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Sandwell Schoolhouse Health Nursing Vision Argument

Sandwell School Wellness Nurses will deliver services that are visible, accessible and confidential regardless of educational provision.

Delivering universal public health and ensuring early help and extra support is available to children and young people at the times when they need it.

The School Nursing team provides a consistent approach beyond the borough of Sandwell for children and young people age five to 19 attention school as well as those not attending school, those who are electively home educated and those attending alternative provisions across the authorisation.

All secondary schools have a named school health nurse (SHN) who works with a wider cluster of nurses offering back up across each of the towns in Sandwell inclusive of chief schools.

Schoolhouse Nurses will provide support and advice for a wide diverseness of wellness needs to support children and young people in reaching their total potential and accessing advisable education provision.  School Nurses will also signpost or refer on equally appropriate.

If you lot are e'er unsure if your referral is appropriate please do not hesitate to contact our Duty Nurse.  All referrals into the service are triaged and acted upon at the earliest opportunity and her contact details tin can be found nether the "contact" tab.

You can find out the latest updates from the team by post-obit them on social media:
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Team

Cheryl Newton
Grouping Director of Nursing for Women's and Child Wellness

Shawinder Basra-Dhillon
Operational Director/Clinical Atomic number 82

Heidi Ferrier-Hixon
School Nurse Team Leader

Joanne Toovey
Schoolhouse Nurse Team Leader

The team also comprises of band 5 and 6 nurses, healthcare support workers and admin support.

Services

Below are a number of services that you can admission. Click on the bar to read more.

Hear four U

We accept introduced the Hear 4 U sessions for all secondary schools across Sandwell. It is an opportunity for children and immature people to 'drop in' and speak to a nurse confidentially without the need for an engagement.

Primary school parent drop-in sessions

All main schools are offered the opportunity to run a primary schoolhouse parent drop in session which is facilitated past the support staff. They will be able to escalate whatever issues raised to the schoolhouse nurse. This isn't an alternative to accessing a GP surgery.

CHAT health

Chat Wellness is a text service enabling young people at secondary school to achieve out to our schoolhouse nurses to ask for assist nigh a range of bug, or make an appointment with one of our school nurses confidentially.

The service is for anyone aged 11-19 looking for advice on a wide range of bug such as bullying, emotional wellness and wellbeing, sexual health as well every bit illnesses. The service is available across Sandwell.

Through Chat Health, we tin can also link immature people into other local services including emotional support or sexual health services.

Conversation health works because it is:

• Confidential
• Quick and easy
• Bearding
• Non-judgemental

Schools tin signpost immature people to the Sandwell CHAT Health service through posters and cards or by passing the Sandwell CHAT Health number directly on.  To utilise the service text: 07480635486

SEND

Sandwell Schoolhouse Nursing supports children beyond the dominance regardless of education provision.  When there is an identified Send  the School nursing service my become involved in supporting schools to consider appropriate equipment, strategies and interventions in order to support a child's progress in reaching their full potential.

Schoolhouse Nurses will work alongside SEN Co-ordinator's (SENCO) and/or class teachers providing help and communication or supporting referral on to specialist services.

A School Nurse may besides be invited to support the Educational Health Care Plan process when advisable.

Back up for Health Education

School nurses deliver offer a core health didactics program to all primary schools  beyond the authority session offered are:

• Reception – Hand Washing and Tooth Brushing
• Year 3 – Salubrious Eating
• Year 5 – Puberty
• Year 6 – Transition / Healthy Relationships / Puberty (recap)

Toothbrushing

Teeth begin to develop before nascency and and then kickoff to button through the gums between the ages of six months and one twelvemonth (this process is called eruption). Children'southward teeth usually commencement to fall out when they are about vi years old. They are replaced by a set of 32 permanent teeth, which are too called secondary or adult teeth.

Unremarkably in school, this lesson is taught to all Reception Children merely due to COVID-19 restrictions this is currently postponed. Discussions take place effectually:

• Hash out healthy/unhealthy food and drinkable
• Enquire why it is of import to brush our teeth
• Ask how many times a twenty-four hours we should castor our teeth? (twice)
• Talk about the importance of visiting the dentist
• Allow children to ask questions
• We would then exercise some fun learning activities

Handy hints for talking well-nigh Toothbrushing

Looking later your child'southward teeth

Castor their teeth at least twice daily for about twice minutes with fluoride toothpaste.

Brush last thing at dark earlier bed and at least on one other occasion.

Brushing should be supervised by a parent or carer.

Utilise children's fluoride toothpaste containing no less than 1,000ppm of fluoride (check the label) or family unit toothpaste containing betwixt 1,350ppm and one,500ppm fluoride.

Use merely a pea-sized amount of toothpaste.

Spit out after brushing and don't rinse – if you rinse, the fluoride won't work equally well.

Helpful websites & resources

• https://www.nhs.united kingdom/alive-well/healthy-body/taking-care-of-childrens-teeth/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FTRwjqXCsc
• https://world wide web.youtube.com/watch?v=ES8DZk_OKz0

Signposting for support

NHS website have all the information you will need to help with your child's oral wellness. We advise for children to exist seen by a dentist twice a twelvemonth.

Hand washing

We all know the importance of handwashing. Below y'all will find information on how you can go children enjoying hand washing activities to help them reduce the gamble of spreading bacteria and viruses.

The best mode we tin reduce the spread of sickness bugs and harmful bacteria is by washing our hands – information technology is important children know this and are encouraged to regularly launder their hands with warm soap and water.

This lesson is commonly taught to all Reception Children in school simply due to COVID-nineteen restrictions this is currently postponed. Discussions accept identify around:

• What germs are
• Where germs live
• When we should wash our hands
• A demonstration of how germs are easily spread (using a glitter game, there is a link beneath showing you lot this)
• Empathise the right method of hand washing (Earth health organization method)

Handy hints for talking about hand washing with your children

Children love to visualise when being taught, information technology would be a swell tip for yous to try some of the games to get children talking about germs, how they are spread and how they tin stop them from spreading.

Before sitting down to consume dinner, enquire your children to wash their easily, this is a perfect opportunity to inform them it is of import to wash away any germs on their hands before putting their hands by their oral fissure. You can explicate this to them by explaining:

• Germs are tiny bugs that we cannot see with our own eyes, we need a microscope to see them
• Some germs can brand us poorly and we do non want children to go poorly, we want children to be happy and healthy who can go to school, learn and play with their friends
• Tell your children that germs live everywhere (on objects, floors, people, exterior, animals)
• Explain it is really important we wash our hands properly to continue germs abroad and continue children healthy
• Y'all can and then wash your easily together, using some of the helpful websites and resources linked beneath

Helpful websites and resources

Before allowing your child to view the below resources, information technology is important to call up you equally their parent/carer/guardian must view the resources prior to showing them so that you can ensure they are historic period and evolution advisable for your child.

Reward charts are great for immature children; click these links below to download your own:

• Reward chart – girl
• Reward chart – boy

 Children also reply well to watching other people wash easily or having a song to sing whilst washing their hands. The videos beneath can show yous how it can exist fun to wash your hands.

• Washy Washy Clean Song
• Paw washing sit-in (using the globe health system method)

Wellness for kids is a not bad website for parents and children to admission, there is data on paw washing and the importance of it, see the links below to access the site.

• Health for kids on handwashing (parents)
• Health for kids (for children)

Signposting for support

• If your child has very sensitive skin and cannot cope with sure hand wash, speak to your GP for advice.

Healthy Eating

The aim of this session is to discuss the health benefits of each of the sections of the Eatwell Guide Plate (which can be accessed below) and the recommended daily allowances of each food group.

This lesson is 'Healthy Eating' and is normally taught to all Twelvemonth 3 Children.  The points beneath are included within this session.

• Healthy Diet
• agreement calories
• planning salubrious meals
• the impacts of unhealthy diets
• healthy eating choices
• poor diet and health risk

Handy hints for talking almost Healthy Eating

It is important to take set meal times and eat together as a family and too to share the cooking/grooming with your children.

• Brand gear up times for meals and try to eat together equally a family.
• Get the kids involved in planning and preparing the meals. Possibly fifty-fifty go them involved in growing some vegetables.
• It's normal for children to be fussy eaters – that is, to not like the gustation, shape, color or texture of item foods. Feeding difficulties in children are very common. In fact, behaviours such every bit refusing new foods are a normal stage of a child'southward development. Try not to brand it a big issue if they are a picky eater as this may create more problems – just keep offering them a diversity of salubrious foods.  Children are likely to get less fussy as they get older. Ane day your kid will probably eat and enjoy a whole range of different foods.

·       If possible provide your child with options at meal times to encourage their independence. Limit to 2 options. For example, let them cull betwixt ii types of fruit or two sandwich fillings.

• Avert substituting uneaten meals with other foods; including milk, or yogurt. Your child volition soon acquire that this is the advantage for food refusal at meals.
• Children might be overwhelmed by a large portion of a food that'south unfamiliar or not their favourite.
• Endeavour not to make your child finish everything on the plate and void using developed-size plates for younger children equally it can be very daunting.
• For younger children perhaps brand the meals as a picture on the plate. Make it fun. Try chopping fruit and vegetables into faces or shapes; use them to make your own juices or healthy lollies.
• Children might be overwhelmed by a big portion of a food that'south unfamiliar or not their favourite.
• Children are also very influenced by their parents or carers. Be a good function model. If you dislike a food, try not to make negative comments.
• Offer rewards other than nutrient, such equally a favourite game, a trip to the park, stickers or stamps for their collection.

Helpful websites & resources

Parents are reminded to review these resource prior to allowing children to view them, to ensure they are appropriate for the kid'south age and development stage.  Please click on the post-obit links for more information.

• Healthy Eating
• Nutrient Groups and Nutrition
• Balanced Diet
• Game and Quiz
  (Nutrient for Thought Quiz, come up and plays the quiz on health for kids website)

Signposting for support

• https://world wide web.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/
• https://world wide web.healthforkids.co.uk/staying-healthy/eating-healthily/
• https://www.healthysandwell.co.uk/food-and-recipes/
• https://www.facebook.com/SandwellSN
• https://twitter.com/SandwellSN
• https://www.twinkl.co.united kingdom/resource/t-t-5468-my-healthy-eating-nutrient-periodical
• https://world wide web.sparklebox.co.united kingdom/3291-3300/sb3294.html

Puberty

All children should learn about what puberty is and the physical and emotional changes associated with it, in line with guidance issued by the Department of Education in 2019. This is especially for Year 5 pupils.

Puberty is something that anybody goes through and it is important that we are able to talk well-nigh information technology with our children. Children need to be able to talk to a trusted adult near their changes as they grow upward to enable them to place these changes and handle them in a safety and healthy way.

Sandwell Schoolhouse nurses hopes that the following information will enable yous to confidently back up your children'southward learning around puberty.

In Years 5 and six, Primary aged children will ordinarily receive a lesson in school nigh puberty but this may not occur at present due to COVID-nineteen restrictions. They would usually cover:

• Emotional and physical changes
• Trunk Conviction
• Where to become communication and back up

Handy hints for talking about Puberty:

Puberty can be a confusing time for children and then it is important that they are given an understanding of how their bodies volition change and the emotional touch on information technology may accept before it happens.

Lockdown has given parents the freedom to have these conversations in a safe infinite within your home and enables you to adapt the learning opportunity to accommodate the needs of you and your private child. Hither are some suggestions to assistance you if you decide to take this opportunity:

• It may be helpful to examine the topic using a familiar grapheme from a book, Television show or pic to explore how people may have different personal feelings beliefs and growing upwards and puberty.
• Try drawing a person (or allowing your child likewise) and getting your child to label body parts and emotional changers associated with puberty. This is a great way of assessing their current knowledge and agreement.
• Whilst a lot of families may accept their own names for body parts it is important for children to know the right terminology for them. Knowing the correct names tin aid go along them safe and take care of their health. Teach them the correct names such as penis, breasts, testicles, vulva and vagina etc
• Before you get-go to discuss with your child, explore a range of resources to gain ideas and identify those which you feel are most appropriate for your child. If the outset resource doesn't requite you lot the effect you want then you tin always endeavor another.
• Don't worry if you are saying too much or too little. They volition enquire if they want more than details. And if it's too advanced they will take abroad from information technology what they understood according to their level of maturity.
• If they enquire a question try to answer it. But if y'all don't know the respond and so be honest and say you don't know. Let them know that yous will notice out and come back to them. And then make sure yous do! Information technology teaches them not simply the reply to their question but also that they tin can come to yous with difficult questions and situations and that you volition support them.

Just remember…

Puberty is not ever the easiest of topics to hash out. It tin can exist embarrassing and tricky at times for both you lot and your kid. All the same, it is an of import and unavoidable part of growing upward. Try to make it as fun and light hearted every bit possible.

Helpful websites and resources

Before using any of the websites and resource beneath nosotros recommend that y'all review them to ensure they are suitable for your child'southward level of understanding and maturity.

All children will develop at their own charge per unit and their levels of understanding and maturity volition be private to them. Try to find resource to best suit them.

• Amaze: a great website providing a multitude of brusque historic period appropriate informative videos/data effectually puberty related topics including body changes, periods, etc
• BBC The Large Talk: a range of videos, including one with older principal children asking some common questions about puberty and body changes.
• Betty for Schools: lesson plans for 8 to 12 year olds that are linked to the national curriculum that support open up, honest and factual conversations regarding periods.
• Brook Learn: Free online learning around a range of topics including puberty for parents, carers, teachers etc
• Health promotion: includes videos about lots of different health topics, including puberty.
• Functioning Ouch: Puberty Special: a BBC product with 2 Doctors explaining the changes that occur during puberty.
• Outspoken education: free home schooling lessons and resources for different age ranges facilitating and supporting parents to have open discussions around tricky topics such as puberty and positive body image and healthy relationships.

For parents of children who may accept some boosted learning needs you may find the following resource helpful:

• Books beyond words: books designed to support parents of children with learning disabilities
• National Autistic Gild: excellent guidance on how to approach the topic of puberty with people on the Autistic Spectrum

Suggested books (if you prefer newspaper to screens):

• The Book Most Periods: For All Young People (Olivia Brinkley-Light-green) A useful book for young people, parents and teachers as well who want to larn virtually flow.
• The Period Book: Everything yous don't want to enquire merely need to know (Karen Gravelle). A useful volume examining periods, including the changes that occur both physically, emotionally and socially. It also includes word around associated topics such every bit dealing with spots, mood swings, etc
• Susan'southward Growing Up (Sheila Hollins and Valerie Sianson). A story well-nigh Susan a young girl with learning disabilities going through puberty.
• Hair in Funny Places (Babette Cole). Cartoons are used to explicate body changes in puberty.
• The Girls' Guide to Growing upwardly Corking: Changing Bodies, Periods, Relationships, Life online (Sophie Elkan) A clear, concise and empowering volume for girls regarding puberty and associated changes with advice from other women and girls.
• Questions Children Enquire and How to Answer Them (Miriam Stoppard). Written based on enquiry in kid development, this volume aims to provide age appropriate answers to a variety of questions that children may ask.
• Let'southward talk about the Bird and the Bees (Molly Potter). Clear linguistic communication used to cover a range of topics including puberty, consent, and relationships.
• Helping your Kids with Growing Up (Robert Winston). Cover a range of contemporary issues associated with puberty including mood swings, periods and 'breaking voices'. Also covers issues such equally social media and sexting.
• What's Happening to me? (Susan Meredith) A series of books regarding puberty and cooping with being a teenager.
• Information technology'south Perfectly Normal: Irresolute Bodies, Growing Upwardly, Sex and Sexual Health (Robert Harris) Roofing a variety of topics regarding growing upwardly including puberty, gender identity, sex, masturbation, birth and sexual abuse.

Emotional Wellness

It has been reported that there has been an increase in emotional and mental wellness difficulties in children aged five to 16 years. It has been identified that, three children in every classroom in the U.k. have some form of diagnosable emotional or mental health status. These include anxiety, depression, a carry disorder or an eating disorder.

The purpose of this session is to provide an insight into emotional wellbeing and mental health. The session aims to raise awareness on how to identify and access back up available.

Sandwell Schoolhouse Nursing squad hope this data will help you back up your child with their emotional and mental wellbeing.

Usually in schoolhouse

Throughout pedagogy, emotional and mental wellbeing is discussed inside the classroom. Schoolhouse establishments, will aim to highlight the importance of 'healthy' emotional and mental wellbeing. If concerns are identified, teaching staff and parents/carers can refer into our service. Sandwell schoolhouse nurses are able to provide support and signpost to specific agencies.

Handy hints for talking well-nigh emotional health

• Formulate a fashion to check in with your child about their worries and stress levels. For example: 'on a calibration of one to ten how stressed are you feeling? What is one thing that will bring that score closer to one?'
• Monitor any behavioural changes, such as becoming quiet and withdrawn.
• Notice if your child doesn't want to participate in activities that they commonly enjoy.
• Exist mindful when children get irritated or violent; attempt to recognise their feelings and ready boundaries without condign angry back.
• Be present at parents' evenings at school, or any later on-schoolhouse clubs where possible, to establish how your child is coping.
• Ask family members and close friends to let you lot know if your kid appears 'different', sometimes they notice things that parents/carers don't.
• If you go worried about your kid's mental health, you can contact Sandwell school nurses, GP or any local organisations.

Helpful websites and resources

Sandwell school nurses recommend that parents/carers review this YouTube resource before sharing it with your child. This is to ensure that it is suitable for your child's level of maturity and understanding. We recognise that each kid is a unique individual and all children mature at different rates.

Transition

The Sandwell School Nursing Team hopes this information will assist you with informing and supporting your kid through their Transition from Primary School to High School.

The purpose of this session is to provide an insight into the Transition process from Main School to High School. The session aims to raise sensation on how to identify and access back up available.  By the finish of the session your kid should accept an increased awareness & knowledge of what is involved in the transition from Master School to High School.

Moving from Primary School to High School is an exciting time of life but for many children it can besides be a daunting prospect. A new, much bigger school can offering greater independence and a globe of opportunity. However it as well ways new teachers, new subjects and potentially a whole new set of friends.

Usually, your child will be provided with a session from the school nurses in Year half-dozen where they learn about the transition process.  Sandwell School Nurses are able to provide support and signpost to specific agencies.

Due to COVID-nineteen nosotros cannot currently provide this service in school then this is a great opportunity for yous to go through this session with your child to help them learn what they usually would from the states.

Handy hints for talking to your child about Transition:

• Do a do run of their journey to schoolhouse so they feel familiar and confident enough to practise it themselves.
• Wait at the schoolhouse'due south website or handbook to check what equipment your child needs ahead of their kickoff day.
• Show your confidence in your child so that they believe in their own confidence. Avert taking over tasks that they can do themselves – it can sometimes be difficult to concur back on the help!
• Go your child to make a listing of things they like about themselves, making sure they identify the attributes behind those qualities.
• Don't let your worries become their worries.
• Don't let them feel unsafe because you are constantly talking about prophylactic.
• Prepare them for all of the new and fun opportunities that they'll accept by talking to them nigh clubs and activities and encourage them to explore what'southward available.
• Increase the independence that you lot requite them over the summer holidays or even their last months at primary school then that the jump to loftier schoolhouse feels natural.
• Let them know that should they need you lot, you are in that location for them and volition assistance them no affair what.

Helpful websites & resources:

Sandwell school nurses recommend that parents/carers review this YouTube resources earlier sharing it with your child. This is to ensure that it is suitable for your child's level of maturity and understanding. We recognise that each child is a unique individual and all children mature at unlike rates.

• https://www.ucl.ac.united kingdom/pals/sites/pals/files/feedback_for_parents.pdf (parent information)
• https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/sites/pals/files/feedback_to_pupils.pdf (pupil information)
• https://youngminds.org.u.k./resource/schoolhouse-resources/find-your-feet-transitioning-to-secondary-school/
• https://world wide web.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zh4wy9q/starting-secondary-school/1
• https://world wide web.youtube.com/scout?v=kFpVOIpeksk

Patient Information

For more data well-nigh Chat Health sentinel the video below:

The Sandwell School Nursing team take created a series of storytime videos that parents can enjoy watching with their children.

Watch them below:

Christmas Special:

Contacts

A duty nurse is available Monday to Friday to answer full general enquiries. You tin contact the duty nurse by calling 0121 612 2974 or emailing the service at swbh.shnsandwell@nhs.net

The service is based at the following accost:

Blackheath Library
145 Loftier Street
Blackheath,
Rowley Regis
B65 0EA

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Source: https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/services/school-nursing/

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