Belfast Model School For Girls

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Belfast Model School For Girls
Full Service Extended Pilot
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Children and Young Peoples Funding Package
To reduce underachievement and improve the life
chances of children and young people by enhancing
their educational development and fostering their
health, well being and social inclusion through
the integrated delivery of the support and
services necessary to ensure every child has the
best start in life.
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What is an Extended School

• Provides a range of activities before and after
  the school day
• Works closely with its local community, parents
  and other agencies
• Policy built around 5 key themes of the 10 year
  children strategy
• Being Healthy,
• Enjoying, Learning and Achieving
• Living in Safety and with Stability,
• Experiencing Economic and Environmental
  Well-Being,
• Contributing Positively to Community and Society

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What is a Full Service Extended School?

• Actions across all thematic areas
• Focus now on networks rather than individual
  schools
• Two DE Funded demonstration Projects
• Projects being formally evaluated by Bearing
  Point (Prof Alan Dyson)

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Full Service Extended Schools

• The Health Dimension

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Why be a healthy school?

• Healthy bodies healthy minds
• Readiness to learn
• Improved attendance
• Improved behaviour
• Lifestyle choices
• Future generations

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Process

• Steering Group established
• Operational Team set up
• Action Plan written
• Awareness raising in school, home and community
• Monitoring and evaluation conducted

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Pupil, Parent / Carer
Learning Mentors
Form / Subject Teacher
Park Outreach
SENCO / Behaviour Modification Coordinator
EWO
Pastoral VP Head of Year /
SPSS
Social Services
Educational Psychology
Structure prior to extended partnership working
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Pupil, Parent / Carer
Learning Mentors
Form / Subject Teacher
Park Outreach
SENCO / Behaviour Modification Coordinator
EWO
Pastoral VP Head of Year /
SPSS
Social Services
Educational Psychology
FSES Coordinator
Support / Partners
Transition Teacher
Family Link Coordinator
Family Attendance Coordinator
After extending partnership working PLUS
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Support/Partners
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Michael White Director of Education
Aberdeenshire
The provision of welfare and counselling services
in schools would free teachers to concentrate on
teaching and learning. Teachers would no longer
have to be drawn into a social worker role.
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Activities with Health Dimension

• One Stop Shop
• Healthy School Activities Fruit in Schools, Cook
  It Programme,  Breakfast Club, Healthy vending
  machines.
• Sport and Outdoor Activity GM Sport, Summer
  Schemes, extra curricular activities.
• Mental Health - Counselling
• Smoking Cessation
• Drugs and Alcohol programmes
• Teenage Pregnancy
• Work with Parents on health issues.
• Healthy Eating cookery demonstration evening
  class.

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Benefits for Schools

• Additional facilities and equipment
• Opportunities for staff development
• Collaboration with neighbouring schools and youth
  provision
• Partnership working with community and statutory
  agencies
• Awareness of the community and pupil diversity
• Appreciation of the parents role

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Benefits for Families

• Improvements in child behaviour and social and
  health skills
• Better understanding of backgrounds and needs
• Greater parental involvement with childrens
  learning and development
• Opportunities to develop parenting skills and
  discuss parenting issues
• More opportunities for adult education and family
  learning
• Specialist support for families

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Benefits for Communities

• Improved community planning and access to
  essential health services
• Local career development opportunities
• Improved outcomes for families and children
• Closer relationships with school

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Benefits for all Pupils

• Improved learning and achievement
• Increased motivation and self-esteem
• Improved access to specialist support
• Positive attitude towards learning
• Enhanced opportunities for learning new skills
  and developing existing skills
• Improved health and well-being

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• The purpose of a school is to help a family
  educate a child
• Don Edgar , The Patchwork Nation