Sleep Workshop for Parents

Thank you to those parents who attended the workshop this morning on sleep.  Ani, our school nurse, provided some really interesting, science-based information and plenty of tips to support parents with ensuring their child gets sufficient sleep.  The recommended about being, 10 - 12 hours per night for  pupils aged 3 to 6 years and 10 - 11 hours per night for 7 to 12 year olds.  She also talked about the impact having sufficient sleep has on children's behaviour and their ability to concentrate.  It certainly reminded me about the positive impacts so it will be an early night for me tonight!  For those who did attend, I will email out Ani's PowerPoint, as soon as I receive it.

Making sense of relationships (NSPCC/PSHE Association)

The NSPCC and the PSHE Association have worked together to produce teacher resources for key stages 2-4 on personal safety and healthy relationships.

There is a teachers' guide to help create a safe learning environment for the lessons, what to do if they receive a disclosure and where to signpost young people for help. The guide also includes a template letter to parents to inform them about the content and purpose of the lessons.

The topics include:

• transition to secondary school
• online safety and online friendships
• consent
• sexualised behaviour
• unhealthy relationships and
• sharing sexual images

At this time of year, there are three particularly useful lessons for Year 6 pupils as they move on to secondary schools. Their friendships and relationships change, bringing about many new and sometimes difficult challenges.

Find the resources here: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/safeguarding/schools-protecting-children-abuse-neglect/making-sense-of-relationships/download-pshe-resources

Source: Andrew Hall
Specialist Safeguarding Consultant

NSPCC 'How safe are our children?'

The NSPCC's annual report, 'How safe are our children' compiles and analyses the most robust and up-to-date child protection data that exists across the 4 nations in the UK.

The charity has been consolidating the national data for the last five years and consistently looks at the same indicators each year, to track changes over time.

Key points include:

• There have been increases in police-recorded child sexual offences across the UK, and increases in child cruelty and neglect offences in all UK nations except Scotland.
• The last decade has also seen increased numbers of children on child protection plans and registers.
• Almost a quarter of young people were contacted online by an adult they did not know; and since the offence of communicating indecently with a child was introduced in England and Wales in April 2017, over 3,000 crimes have been recorded by the police.

You can find the report here: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/services-and-resources/research-and-resources/how-safe-are-our-children-2018

Information courtesy of Andrew Hall, Specialist Safeguarding Consultant.