CP/Mental Health Updates
Mental health for children and young people is vital to their wellbeing and performance in education. The question that has been on people's lips for the past decade or so, has been how we can secure that area of their wellbeing? One of those ways is to get them moving and engaging in sports and physical endeavours. The connection between exercise and mental health has long been established. After all, humans were never supposed to be as sedentary as we are today. For children and young people, with bags of potential energy, this is even more true. The Mental Health Foundation, in honour of last month's 'Mental Health Awareness Week', has published data on this connection. To find out more, please follow the link below:
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week
The Jay Review of Criminally Exploited Children - Action for Children
Practitioners in the safeguarding sphere, and general educationalists are aware that the criminal exploitation of children is a real threat. The progression of technology into all our lives, in addition to more traditional modes of grooming (both in the criminal and sexual sense) has made this danger larger than ever. This is far from a new phenomenon. However, in recent years, far more has been done to counter the issue than in previous generations. Part of this increased attention has been the result of wider reporting. It is vital that we know what works and what doesn't when we approach the very real risk of child criminal exploitation. In November 2023, Action for Children launched its Jay Review to answer this question. To read their executive summary and the report itself, please follow the link below:
https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/our-work-and-impact/policy-work-campaigns-and-research/policy-reports/the-jay-review-of-criminally-exploited-children/
Additional Reminders
Please can I ask that if you have any students in your form or lessons that are not arriving to school, or missing from your lessons you continue to inform the attendance team and use the missing from lesson email. We must safeguard our students and know where they are.