Bristol Healthy Schools Stride Emotional Health and Wellbeing
Bristol Healthy Schools Stride Emotional Health and Wellbeing Programme Year 7 – Lesson 3 Managing Change
Our School Values and Ground Rules • • Respect difference and diversity Listen respectfully Take turns and do not interrupt Respect all ideas and value other’s opinions Positive and polite Trust and confidentiality No negative naming or put-downs The right to say “pass” Is everyone happy with these rules?
Managing Change • Change is part of life, learning to identify it, plan for it, adapt to it and manage the practical issues and our feelings, both positive and negative, as we move through different periods of our lives is important
Managing Change In Groups of 4: • Your family have agreed that you can have a new puppy in 4 weeks time on condition that you are responsible for it • You need to plan for this change and identity what you need to put in place in advance and manage looking after the puppy when you get it • Lists the areas you need to consider when doing this and the impact it will have on you, your family and your neighbours • What skills do you think you need to manage this change? Share this with the class
Managing Change Examples of areas to consider: • • • A dog is for life Where you will keep it – facilities, rooms, garden Find out how to look after a puppy from professionals, vet, etc Puppy’s health, vet visits, inoculations, neutering, insurance, cleaning, microchip, toys, food, bowls, diet and security Exercise, training, when and who Noise, dog mess and impact on family and neighbours Changing my routine, responsibilities, getting up earlier and getting home to look after the puppy Skills include identifying how change will affect your life and people around you, advance planning, day-to-day planning, being proactive, commitment, perseverance, discipline, strength, adapting and behaviour change Any others?
Managing Change Today we are going to: • Explore and discuss how to manage growth and change as normal parts of growing up
Managing Change What is Change? • Change is moving from how things are now to how they will be in the future • Change happens all around you and to you- at home, in our community and at school • Change can be our choice or forced on you by external circumstances • The change can be minor or major, expected or unexpected • What is minor to you may be major to others
Managing Change • Change comes in many forms which include: – Emotional and physical change such as puberty and maturing – Changes to our environment such as moving school – New situations and relationships including the above • When we face challenging change, we need to use our experience and skills to plan and manage it effectively
Managing Change • Moving schools - is an example of major change in our lives and affects people in different ways • In the latest Bristol Voice Survey of primary school pupils in the City, 31% of boys and 41% of girls said they were worried ‘a lot’ or ‘quite a lot’ about moving to secondary school • In the following exercise, we are going to explore some of these worries in greater detail and look at how we can remove or minimise and manage them effectively
Managing Change Class Exercise: • What are the areas you need to consider and plan for when changing schools? • What are the proactive things you can do prior to moving schools to make it easier? • What help did you get from family, friends, old and new schools and who did you talk to if you were worried? • What are the skills you need to manage the change effectively?
Managing Change Examples: • What time you need to get up in the morning, how you get there, transport changes, bus routes, walking, costs of transport, cash or card to pay for things, school uniform, coat, food, summer and winter clothes, equipment, books, homework, sports kit, school activities, satchel/rucksack, school locker • Going on a visit to my new school, meeting some of my new teachers, coming to a parents evening, looking at the new school handbook and seeing all the things I would be able to do in the future, talking about moving school with my primary school teacher, knowing who I could talk to in the new school if I was feeling worried or concerned about things, knowing some pupils already in the school, talking to family and friends about when they went to secondary school, going in before the other pupils on the first day • Brother, sister, mum dad, teacher • Planning, organisation, being proactive, communication, confidence, resilience, commitment • Any others?
Managing Change In Your Groups of 4: • • Compose a letter to a pupil that is in primary school and will face changing schools in the next year. Give them advice on how to best manage this difficult time. In it: – Acknowledge some of the fears and concerns they might have – Describe some of the positive things they have to look forward to – Describe your experience of moving schools – Describe how you coped with the move and who helped you – Describe some proactive things they can do in advance of changing schools – Describe some of the skills and strengths you need to use manage it effectively – Describe some of the challenges you still face and how you are going to manage them
Managing Change Class Discussion: • Share your letters with the class • Any comments?
Managing Change In Groups of 4: • Pupils often join our school during the school year and it can be difficult for them to ‘fit into’ a new school and make friends • You have been asked to provide a ‘Welcome Rucksack’ to give to the new pupil which will contain a variety of things to help them settle in • What would you put in and why? Each group will present their solution
Help and Support If I’m worried about anything, where do I go for help? • Parents, Family Friend or Best Friend - sometimes these people may appear very busy. If you want to talk something over it is a good idea to tell them you need to talk with them and ask when would be a good time. This will then hopefully mean you get some quality time to talk over anything you are concerned about • Teacher/Other School Staff – can also be very busy people. Again, ask if you could see them and then they can suggest a good time to talk with you • GP - you may be used to going to your doctor with your parents/carers but you are able to see the doctor without them. To book a doctor’s appointment you will need to ring or visit the surgery and make the booking or attend an open surgery which is usually organised as first come first served. Each doctor’s surgery tends to operate a different system so you may need to ask the receptionist at the surgery how to go about booking an appointment. You are able to take a friend with you if you prefer • School Nurse - every school has a school nurse team who work in the school for a certain number of hours per week. Our nurse is in school on X dates so to arrange to see them, please do Y • CEOP - is here to keep children safe from sexual abuse and grooming online. They are here to help and give you advice, and you can make a report directly to them if something has happened online which has made you feel unsafe, scared or worried. This might be from someone you know in real life, or someone you have only ever met online. They take all reports seriously and will do everything they can to keep you safe. As well as providing a facility to enable you to make a report to CEOP, the CEOP Thinkuknow website has information and advice to help you if something has happened to you online. • Confidentiality - teachers and other adults in school are not able to keep things you tell them secret, if it in any way means that you are at risk of any kind of harm. All school staff has to report any disclosures you may make which indicate there may be a danger to your safety. This is called a ‘duty of care’ and all adults in schools have a duty of care over all the pupils in the school
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