SWA Pastoral Care Todays Teenagers Emma Wisson HOY

SWA Pastoral Care & Today’s Teenagers Emma Wisson HOY 9 & Mark Gibbs Associate Principal

SWA Year 9 Team • • • 400 students 1 HOY Emma Wisson 1 PSO Julie Saggers 14 Tutors 5 Heads of House Attendance officer Inclusion support officer SEN team Safeguarding team (8 members)

Communication channels • • Please contact your tutor’s in the first instance Day to Day support • • School email Staff initial and surname@bestacademies. org. uk • • Key numbers 01462 629900 (school switchboard) • • Attendance officer 01462 628041 Notes in planners Hospital/Doctor’s notes

School day • • Registration 8. 20 am-8. 40 am Period 1 8. 40 am-9. 40 am Period 2 9. 40 am-10. 40 am Break 10. 40 am-11. 00 am Period 3 11. 00 am-12. 00 am Period 4 12. 00 am-1. 00 pm Lunch 1. 00 pm-2. 00 pm Period 5 2. 00 pm-3. 00 pm • Late buses available on a Tuesday and a Wednesday

What are we able to offer as a Pastoral team at SWA? SWA has a…. First Aid co-ordinator Young carers co-ordinator Counselling service MIND Careers Advisor Brook and CAMHs ‘drop in’ Clinic School nurse drop in clinic Sixth form academic and behaviour mentoring scheme Access to Family support, Drug and Alcohol support, LGBTQ support, parenting network links Police Liaison Social services support Bereavement support

What’s it like to be a teenager today? HARD!!!

Digital footprint • • • Online safety – Gaming, text messages, Apps Social networking Radicalisation Cyber bullying Sexting Addiction • WWW. CEOP. co. uk

Advice on phones and internet • Set up open dialogue with your child –ground rules • Monitor what they do and what they look at. Parental blocks • Set up times at home that they can use tablets, computers etc. • Know the social media/apps that they are usingdo your research!. • Shut off Wi-Fi at a certain time at home • Take their mobiles off them at night

Mental health • • • Peer pressure Exam stress Parental pressure and school pressure Eating disorders Fitting in/friendships Sexuality Self harm Body image Anxiety & Depression Suicide www. Youngminds. co. uk

Young minds advice

Sex, Drugs and Alcohol • • • Peer pressure Cannabis Legal high’s Local area and community and Police Liason Engaging minds curriculum Assemblies Tutor sessions Sex –education fortnight http: //aquarius. org. uk/about-us/can/

Young people might take drugs to: • • • Fit in with their friends Feel grown up To rebel To experiment Because “everybody else” does • Urban dictionary – names change all the time

Where do we get support? • School website • https: //www. samuelwhitbread. org. uk/parentsupport-links/ • HOY and PSO team • Parent info- http: //parentinfo. org/ • If you need help please ask