Introduction to the Four Healthy Schools Themes
To become a Healthy School, you need to evidence how you have met the criteria in the following four core themes that make up National Healthy School Status. Across the four themes there will need to be evidence of how the whole school approach has been used in the process. Schools must demonstrate they have met the all the criteria in each of the themes.
- Personal, social and health education, including sex and relationship education and drug education (including alcohol, tobacco and volatile substance abuse). PSHE provides pupils with the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes to make informed decisions about their lives.
- Healthy eating. Pupils have the confidence, skills and understanding to make healthy food choices. Healthy and nutritious food and drink is available across the school day.
- Physical activity. Pupils are provided with a range of opportunities to be physically active. They understand how physical activity can help them to be more healthy, and how physical activity can improve and be a part of their everyday life.
- Emotional health and well-being. Promoting positive emotional health and well-being to help pupils understand and express their feelings, and build their confidence and emotional resilience and therefore their capacity to learn.
The four themes of the Healthy Schools Programmes reflect the five outcomes of “Every Child Matters: Change for Children in Schools” (2004), which sets out an approach to the wellbeing of children and young people which is needs-led and focused on improving outcomes from birth to age 19. The five outcomes are:
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Last modification: 08:46:01, 28th November, 2007 by Stephanie Mowbray
Review date: 25th February, 2008
