Prime Ministers Challenge on Dementia Intergenerational Schools Project

22 Schools 13 Evaluation 6 Primary 7 Secondary

100 90 99 79 80 70 % of pupils Many pupils hadn’t heard of

100 85 90 80 70 % of pupils Many pupils hadn’t met a person

What do people with dementia enjoy? bingo knitting

Successful school interventions • effective partnership working with local agencies • supportive school leaders

Effective Partnerships…. Gloucester College teaching Newent Secondary working With Gretton Primary and Harewood Junior

Good integration with the wider curriculum • Dementia awareness lessons (Assistive Technology, the brain,

Reaching out……. and in Northfleet Girls School, Kent Bernard Gilpin School, Tyne & Wear

Local MP’s Local GP’s Carers People with dementia Who did schools work with? Other

Activities and Learning “it’s harder than it looks” “it gets quite tiring, annoying” “Just

Northfleet Girls School, Kent http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=G 9 HSa. Q 86 x_A

And finally. . . “People with dementia are just like other people they just

Thank you for listening! Teresa Atkinson & Jennifer Bray University of Worcester Association for

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Prime Minister’s Challenge on Dementia Intergenerational Schools Project It’s not all knitting and Bingo…. . Teresa Atkinson Jennifer Bray © The Association for Dementia Studies

Building Emotional Resilience

22 Schools 13 Evaluation 6 Primary 7 Secondary

Who was involved? Primary Secondary

100 90 99 79 80 70 % of pupils Many pupils hadn’t heard of dementia before…. 60 Primary 50 40 30 Secondary 30 20 10 0 Baseline Follow-up

100 85 90 80 70 % of pupils Many pupils hadn’t met a person with dementia before…. Primary 60 50 Secondary 40 33 30 20 10 32 10 0 Baseline Follow-up

What do people with dementia enjoy? bingo knitting

Successful school interventions • effective partnership working with local agencies • supportive school leaders • good integration with the wider curriculum (Office of Public Management and National Foundation for Educational Research, 2011)

Effective Partnerships…. Gloucester College teaching Newent Secondary working With Gretton Primary and Harewood Junior School

Good integration with the wider curriculum • Dementia awareness lessons (Assistive Technology, the brain, memory, ageing, living well with dementia) • • Meeting someone with dementia & their carer Debates Life histories Drama, art, music Singing/choir Tea parties Dementia Ambassadors Whole School Assemblies led by pupils

Reaching out……. and in Northfleet Girls School, Kent Bernard Gilpin School, Tyne & Wear

Local MP’s Local GP’s Carers People with dementia Who did schools work with? Other schools The wider community Local Care homes Alzheimer’s Society

Activities and Learning “it’s harder than it looks” “it gets quite tiring, annoying” “Just by doing simple activities you can see how difficult it must be for them [. . . ] that was quite a big learning experience, ‘cause we didn’t expect it to be as bad”

Life story books

Northfleet Girls School, Kent http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=G 9 HSa. Q 86 x_A

And finally. . . “People with dementia are just like other people they just need a little bit of help” “I’m glad I now know about dementia so now I’m ready if any of my family get it” © The Association for Dementia Studies

Thank you for listening! Teresa Atkinson & Jennifer Bray University of Worcester Association for Dementia Studies t. atkinson@worc. ac. uk j. bray@worc. ac. uk http: //www. worc. ac. uk/discover/association-fordementia-studies. html Photographs of people living with dementia taking part in Extra. Care Charitable Trust Enriched Opportunities Programme