school superheroes.
To do this, all you need to do is visit the Teach Portsmouth website and share your thank you message using their online form. It's as simple as that!
Thank you messages will be shared with us in June 2024 on a special printed document to display.
Visit www.teachportsmouth.co.uk/thankyou and share your message today!
GEC Wave 2 Special PEIA Price - Deadline Friday 2 February |
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The GEC Platform has just won the 2024 BETT Award 'High Commended' for Transformational Impact inclusivity - and you can sign up to this offer for free as a PEP school or Trust until March 2025!
But time is running out! The GEC, are closing their special 'Wave 2' price for schools on Friday 2 February.
We already have a third of the city signed up in our first Wave and we are keen to get the rest of you onboarded in Wave 2.
This platform will allow you to take a close look at the current culture of inclusivity in your school, analyse the needs of your community and provide you with an array of tools to enable you to make it a truly inclusive space for learners and staff.
Founder, Nic Ponsford, and her team will also be offering an onboarding session to get you started on your journey following this date. Please contact Gemma (Head of Operations) if you are interested in finding out more or simply sign up here now to Wave 2 - https://www.thegec.education/pep-schools-signup
Hampshire PE Conference |
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The Hampshire PE Conference will take place on Thursday 18 April. See the flyer for full details of the conference.
The conference includes national and local updates, workshops, teach meets and Q&As. For more information download the flyer or email peandsport@hants.gov.uk.
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