Resource Hub

• Eat Well Guide: a visual resource that can be used to explain a balanced diet and how much you should eat overall from each food group see below.

The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Team have created guidance to support schools to develop their own Food & Healthy Eating Policy. Please find the document below

• Allergy Guidance for schools: practical advice and resources to help schools manage allergy risks.

• Checklist for headteachers: to help improve school food culture and increase the take up of school dinners.
• This is a checklist of successful actions for schools. It includes specific actions that improve school food culture and increase take-up of school dinners.

• Food a fact of life: A range of free teaching resources to use for children and young people aged 3-16yrs to highlight where food comes from, cooking and healthy eating.
• Food a fact of life: Great resources to support teaching and learning about food and nutrition for children with additional needs.

A useful guide for school staff around understanding and supporting young people who self-harm.

This practical guidance and toolkit on managing self-harm was produced for schools in Cornwall, but it brings together a variety of information on self-harm including the signs, assessing risk and signposting to more advice.

This guideline covers assessment, management and preventing recurrence for children, young people and adults who have self-harmed. It includes those with a mental health problem, neurodevelopmental disorder or learning disability and applies to all sectors that work with people who have self-harmed....

The Centre for Suicide Research together with colleagues has produced a new resource on Self-harm for School Staff - 'Young people who self-harm: A guide for school staff.'

• The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Team have created guidance to support schools to develop their own Physical Activity Policy. Please find the document below.

Lots of tips, information and advice on how to support children's mental health.

Here parents and carers can access a range of advice from an A-Z guide to support, parents survival guide, starting a conversation with your child and more.

The Department for Education (DfE) twilight webinars March 2022 can be used to help tackle sexual abuse and harassment in schools and explain the role of statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE).

Also includes slide decks and useful links.

The Department for Education (DfE) twilight webinars March 2022 can be used to help tackle sexual abuse and harassment in schools and explain the role of statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE).

Also includes presentation slides and useful links.

The Department for Education (DfE) twilight webinars March 2022 can be used to help tackle sexual abuse and harassment in schools and explain the role of statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE).

Presentation slides and useful links also included.

The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Team have created guidance to support schools to develop their own PSHE/R(S)E Policy. Please find the document below.

The Leicestershire Healthy Schools Team have created guidance to support schools to develop their own PSHE/R(S)E Policy. Please find the document below.

Pregnant pupils guidance for schools has been developed to help Leicestershire & Rutland schools to manage the support and reintegration of pregnant pupils and school aged parents. Find the guidance below.

This policy is designed to promote a positive ethos of good behaviour in which children can work and play well together with other people.

A guide for primary headteachers setting out why they must engage parents on their school's relationships education policy and tips on how to do so.

Information to help school leaders plan, develop and implement the new statutory curriculum.

Statutory guidance about the support that pupils with medical conditions should receive at school.

Support and training materials for schools to help train teachers on relationships, sex and health education.

Information about the IRC's Healing Classrooms Approach.

The aim of this activity is to allow pupils to reflect and explore ways to respond to a tragic incident or events.

Guidance for parents and staff about how to talk to children about the war in Ukraine.

Guidance for parents about talking to children about terrorism and war.

An activity which uses the five ways of wellbeing and can be used to help children cope with world conflict.

Help for teachers and families to talk to pupils about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and how to help them avoid misinformation.

An audit tool around staff wellbeing which can be used in schools.