 PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL TEACHING STAFF
The Healthy Lives Team Staff update contains helpful information and activities for all school teaching staff
This is the SCHOOL STAFF newsletter from The Healthy Lives Team. In each edition we share relevant information, lesson plans and resources, which can be used to support the teaching of health and wellbeing. This goes out to school contacts only.
The HEALTHY LIVES TEAM supports schools, pupils and families with everything to do with health and wellbeing. We want to help you live fitter, healthier and happier lives.
We have a Healthy Lives Team webpage where you can find out more about the team and access Healthy Schools resources and all our archived newsletters.
If you would like further support or details, please contact Kate Smith, Head of Healthy Lives, at kate.smith@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
Nominations are now open for the London Sport Awards 2023
London Sport has confirmed the return of the London Sport Awards, with nominations now open for the 2023 edition of the prestigious event. The London Sport Awards recognise and celebrate the unsung heroes of the grassroots sport and physical activity sector, who are helping Londoners lead healthier, happier and more active lives. Nominations take just a few minutes and are completely free. Categories include The Uniting London Award, The Health and Wellbeing Award and The Supporting Young Londoners Award.
Please note that nominations for the London Sport Awards close at 11:59pm on 6th November 2022.
Anti-knife Crime Workshops with the Ben Kinsella Trust
The Ben Kinsella Trust is one of the leading anti-knife crime charities in the UK, set up following the tragic murder of Ben Kinsella in 2008.
The Ben Kinsella Trust is a young person's charity that believes in prevention through education. It adopts a universal and early intervention approach to empower young people to make positive choices and keep themselves and their friends safe.
The Ben Kinsella Trust’s award-winning Choices and Consequences workshops have been proven to strengthen peer values and change attitudes towards knife carrying. They equip young people with the knowledge and awareness to keep themselves safe, to understand the impact and consequences of knife crime, and to take an active stand against knife carrying.
Anti-Bullying Week 2022 this November
Anti-Bullying Week 2022 will take place from 14th to 18th November 2022 and this year it has the theme 'Reach Out to stop bullying'. The week will kick off with Odd Socks Day on Monday 14th November, where adults and children where odd socks to celebrate what makes us all unique. Schools will be able to download free teaching resources and themed assemblies. #ReachOut, #AntiBullyingWeek
Into Film Festival – Free cinema screenings for schools
The Into Film Festival takes place from 8-25 November this year. The event helps schools 'bring learning to life for 5-19 year olds across the UK by inspiring young people to watch, understand and make films in new and creative ways'.
Bookings for the 2022 Into Film Festival are open now, but they recommend that you secure your event quickly to avoid disappointment. Places will be offered for free on a first-come, first-served basis, with attendance limited to one school group per event, to help to ensure the safety of all attendees and to maximize this opportunity for as many schools as possible.
 Helping Ukrainian students in schools and colleges
The Department for Education have compiled a list of resources to help support children and young people arriving from Ukraine. The resources are for school and college leaders, school and college staff and governing bodies in all maintained schools, FE colleges, academies and free schools. Included are resources for learning English as an additional language, supporting wellbeing and mental health and training resources for staff to support refugees.
 Young Money Lesson Plans
Young Money and Young Enterprise have developed a set of over 80 primary and secondary lesson plans, which includes activity sheets and PowerPoints. The lessons provide young people with opportunities to develop employability skills, raise aspirations, develop financial literacy and bring the world of work to life for young people. Prior to downloading the resources you will need to check your school postcode on the link below for eligibility.
"After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here"
Walt Disney
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The Healthy Lives Team
The Healthy Lives Team want to support you with all aspects of health and wellbeing. We send regular newsletters that are relevant whether you are at school, work, or at home.
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We are incredibly proud in Tower Hamlets to have supported schools to gain more Healthy Schools awards than any other borough in London. So please use this newsletter in whatever way suits you best to stay as fit and healthy as possible and please share this newsletter using your social media or website using the following share button, or you can click the hyperlink in the top right corner of this email:
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Take care,
The Healthy Lives team at London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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