| 308b project - The National Healthy Schools Standard Programme |
308b project - The National Healthy Schools Standard Programme
Geographical Area: Worcestershire
Age Range Min: 4
Age Range Max: 11
Gender Specific: no
| Culturally Specific: no
Method of Access: Through attendance at a targeted primary school
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| Description |
| To establish common working practices and understanding between schools and the partner agencies to ensure that all children in the schools taking part in the project have a basic foundation of drug education, PSHE, circle time and protective behaviours. |
| Objectives |
| The aim of the project is; to establish common working practices and understanding between schools and the partner agencies with whom they work, in particular the school nursing service; to safeguard vulnerable pupils by providing coherent and consistent practices in the school in this difficult and challenging area; to skill up colleagues already in post by providing specialist training and support in some of the most needy and vulnerable areas of the county. |
| Staff Profile |
Healthy Schools Co-ordinator (designed and monitors project)
Project Manager, PSHE co-ordinator, 2 consultants in circle time and Protective Behaviours, Drugs advisor, input from police and child protection, and MerciaNet drugs training organisation |
| Linked Organisations |
| Project uses the circle time approach advocated by Barbara Maines and George Robinson which is the traditional one, i.e. not behaviour management but promoting self esteem, trust and co-operation and developing skills, Protective Behaviours UK, MerciaNet, West Mercia Police. |
