Services to Schools

Child Safeguarding News: CSA, CSE, Modern Slavery, trafficking etc.

Experiences Shared - an online anthology from the Truth Project The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has shared a sample of accounts of child sexual abuse experiences shared with the Truth Project. All names and identifying details have been changed. Click here for more information Key messages from research on institutional child sexual abuse Click here to view Key messages from research on institutional child sexual abuse pdf Source: Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse 2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery Click here to view Independent review of the Modern Slavery Act For further information click here National Referral Mechanism reform For further information click here New action to tackle modern slavery and support victims . To read the news item click here Europol report on up-to-date intelligence picture on child trafficking For further information and to download the report click here Assessing age for asylum applicants - updated Click here to view Evaluation into the Kent County Lines Pilot Project Click here for further information St. Giles Trust: reports and evaluations Child Health in England - Child Health Outcomes To access the full report click here Source: RCPCH Safer Internet Day: campaign toolkit Source: UK Safer Internet Centre

Newcastle Local Area Written Statement of Action

Following the local area SEND inspection in April/May this year, we have developed a plan of how we are responding to the findings. This is the ‘written statement of action’ (WSoA), comprising actions we are taking as a local area (see attachment). The local area incorporates Newcastle City Council, Newcastle & Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group and wider partners/stakeholders across Newcastle. Progress has already been made on many of the actions we have included and we are committed, as a local area, to continuing improvement. We will be publishing updates as further developments take place.

Headteacher meetings 2018/19

Meeting dates attached for: Secondary Heads Director's Primary Heads Promise Board Promise Board Inclusion Subgroup Promise Board School Effectiveness Subgroup If you have any queries please contact me on Julie.preece@newcastle.gov.uk Thanks Julie

National Cyber Security Centre Competition for Girls

Following on from the previous two years we will be running the CyberFirst Girls Competition again in 2019. Each year we are trying to improve the user experience so those of you that have entered the competition before may find a few new tweaks to the platform. This year we have also put together a teachers booklet that you can download now and we hope to have some posters ready to download over the next few weeks. The competition is aimed at Year 8 girls in England and Wales, Year 9 in Northern Ireland and S2 in Scotland. We made a deliberate shift in age group in 2018 to give as many girls as possible the opportunity to find out more about Cyber Security with a view to potentially influencing the subjects they take at GCSE*. The content for each category of the competition is consistent with subjects within the Computer Science syllabus from both the National Curriculum and Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence. However, the competition will contain some advanced cyber topics that are not covered in traditional education but will seek to stretch the lateral thinking and additional cyber knowledge of the teams. Visit the Cyber First website for more information.

Step Into the NHS Primary Schools Teaching Resource and Competition

Health Careers recently launched a primary schools resource and competition to be used in classrooms. The downloadable resources encourage young people to raise their aspirations, learn about the range of roles in the NHS and challenges stereotypes, which helps them understand that there is no such thing as a man or woman’s job. The Step into the NHS primary schools pilot completed earlier this year showed some really encouraging results including the following: A 59% increase amongst 2000 children taking part, who understood that men could work as a midwife Before being exposed to the resources, only 1 in 5 pupils in some schools believed they could become a surgeon or midwife, compared with almost 50% afterwards Students are being encouraged to enter the Step into the NHS primary schools competition to celebrate their learning and to say ‘thank you’ to the NHS by creating a piece of artwork. More information on the competition can be found in this You Tube video (https://youtu.be/sgaWNKudokQ). This programme is open to all primary schools in England and teachers can receive a hard copy of our teacher pack, along with a poster for classrooms, by calling the helpline on 0345 60 60 655 or emailing advice@healthcareers.nhs.uk and quoting CAR10301 in any communication. More information on the programme can be found on the Step into the NHS website (www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/primary) and is also provided in the parent leaflet attached.

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