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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
Portsmouth Mental Health Hub |
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Portsmouth Mental Health Hub is a phoneline that anyone aged 16+ can call to get support for their mental health. The phoneline is run by our team of friendly, fully trained call handlers, who will connect you to the right support for you. This could be support over the phone, an appointment with services such as Talking Therapies Portsmouth or Positive Minds, or an offer to connect you with local organisations.
You do not need to go through your GP before contacting the Hub. Call the team on 0300 123 6621, Monday to Friday, 8am – 6pm, or visit the Portsmouth Mental Health Hub website. Find useful information or complete a contact request form and one of our call handlers will call you back. You are not alone.
A poster promoting the service is available to download here. Please share this via your school/college newsletters, social media etc.
Family Hubs professionals newsletter |
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Explore the April 2024 edition of the new Family Hubs newsletter, a bi-monthly update for professionals on all things new and coming soon to Portsmouth families, thanks to the UK government Family Hubs Start for Life funding.
Find out about:
- Family Hub timetables
- Online Family Hub launching soon
- Free multi-agency perinatal mental health training
- Feedback from Portsmouth families
Please note, the email addresses to book onto the free multi-agency parental mental health training shared in the newsletter last week were incorrect, and are:
School improvement
Portsmouth Cultural Education Partnership survey |
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Portsmouth Cultural Education Partnership (PCEP) have created a survey to begin to track how schools have engaged with each other across the PCEP over the last two years. They would be very grateful for your time in completing it. There is also a section at the end that asks for your thoughts on holding another schools expo.
The next PCEP partners meeting will be held on Thursday 16 May 2024 at 4pm on Zoom.
If you have any questions, please contact portsmouthcep@gmail.com.
Research into teaching assistant retention - Staff needed for virtual focus groups |
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Teach Portsmouth is undertaking research into teaching assistant retention and how we can support schools to retain staff. It is hoped that the data received during the discovery stage will be used to create an initiative to support retention.
The second activity sees two virtual focus groups held for teaching assistants and senior leaders to talk broadly about teaching assistant retention. The focus groups are designed for individuals to provide feedback on four areas: CPD/training, career progression/development, challenges and opportunities.
- Teaching assistant focus group: Wednesday 15 May 2024, 3.30pm – 4.30pm
- Senior leader focus group: Thursday 16 May 2024, 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Those who attend will be given prompts prior to the session which will inform our discussion during the focus group. Each topic area will have roughly 15 minutes with attendees sharing their experiences/thoughts on each one.
Please share this with teaching assistants who would be happy to attend. As a thank you, one lucky attendee will be chosen at random to win a £25 Amazon voucher as a thank you.
If you would like to attend, please email teachportsmouth@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
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The Girls' Network: mentoring opportunity |
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The Girls' Network are looking for more brilliant women to join their team of mentors, in order to provide relatable, real-life role models for girls and young women. If you're good at working through problems, are committed to safeguarding the welfare of the girls the organisation works with, and are able to support a mentee for at least one hour a month for 12 months, why not apply to become a mentor?
Spring school census |
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The spring school census takes place on Thursday 16 May 2024. If your school has purchased the EIS SLA, the deadline for census checking reports is Thursday 23 May 2024. Please ensure that you upload your census return to COLLECT by this deadline to enable the checking reports to be created and sent back to you. These reports will help you validate your data and ensure its accuracy. If you cannot submit on time, please contact us ASAP. If your school is an academy that has purchased the EIS SLA please upload a copy of your school census to SSE by the deadline and inform us you have done so by emailing education.informationservices@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
All schools must have an approved return in COLLECT by Wednesday 12 June 2024. Please be aware that the DfE may still require your school to make changes to your census after this date.
Please call 023 9284 1001 or email education.informationservices@portsmouthcc.gov.uk for further information.
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