Belfast Model School For Girls Full Service Extended

Belfast Model School For Girls’ Full Service Extended Pilot

Children and Young Peoples Funding Package ‘To reduce underachievement and improve the life chances of children and young people by enhancing their educational development and fostering their health, well being and social inclusion through the integrated delivery of the support and services necessary to ensure every child has the best start in life. ’

What is an Extended School • Provides a range of activities before and after the school day • Works closely with its local community, parents and other agencies • Policy built around 5 key themes of the 10 year children strategy: Ø Being Healthy, Ø Enjoying, Learning and Achieving Ø Living in Safety and with Stability, Ø Experiencing Economic and Environmental Well-Being, Ø Contributing Positively to Community and Society

What is a Full Service Extended School? • Actions across all thematic areas • Focus now on networks rather than individual schools • Two DE Funded demonstration Projects • Projects being formally evaluated by Bearing Point (Prof Alan Dyson)

Full Service & Extended Schools The Health Dimension

Why be a healthy school? • • • Healthy bodies = healthy minds ‘Readiness to learn’ Improved attendance Improved behaviour Lifestyle choices Future generations

Process • • Steering Group established Operational Team set up Action Plan written Awareness raising in school, home and community • Monitoring and evaluation conducted

Pupil, Parent / Carer Learning Mentors Form / Subject Teacher Park Outreach SENCO / EWO Pastoral VP Head of Year / Social Services Behaviour Modification Coordinator Structure prior to extended partnership working SPSS Educational Psychology

Pupil, Parent / Carer Learning Mentors Form / Subject Teacher Park Outreach SENCO / EWO Pastoral VP Behaviour Modification Coordinator Head of Year / Social Services FSES Coordinator Family Link Coordinator Family Attendance Coordinator SPSS Educational Psychology Support / Partners Transition Teacher After extending partnership working PLUS

Support/Partners ISSUE PARTNER Self harm Streetbeat, RAYS, PIPS Anger Management Alternatives Parenting Parents Advice Centre, Barnardo’s, BELB. Health Advice One-Stop-Shop, Heartstart, Health Promotion Agency, Mandy Martin, School nurse and dental service, HAZ, Health and Well-being forums. Self esteem and at risk behaviour Strength-to-Strength, Extern, PSNI, Youth Justice Service, Belfast City Council, Pathways, Include Youth Drugs Awareness SHARPHE, SOLVE, FASA, Jackie Burke

ISSUE PARTNER Learning Support BMC, EGSA, Opportunity Youth, Summer Scheme, Easter Booster classes, Coursework Clinic, Year 8 Reading Support, BELB Youth Service, LINK Centre, Pupil Support Unit. Mental Health Streetbeat, Trust Mental Health Team, CALMS, LAMP. Young Carers Lynne Nelson, Sue Cushan (Trust) Sexual Health HYPE, SAMS, Surestart, Brook. Citizenship Shelter, Stormont, Neighbourhood Partnerships, CEP’s

Michael White: Director of Education: Aberdeenshire The provision of welfare and counselling services in schools would free teachers to concentrate on teaching and learning. Teachers would no longer have to be drawn into a social worker role. ”

ISSUE PARTNER Counselling New Life Counselling School Counsellor Streetbeat Contact Youth Everton Complex One Stop Shop Opportunity Youth CRUSE WAVE RAINBOW Stress and Trauma Centre (Deals with all issues mentioned PLUS bereavement and body image issues). School Partnerships Transition Teachers are working in all of our feeder primary schools.

Activities with Health Dimension • One Stop Shop • Healthy School Activities: Fruit in Schools, Cook It Programme, Breakfast Club, Healthy vending machines. • Sport and Outdoor Activity – GM Sport, Summer Schemes, extra curricular activities. • Mental Health - Counselling • Smoking Cessation • Drugs and Alcohol programmes • Teenage Pregnancy • Work with Parents on health issues. • Healthy Eating cookery demonstration evening class.

Benefits for Schools • Additional facilities and equipment • Opportunities for staff development • Collaboration with neighbouring schools and youth provision • Partnership working with community and statutory agencies • Awareness of the community and pupil diversity • Appreciation of the parents role

Benefits for Families • Improvements in child behaviour and social and health skills • Better understanding of backgrounds and needs • Greater parental involvement with children’s learning and development • Opportunities to develop parenting skills and discuss parenting issues • More opportunities for adult education and family learning • Specialist support for families

Benefits for Communities • Improved community planning and access to essential health services • Local career development opportunities • Improved outcomes for families and children • Closer relationships with school

Benefits for all Pupils • • • Improved learning and achievement Increased motivation and self-esteem Improved access to specialist support Positive attitude towards learning Enhanced opportunities for learning new skills and developing existing skills • Improved health and well-being

“The purpose of a school is to help a family educate a child” Don Edgar , The Patchwork Nation