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6.2 Explain the role of schools in national policies relating to children, young people and families
The Every Child Matters paper set out a national agenda and plan with the aim of providing more services that were accessible for the needs of children, young people and families which stated that schools and other child care providers must demonstrate ways that they could work towards each of the outcomes. The 5 key aims and intentions were:
• Be healthy: schools need to play a leading part in health education towards children and young people which includes questioning the significance of snacks and the nutritional contents of school meals, as well as enabling children to enjoy a good physical and mental health by being part of a healthy lifestyle. Let’s Get Cooking and the Allotment project are both ways in which Ickworth has encouraged children to learn about healthy eating and where food comes from. Recently in PE the children have taken part in a “Skip to be fit” scheme too.
• Stay safe: a survey among 11~16 year olds in mainstream schools claimed that almost 46% had been the victim of some form of bullying, in order to break these statistics it is vital that pupils need to feel that they are being protected in school, in order for schools to do this they must continue to make behaviour management and anti bullying an significant issue.
• Enjoy and achieve: in order for students to get the most out of life and develop the necessary skills for adulthood children and young people must enjoy their lives and achieve their potential. In order for schools to assist with this they must make improvements in failings across different groups and unauthorised absences that are unacceptable.
• Positive Contribution: children and young people need to be involved in their community rather than involve themselves in anti social behaviour. Schools can teach children the ethics of social responsibility and a feeling of ‘belonging’ by providing link to a pupils own community and how they can become a part of it. Ickworth enjoys strong links with the community, shown by its allotment project, recent farmers market and the Christmas Light up, among other things.
• Economic well-being: children and young people with parents who are unemployed or existing on low incomes must be encouraged to aspire to a better career and lifestyle for themselves. Schools can develop strategies to enable all pupils to reach their full potential.
Change4life: this campaign launched to the public on 3 January 2009 and urged the public to ‘Eat well, move more and live longer’. The program developed many resources designed for use at school events and activities suitable for key stages 1- 4. Schools can intiaite and take part in suggested activities and/or distribute literature.
Every Child a Talker (ECaT) was a national project to develop the language and communication of children from birth to five years of age. The project was set up after concern about the high levels of ‘language impoverishment’ in the UK, and how this affects children’s progress in school and chances in life. The scheme aims to increase the skills of early years specialists in creating a “language rich setting”. With Ickworth Park now taking children at an earlier age their role in implementing this policy has increased.
Literacy Hour: this was introduced by the National Literacy Strategy in the Framework for Teaching and comprised a daily English lesson with a very specific structure. The publication of the renewed Framework for Teaching 2006 continued to promote the daily teaching of literacy but with far greater flexibility.
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