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Congratulations to Bar Hill Primary School on the achievement of the Healthy Schools Award.
Please note that the Healthy Schools Service is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Congratulations to Bar Hill Primary School on the achievement of the Healthy Schools Award.
The Mental Health and Relationships (MH&R) Programme provides resources and training to support children with essential skills such as building empathy, communication and resilience with healthy friendships and resolving conflicts with peers. For this current academic year 2023 – 2024, the programme is available to all primary schools in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The aims are to ensure that all primaries have access to:
The programme is led by the Cambridgeshire PSHE Service and funded by Public Health. Schools may register interest and seek support by contacting the service: [email protected]
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough provides HEAR – the free to use mental health text service
A new local mental health free text messaging support service is available across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough having launched on the 13th November 2024.
HEAR 85258 is being funded by NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, in partnership with the national service SHOUT. The free to use text service provides real-time support to people who are struggling with their mental health across the county.
Artscaping – Free Resources To Support The Establishment Of Art-In-Nature Opportunities In School
Artscaping is an established arts-in-nature programme run by arts and well-being charity Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination (CCI). It supports learning, mental health and wellbeing and focuses on how all children can flourish. Recent research with primary schools across the county has demonstrated how schools can establish teams of Community Artscapers to run their own nurture groups. The impact of Artscaping can be viewed here: https://www.cambridgecandi.org.uk/resource/eco-capabilities-2021
Two new free resources that share the learning and research to date are now available on the CCI website. There is a fully illustrated Guide to Artscaping, and a thirty-minute introductory webinar including interviews with children, artists, staff, headteachers and researchers.
The Artscaping Guide and webinar can be accessed here:
https://www.cambridgecandi.org.uk/our-work/schools/amplifying-artscapers
For more information about CCI and Artscaping, visit the CCI website: www.cambridgecandi.org.uk/ or contact Ruth Sapsed: [email protected]
Find resources here on the themes of: drugs, alcohol, smoking and vaping, oral health, hygiene, puberty, relationships, LGBTQ, living in the wider world
Find resources here on the themes of: bullying, on-line stress, exam stress, bereavement, sleep and healthy minds.
Find guidance and information on the themes of: road safety, water safety, fire safety, safeguarding, first aid, crime and the law and online safety.
Find out how to get involved in delivering a universal resilience programme through which young people will be enabled to acquire the skills to help them avoid risk taking behaviours, choose healthy lifestyles and improve their long term health outcomes.
Find guidance to support young people to become physically literate, active, happier and more self-assured and resilient. Resources also focus on walking and cycling initiatives as well as swimming and The Daily Mile
Find here a range of practical activities to encourage healthy eating as well as information to support school food standards, nutrition and food education.