June 23, 2009
Healthy School Award Presentation - Portobello Primary School
June 22, 2009
Summer Term 2009 Update
Gateshead – National Healthy School Programme
On Thursday 18th June 2009 7 Gateshead Schools received their National Healthy School Status plaques & certificates from the Mayor of Gateshead Councillor John Eagle, Dr Maggie Atkinson Group Director of Learning and Children and Director of Children Services and Paul Carvin Head of Raising Achievement Service.
Schools who received the NHS ‘Status’ were:-
• Dryden School
• Eslington School
• Greenside Primary School
• Portobello Primary School
• St Alban’s Catholic Primary School
• St Augustine’s RC Primary School
• St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School
These presentations were the 5th since the National Healthy School Status was introduced and brought the total of schools who have achieved the Status to 74 – representing 86% of Gateshead Schools.
As part of the ‘Sharing of Good Practice’ the following schools provided a 5 minute presentation.
• Greenside Primary School – PSHE theme,
Drugs Education lessons and gaining the Smoke Free School Award.
• Portobello Primary School – Healthy Eating theme – DATA – Cooking Skills, Expo Chef visit.
• St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School – Physical Activity Playground Activities and a Skipping demonstration.
• Dryden School – Emotional Health & Well Being – Enterprise Week
• St Alban’s Catholic Primary School – Emotional Health & Well Being, Pastoral Care and the Gateshead Anti – Bullying Award.
Schools were made aware of the new NHSP Enhancement Model to be introduced in September for schools who have successfully gained the ‘Status’. Schools will have to complete an Annual Review to maintain the NHSP – Status criteria and select a School and Local / National Priority linked to National Indicators. Further information will be shared at a briefing day in September.
The programme on the day also included the presentation to 4 schools gaining their Gateshead Anti – Bullying Award Certificates.
• Hookergate School
• St Alban’s Catholic Primary School
• St Philip Neri RC Primary School
• Whickham Parochial C of E Primary School
Certificates were presented by the Mayor of Gateshead Cllr John Eagle, Dr Maggie Atkinson, and Liz Elliott Chair of the Gateshead Anti – Bullying Steering Group.
Nine Gateshead teachers and HLTA’s received their DCSF Personal Social Health Education (PSHE) Accreditation Certificates presented by the Mayor of Gateshead Cllr John Eagle and Paul Carvin – Head of Raising Achievement.
Two schools became the first to gain the Gateshead Schools Sex and Relationship (SRE) Excellence Award.
The successful schools were:-
• Gibside School
• The Cedars Sports college
Overall the presentation was a great success with staff and young people from our schools receiving recognition for their Healthy School Status and achievements in Personal Social Health Education.
Download the Healthy Schools Status Roll of Honour (PDF 260KB)
May 25, 2007
Gateshead Nutrition Agreement
As part of the Nutrition Strategy for Gateshead, a NUTRITION AGREEMENT has been developed with key partners in relation to good practice in nutrition education and directly commissioned nutrition work. The aim of this is to have a consistent and joined up approach to all nutrition/healthy eating work that takes place in Gateshead, as part of a local area agreement. A key aim of the strategy is to promote consistent nutrition messages on healthy choices for adults and children. Nutrition education encompasses key healthy eating messages, local information about services and programmes, cooking skills, addressing the barriers to healthier food consumption such as attitudes, awareness, access and availability. In addition a supporting document stating the current key messages for nutrition has been produced.
The agreement has been made specific to commissioning independent agencies, and the CHECKLIST (appendix 1) is almost a good practice guide for individuals, groups or organisations such as schools that may invite in guest speakers or external agencies. The KEY MESSAGES LEAFLET (appendix 2) for professionals forms an appendix to both the agreement and checklist.
Gateshead Nutrition Agreement
As part of the Nutrition Strategy for Gateshead, a NUTRITION AGREEMENT has been developed with key partners in relation to good practice in nutrition education and directly commissioned nutrition work. The aim of this is to have a consistent and joined up approach to all nutrition/healthy eating work that takes place in Gateshead, as part of a local area agreement. A key aim of the strategy is to promote consistent nutrition messages on healthy choices for adults and children. Nutrition education encompasses key healthy eating messages, local information about services and programmes, cooking skills, addressing the barriers to healthier food consumption such as attitudes, awareness, access and availability. In addition a supporting document stating the current key messages for nutrition has been produced.
The agreement has been made specific to commissioning independent agencies, and the CHECKLIST (appendix 1) is almost a good practice guide for individuals, groups or organisations such as schools that may invite in guest speakers or external agencies. The KEY MESSAGES LEAFLET (appendix 2) for professionals forms an appendix to both the agreement and checklist.
April 26, 2007
School Food Trust Update
Three documents of interest;
SFT Letter to Stakeholders
Updated Parent's Guide
School Lunch Guide
What do you think of the new school meals? Click on 'comments' and let us know...
Your Child's Weight Matters
The Government has developed a booklet for parents: “Why your child’s weight matters�, which includes information for parents about:
• The National Child Measurement Programme
• Why maintaining a healthy weight is important
• Steps that parents can take to help their family lead a healthy lifestyle
You can download the booklet HERE or contact Health Promotion Resources on 0191 4335684 for your copy.
December 08, 2006
Questions and Answers from the School Food Trust
Have the new standards for school food been raising some questions? Well they have for other people too. Our National Healhy School colleagues from Newcastle have kindly shared some questions and answers from the School Food Trust. Click here to download the Q&As
You can download further information about the new standards for school food from www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk or
They can be ordered in quantities of up to 2000 from Rachel Underwood by email at the address below. Please give your full postal address, list which of the guides you would like and how many of the resources you would like.
Rachel Underwood
N9 Moorfoot
Sheffield S1 4PQ
Ph 0114 259 1169
Fax 0114 259 1291
rachel.underwood@sft.gsi.gov.uk
The booklets and leaflets that are available to date are;
•A guide to introducing the Government’s new food based standards for school lunches. (for lunchtime caterers and heads).
•School Food changing for the better – new school food standards and healthier packed lunches – a guide for parents and carers.
•A4 leaflet for parents on school food and healthier packed meals
•Various posters for the dining room environment
May 23, 2006
Get Fruity for Cancer Prevention Week!
22nd – 28th May is Cancer Prevention Week, with the highlight of the campaign being Fruity Friday on Friday 26th May. The focus of the campaign this year is the 5 A DAY message, and how eating more fruit and vegetables can reduce your risk of cancer.
If you would like copies of campaign materials to help promote this campaign message, please contact the Health Promotion Resources Service for Gateshead on 0191 433 5684.
If you are doing anything for the campaign or if you have any comments about the resources…please let us know.
Balance It! Leaflet
This is a locally developed resource by a multi agency group, to promote a Healthy Balanced Diet based on the Balance of Good Health. This is now available from the Health Promotion Resource Service (Tel: 0191 433 5684) or can be downloaded below. Please feel free to use and share.
Interested in what is going to be served up in schools?
Then you can download the New School Food Standards.
This includes the interim food-based standards (from Sept 06), the nutrient-based standards (from Sept 08 for primary schools and from Sept 09 for secondary and special schools), and the food-based standards (from Sept 08 for primary schools and from Sept 09 for secondary and special schools).
Trust me, it all makes more sense when you look at the document!
May 09, 2006
Food in Schools
Food – a fact of life, is a new, exciting website. The site is organised in two age phases 5 to 7 and 8 to 11.
For each of these phases, there is a teachers’ guide that provides lesson notes and explains how the resources can be used to cover curriculum objectives.
Each age phase contains a number of Key Facts. The Key Facts are key messages designed to ensure children develop a progressive understanding of healthy eating.
Colourful worksheets, Power Point slides, posters and interactive activities are just some of the free resources that will provide excellent support for teachers tackling the topic of healthy eating.
For further information visit – www.foodafactoflife.org.uk
Taste of Success – Active Kids – Get Cooking – is the new school cooking challenge open to all schools throughout 2006.
There are two categories for primary and secondary pupils.
For further details about prizes, entry requirement sand dates, visit the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) website www.nutrition.org.uk/akgc
May 05, 2005
Healthy Eating
Please refer to the Gateshead Healthy School Guidelines for further information with regard to Healthy Eating within Charter Point 6 Essential and Development Criteria.
Also refer to the Gateshead Healthy Eating Award - Guidelines and criteria.
For further information and advice please contact Don Sweeney at Dryden PDC Tel 0191 433 8667
Sources of further information linked to Healthy Eating in schools (Word)
May 03, 2005
Gateshead NHS Primary Care Trust
Nutrition Strategy and a Strategy to prevent overweight and obesity and to support the reduction of overweight and obesity. January 2005
For further information visit www.healthpromotion.demon.co.uk
CEHI
CEHI Gateshead Centre for Enabling Health Improvement
Network for Health
For further information contact: CEHI Manager, Pat Elmes Tel. 0191 497 1475. email: cehi@ghpct.nhs.uk
www.cehi.org.uk
Choosing Health (DH) Department of Health
www.dh.gov.uk/publications
February 10, 2005
Gateshead Healthy School Award Guidelines 2004-05
The aims of the Gateshead Healthy School Award:
1. To encourage a whole school approach to health.
2. To contribute to raising achievements in school.
3. To increase the positive health opportunities that are available
for pupils, staff and visitors.
4. To promote and increase working between health promotion
providers and education establishments.
Documents downloads: format = PDF
Healthy Eating Guidelines
It is important that schools develop a policy about how the principles of a balanced and varied diet are supported in the school. The policy will underpin the development of a consistent approach to food and nutrition, in relation to both food provision and the planned programme (curriculum). The policy must be shared with parents and pupils.