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The Speaker's School Council AwardsThe Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, is giving awards to school councils who have completed great projects, see http://speakersschoolcouncil... Read more
Kick for children with cancer 4 Mar 2010
Kick for Children with CancerThis nationwide initiative encourages schools, groups and youth football clubs across the country to organise their own football-themed fundraising events in support of children with cancer, whilst also getting active and healthy... Read more
Grants for Cookits for primary schools 3 Mar 2010
Grants for Cookits The Food Standards Agency is offering grants towards half the cost of Cookits for primary schools... Read more
Children Schools and Families Bill 24 Feb 2010
Progress of the BillOn 23rd February MPs passed the Bill that will make PSHE statutory... Read more
A helping hand for schools 22 Feb 2010
A HELPING HAND FOR SCHOOLSThe Food Standards Agency is offering grants towards half the cost of Cookits for primary schools... Read more
Want the chance to win £200 of sun safety resources? 1 Feb 2010
Sun protection online surveySun safety is one of the priority areas for Healthy Schools Plus and enhancement in Cornwall so the CHSP team are strongly encouraging you to take part in this survey... Read more
New draft SRE guidance 29 Jan 2010
New draft SRE guidanceThe DCSF has issued new draft SRE guidance covering all maintained schools and Short Stay Schools in England... Read more
Couch kids report 19 Jan 2010
Couch kids report from the BHFFollowing up on research it carried out four years ago, the British Heart Foundation has taken another look at children's activity levels... Read more
Parliament Education Service: consultation 19 Jan 2010
Parliament Education Service: consultationDo you have an active School Council? Do you want to assess the extent of its reach and its success in specific projects? Parliament's Education Service is offering a free evaluation tool to school councils to enable them to assess their own effectiveness and to evaluate a specific project... Read more
Breakfast Club Family Grant Programme 18 Jan 2010
ContinYou Breakfast Club Family Grant ProgrammeDoes your school have a breakfast club?Would you like to develop a family dimension to your club?If so, why not enter ContinYou's Breakfast Club Family Grants Programme and receive £350?As a result of the Blue Peter Mission Nutrition Appeal, ContinYou has a number of grants of £350 to offer to breakfast clubs... Read more
2010 National Breakfast Club Plus Awards 18 Jan 2010
2010 National Breakfast Club Plus AwardsIs your breakfast club something to be proud of?Do you know of a breakfast club whose good work should be celebrated?If so, why not enter the 2010 National Breakfast Club Plus Awards - you could win £2,000!Breakfast Club Plus, the partnership between learning charity ContinYou and Kellogg's, is offering over £15,000 worth of cash prizes to the best breakfast clubs in the UK... Read more
Mayday Action Pack 18 Jan 2010
Mayday Action PackThe Maritime and Coastguard Agency is delighted to offer all UK primary schools a free Mayday Action Pack suitable for creative, cross-curricular teaching of 9-11 year olds... Read more
Why let drink decide? 18 Jan 2010
Why let drink decide?The DCSF has launched a new campaign to show how alcohol makes children and young people vulnerable... Read more
No smoking day 2010 4 Jan 2010
No Smoking Day is 10th March 2010 No Smoking Day is a long-established and effective health awareness campaign... Read more
Inspire! competition 18 Dec 2009
Inspire! competitionThe Grain Chain and Licence to Cook have announced a competition with a chance for schools to win up to £1,500... Read more
DCSF consultation on recording of bullying 18 Dec 2009
DCSF consultation on the recording of serious and persistent bullyingThe DCSF has opened its consultation on the new duty on maintained schools and short-stay schools to record serious and persistent incidents of bullying between pupils, racist incidents and incidents of verbal and physical abuse against school staff... Read more
Stonewall film clip competition 18 Dec 2009
Stonewall film clip competitionStonewall is running an anti homophobic bullying filmclip competition, read more. Read more
R Time training day 17 Dec 2009
R Time in support of primary SEAL, behaviour, anti-bullying and PSHEEThis training day, to be held on Friday 15th January 2010, will equip primary practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the practice of running the R Time programme... Read more
Medicines management training 15 Dec 2009
Medicines management training for teachersCornwall Partnership NHS Trust and the Skills Development Programme are running a study morning to equip teachers and other staff in education with basic skills and knowledge about medicines management... Read more
Parental questionnaire from SHEU 2 Dec 2009
Parental questionnaire from SHEUSHEU (the Schools Health Education Unit) has just completed the development of the parental questionnaire, complementing the pupil questionnaires which many schools have already been using to gather data for the pupil wellbeing indicators and to collect baseline data for Healthy Schools Plus work... Read more
Hands up for Max! 26 Nov 2009
Hands up for Max!The Health Protection Team in Cornwall has arranged for a "Hands up for Max!" pack to be sent to all primary schools in Cornwall - look out for yours! The packs are being sent out via Cornwall Council's school dispatch system on 10th December... Read more
John Rankin is the Best! 26 Nov 2009
John Rankin is the Best!Fantastic news! John Rankin, chef at Penair School has won the Radio 4 Food and Farming award for Best Dinner Lady or Dinner Man... Read more
ASDA's School Matters website 23 Nov 2009
ASDA's School Matters websiteASDA's School Matters website enables children to learn about Food Safety, Diet and Health and Farm to Fork through various games played by on-screen characters The Binks: Jack (aged 5), Ellie (7) and Lucy (14)... Read more
The Really Good School Dinner 2009 19 Nov 2009
The Really Good School Dinner joins the fight against world hungerThe School Food Trust's Really Good School Dinner fundraising event for the World Food Programme's School Feeding Programme is now in its second year... Read more
DCSF consultation on revised drugs guidance 18 Nov 2009
DCSF consultation on revised drugs guidanceThe DCSF has begun a consultation period on the revised drugs guidance for schools... Read more
New tools live on Healthy Schools national site 5 Nov 2009
New online toolsThe new Healthy Schools online tools are ready for use! The Annual Review is now available to schools that have achieved Healthy School status and are working towards maintaining it (principally the schools that validated in 2006 and 2007)... Read more
Great news about PSHE 5 Nov 2009
Great news about PSHE!Ed Balls has today confirmed that personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education will be made compulsory in schools from September 2011... Read more
Regional Change 4 Life seminar at Eden 3 Nov 2009
South west regional Change4Life seminar at the Eden Project, 8 Dec 2009This seminar will showcase local supporters' toolkits, including Breakfast4Life, Swim4Life, Walk4Life, Bike4Life, Play4Life, Cook4Life and Dance4Life... Read more
Resources for Anti-bullying week, 16-20 November 2009 2 Nov 2009
Beatbullying has created a range of resources, lesson plans and assembly plans for both primary and secondary schools... Read more
Your Snack Swappers are on their way! 23 Oct 2009
What is a Snack Swapper?A Snack Swapper is a little wheel device that reveals healthy alternatives to sugary, salty or fatty snacks... Read more
Funding to prevent the misuse of alcohol 12 Oct 2009
Funding to prevent the misuse of alcoholUK organisations working to tackle alcohol misuse and raise awareness of the impact of alcohol misuse in the community have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Drinkaware Tust Awareness Project Grant scheme... Read more
Chef at Penair is in the final 2 Oct 2009
John Rankin, Head Chef at Penair School, is in the final of BBC Radio 4's Food and Farming awards... Read more
Change for Life Schools' Site 2 Oct 2009
The Change for Life programme has launched a new schools programme called Small Steps for Life... Read more
Food for Life Partnership 1 Oct 2009
Autumn newsletter publishedThe Food for Life Partnership has published its autumn newsletter. Read more
e-Bug provides teaching resources for hygiene 17 Sep 2009
Lots of hygiene resources at e-BugThe e-Bug website, endorsed by the Health Protection Agency, has a series of educational materials and games on topics associated with microbes and the spread, treatment and prevention of infection... Read more
Swine flu information sheet issued 1 Sep 2009
Government issues swine flu information sheetThe government has issued a swine flu information sheet for parents of school-aged children... Read more
Fit for the future 1 Sep 2009
Fit for the futureThe Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the British Dietetic Association have joined forces to produce Fit for the future, a leaflet giving top tips to help parents and teachers to encourage children to enjoy excercise and healthy food... Read more
Campaign on access to sexual health services 1 Sep 2009
Campaign on access to sexual health servicesUNICEF UK and the Terrence Higgins Trust are encouraging children and young people to send an email to their local councillor and MP, encouraging them to work towards ensuring that local sexual health services are accessible to young people... Read more
Healthy Schools Plus Cohort 2 6 Aug 2009
We are recruiting schools to take part in the next cohort of the pilot starting in September... Read more
Healthy Schools enhancement model 6 Aug 2009
The future of the HS programme is coming very soon! The Healthy Schools enhancement model (HSEM) will be launched in September and will offer schools holding National Healthy Status the opportunity to extend and strengthen their heathy schools work and meet the needs of pupils in the increasingly important wellbeing agenda as highlighted in the the 21st Century Schools white paper and the ofsted wellbeing indicatiors being introduced in September... Read more
Education White Paper published 3 Aug 2009
21st Century SchoolsThe government published the 21st century schools White Paper, "Your child, our schools, your future"... Read more
R Time conference was very useful 3 Aug 2009
A useful and stimulating dayAimee and Cheryl went to the R Time conference, were thrilled to meet Greg Sampson and Pete Harvey, and were highly motivated by presentations given by John Pascoe and Petrina Missions... Read more
Big Birthday Bash - a fantastic day 31 Jul 2009
Our Big Birthday Bash and HS celebration at the Royal Cornwall Showground n the 8th July was a terrific success... Read more
Training Dates for 2009 - 2010 31 Jul 2009
The dates for HS workshops, events and training for 2009 - 2010 have been posted on the training pages... Read more
Get growing! 8 Jun 2009
Cornwall Out of Hours Learning is offering a free one-day session to help volunteers, such as parents and governors, who are interested in running a gardening club at their school... Read more
Wake Up Shake Up 3 is here! 8 Jun 2009
Wake Up Shake Up 3 has just arrived. The pack includes two DVDs and one music CD with pdf files of routines in written format... Read more
PSHE to become compulsory from Sep 2011 13 May 2009
Ed Balls has accepted the findings of an independent review led by Sir Alasdair Macdonald and has confirmed his intention to make Personal Social Health and Economic education a compulsory part of the curriculum at both primary and secondary school... Read more
R Time conference 8 May 2009
This year's R Time conference will be held on Friday 3rd July at Exeter Racecourse... Read more
Sun Safety Questionnaire 9 Apr 2009
Can you help us wtih a sun safety survey for the NHS? Please complete the attached questionnaire and return us electonically to help us learn more about sun safety in Cornwall... Read more
Something exciting is happening to Healthy Schools 28 Mar 2009
Something exciting is happening to the National Healthy Schools Programme from September 2009From September 2009 the National Healthy Schools Programme will evolve to further meet the changing needs of schools and pupils... Read more
Fieldfare Kielder Challenge 12 Mar 2009
This is an inclusive national outdoor adventure competition... Read more
No Smoking Day competition 27 Feb 2009
The organizers of No Smoking Day - 11th March 2009 - are calling on children aged from 7 to 16 to come up with imaginative ideas on how money saved by giving up smoking and not buying cigarettes could be spent to benefit their families... Read more
Healthier Lunch Box Resources and New Website for Schools 13 Feb 2009
The Cornwall Healthy Schools Programme are delighted to announce we are working in partnership with www... Read more
Free BHF Active Club training 10 Feb 2009
The Active Club pack from the British Heart Foundation is a resource designed for use as an extra curricular club... Read more
Tamar Trotters 9 Feb 2009
Mike Cherrington is the Junior Team Captain of Tamar Trotters Athletics Club... Read more
Date for Diary 6 Feb 2009
You are invited to our party! The Cornwall Healthy Schools Programme Conference, Awards Ceremony and "Big Birthday Bash" (we're 10 years old!) will be held at the Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge on Wednesday 8th July 10... Read more
No smoking day 2009 23 Jan 2009
No Smoking Day on 11th March 2009 is an ideal time to remind pupils, staff and parents of the huge risks and disadvantages of smoking and of the help available to stop... Read more
SRE Support for Schools 22 Jan 2009
The Cornwall Healthy Schools Programme has just produced "Sex and Relationships Education in the Healthy School Standard PSHE Core Theme: Support for Schools" which is intended to help schools across all Key Stages in Cornwall address SRE in the HS standard and help schools prepare for compulsory PSHE / SRE which was recommended in JIm Knight's recent review... Read more
Food for Life is coming to Cornwall 21 Jan 2009
The Cornwall Healthy Schools Programme is delighted to welcome the Food for Life Partnership to Cornwall in 2009... Read more
PSHE guidance issued at last! 25 Nov 2008
PSHE education guidance was issued to delegates at the National Healthy Schools Programme's conference (held in Solihull last Thursday)... Read more
The Really Good School Dinner 24 Nov 2008
Together with the UN World Food Programme, the School Food Trust has created The Really Good School Dinner initiative, designed to demonstrate the value of a school meal not only in the UK but also in parts of the developing world... Read more
Anti-bullying 24 Nov 2008
For Anti-Bullying Week, Secretary of State Ed Balls announced a new DVD resource for schools... Read more
Walk to School Week 18 Nov 2008
Pupils of Mevagissey CP School walk to school accompanied by "Billy the Boot"... Read more
Attention all school cookery clubs 10 Nov 2008
Apply now to become a Let's Get Cooking associate clubIf you are running an extra-curricular cooking club at your school, you can apply now online to join Let's Get Cooking as an associate club, and become part of our national network of cookery clubs... Read more
A report on the Believe Day 7 Nov 2008
The CHSP awards and celebration day went very well indeed for a full report and photos go to the believe page Kate Read more
Great news for SRE and PSHE 7 Nov 2008
The long awaited government review of SRE has come up with the 'gift' that every HS programme in the country has asked santa for, for a very long time!!!The review concludes that effective SRE is crucial to the well-being of pupils and that the best way to help deliver it is via a compulsory PSHE curriculum in schools... Read more
R Time CPD training 17 Oct 2008
R Time CPD training R Time practitioner Petrina Missons is running an R Time introduction course at the Sands Resort Hotel on 26 November 2008, from 9... Read more
SW Strategic Health Authority visit to Richard Lander School 1 Oct 2008
Pictured are Richard Lander pupils with members of the South West Strategic Health Authority on their visit to the school... Read more
Healthy Schools at the Cornwall Food and Drink Festival 30 Sep 2008
Pencoys Primary School and Tregony Primary school took part in the Cornwall Food and Drink Festival Schools cookery challenge at the festival on Sunday 28th September... Read more
News about the revalidation process 12 Jul 2008
Information update, June 2008 National Healthy Schools Programme Revalidation ProcessIn June 2008 the National Healthy Schools Team announced that the revalidation process for schools holding national healthy schools status would offer schools a marvellous opportunity to ensure that their hard work around healthy schools would contribute directly to the pupil wellbeing indicators introduced in the Children's Plan, currently being developed by Ofsted and the DCSF and due to be implemented in September 2009... Read more
Leap into Life 10 Jul 2008
Two members of the CHSP team, Aimee Crabtree and Claire Vargerson attended the Leap Into Life Train the Trainer training earlier this month... Read more