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Anti-bullying Cornwall conference   27 Aug 2010

ABC: Anti-bullying Cornwall annual conferenceAnti-bullying Cornwall invites you to its annual conference to be held at the Cliff Head Hotel, Carlyon Bay, St... Read more


Ofsted report on PSHE   28 Jul 2010

Ofsted report on PSHEeThe report Personal, social, health and economic education in schools shows provision for PSHEe was good or outstanding in more than three quarters of the 165 maintained schools visited across England... Read more


Global Children's Challenge   20 Jul 2010

Global Children's ChallengePart of the Global Corporate Challenge, the Global Children's Challenge begins on Wednesday 29th September and finishes on Wednesday 17th November, read more on the website. Read more


Anti-bullying week 2010   15 Jul 2010

Anti-bullying weekEvery year the Anti-Bullying Alliance organises Anti-Bullying Week... Read more


Sing-up resource   14 Jul 2010

Sing-up!Sing-up! (the government-funded national singing programme for primary schools) has collaborated with the national Healthy Schools programme to produce a resource that brings singing and health and wellbeing together... Read more


News from the coalition government   7 Jul 2010

News from the coalition governmentThe Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, has been speaking at a public health conference today and here are a couple of extracts that cheered us up immensely: "Working with communities and schools to develop young people’s confidence and self-esteem... Read more


Move It! Challenge pack for schools   7 Jul 2010

Move It!For more information about MEND's Move It! challenge pack for schools go to the Move It! website. Read more


Ofsted published report on food in schools   25 Jun 2010

Ofsted has published a report on food in schoolsThe research looks at the progress schools are making in encouraging healthy eating and in meeting food-based and nutrient-based standards for school lunches and for food other than lunches... Read more


NICE guidance on PSHE   21 Jun 2010

Draft NICE guidance on PSHEThe National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is developing public health guidance on PSHE education focusing on sex and relationships and alcohol education, download the draft document... Read more


Changes to Vetting and Barring   15 Jun 2010

Changes to Vetting and BarringThe coalition government says it aims to "review the criminal records and vetting and barring regime and scale it back to common sense levels"... Read more


Secondary settings invitation   9 Jun 2010

Secondary conference 2010If you work in the secondary sector in Cornwall you are invited to our conference... Read more


Should boys and girls be separated for SRE?   7 Jun 2010

Should boys and girls be separated for SRE?Knowsley Council is considering teaching boys and girls sex education separately in a bid to cut the area's high teen pregnancy rates... Read more


Live 4 Life   1 Jun 2010

Live 4 Life programme in FalmouthLive 4 life is a programme for families of children aged 7-16... Read more


Free KS5 teachers' resource   27 May 2010

Teaching young adults how to travel safelyThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office has produced "Know before you go", a free KS5 resource... Read more


2010 Scolly Awards   12 May 2010

2010 Scolly AwardsWe're seeking nominations for this year's Scolly Awards, go to our Scolly page to read about the categories for nominations and to download the nomination form... Read more


Healthy Schools Award Ceremony   12 May 2010

It's that time again! The 2010 Cornwall Healthy Schools Awards will be presented on Friday 18th June at the Sands Resort Hotel, Newquay starting at 10... Read more


Health Protection Agency guidance   29 Apr 2010

Health Protection Agency guidanceThe Health Protection Agency issued Guidance on infection control in schools and other childcare settings... Read more


Sun Week Protection packs   31 Mar 2010

Sun Week Protection packs for schools The National Schools Partnership is making Sun Week Protection packs available to schools for Sun Awareness Week... Read more


The relationship between SEAL, PSHEE and Healthy Schools   26 Mar 2010

The relationship between SEAL, PSHEE and Healthy SchoolsThe DCSF has published a short paper on the relationship between SEAL, PSHEE and the Healthy Schools programme... Read more


Progress of the Bill   26 Mar 2010

Progress of the BillThe Children Schools and Families Bill has been to the House of Lords for its second reading... Read more


PSHEE and wellbeing news network   26 Mar 2010

PSHEE and wellbeing news networkThe NCB's PSHEE and wellbeing news network is a very useful source of information... Read more


Canteen Rescue   26 Mar 2010

Canteen Rescue!The School Food Trust has extended the deadline on its Canteen Rescue competition... Read more


Healthy lunch tools   22 Mar 2010

Healthier lunchbox resourcesWe've extended our deal with www... Read more


The Speaker's School Council Awards   4 Mar 2010

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


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


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


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


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


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


R Time conference   8 May 2009

This year's R Time conference will be held on Friday 3rd July at Exeter Racecourse... 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


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


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