Kirklees Healthy School Standard

This year our school is working towards achieving this standard

Your support and ideas are greatly appreciated

What does the KHSS involve?

		What do we want to achieve
Standard 1	Whole School Awareness	To ensure all stakeholders (parents, staff, pupils, governors) are made aware each half term of the schools milestones in the process leading towards KHSS accreditation
		HOW ???? Half termly Achievement Assemblies School website Class/ school council meetings Regular newsletter update
Standard 2	PSHCE Programme (Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship Education)	By February 2005 the PSHCE curriculum is revised to ensure that the programme demonstrates continuity and progression and reflects the Kirklees PSHCE Toolkit for teachers To further develop the PSHCE curriculum and increase involvement of outside agencies in supporting the work of the school. The PSCHE programme includes increased use of outside agencies to support and enhance the PSHCE curriculum
		HOW ???? Refine the scheme of work to incorporate the Kirklees toolkit units -Develop planning procedures to ensure coverage continuity and progression -Liase with catering service to support class work on healthy eating - tasting sessions / Munch visits -Encourage other visits and visitors - eg. people who help us / school nurse/ community policeman
Standard 3	Smoke Free Environment	By December 2004 pupils in KS 2 know, understand and can explain the importance of smoke free spaces
		HOW ???? Discussions with pupils as part of the PSHCE curriculum
Standard 4	Healthy Eating	By starting a "Healthy Hut" (tuck shop) each day, pupils have an increased awareness of eating healthy foods To increase the number of children bringing/ eating a healthy snack at break time To increase the number of children choosing a healthy option at lunchtime To improve dining room facilities by February 2005
		HOW ???? Staff meeting agenda item, to discuss healthy options available to staff - Pupil questionnaire to gauge opinion re. Dining facilities, food choices, space and organisation -Posters/ displays promoting healthy choices -Lunch on Us day/ tasting sessions -Ideas/ costings to revamp dining area -Audit contents of lunch boxes -Leaflets for parents / information re healthy food
Standard 5	Safe, Clean and Stimulating Environment	Visitors have an improved understanding of the layout of the school, by having access to a plan in the prospectus and reception area By February 2005 improvements are made to the toilet areas creating a pleasant area for children to use
		HOW ???? -School plan included in prospectus and displayed in Reception area -School/ class council discuss improvements to toilet facilities -Research costing involved in upgrading toilets
Standard 6	Community Involvement	To consult and involve parents and carers with the KHSS process- in particular a. Healthy Eating b. Dining Room and Toilet improvements c. Green Travel Plan
		HOW ???? -Agenda item at Parents in partnership meetings - minutes with opportunities for comments sent to all parents -Develop Working task groups -Updates through newsletters/ notice board
Standard 7	Pupil Wellbeing	By achieving Investors in Pupils by February 2005, pupils will have become more involved, part of and participating in school life
		HOW ???? - Plan with staff - Audit pupils current understanding -Develop plan to detail actions and activities
Standard 8	Physical Education and Physical Activity	As part of the Spen Valley School Sports Coordinator programme the school will achieve Activemark status (time scale set by SSCO) The school has a Green Travel plan in place
		HOW ???? -Work alongside the SSCO programme -Raise awareness of a Green Travel Development Plan and surrounding issues and share ideas with parents /carers/ staff/ pupils and governors
Standard 9	Staff Health and Wellbeing	The school has appointed a well-being coordinator A policy has been drawn up with evidence of whole staff involvement Issues raised in the staff questionnaire are raised and discussed
		HOW ???? Develop an action plan with all staff to improve on the issues highlighted in the questionairre