CEOP has released a new resource created to help develop understanding around healthy relationships and unhealthy behaviours for children aged 12-14 to help protect them from harmful sexual behaviour both off and online.Respecting me, you, us – RSE lessons (thinkuknow.co.uk)
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT CHILD ONLINE SAFETY CAMPAIGN
On Tuesday (8th February 2022) the Scottish Government launched its national Child Online Safety campaign.
The campaign aims to increase awareness of the importance of online safety to parents and carers of children aged 8-11 year olds, and reassure and inform them that the skills they apply offline to help keep their children safe can be used to protect them online too.
The campaign provides practical advice for parents and guardians on how to check and monitor their child’s online activity by speaking regularly about online safety and taking an interest in what they do online; discussing and agreeing boundaries; setting safety measures. The campaign also provides clear signposting for parents and children towards additional support.
The campaign includes Digital TV and radio coverage, social media activity, website advertising, and press coverage. A supporting hub at parentclub.scot/online-safety is packed with practical ideas and advice for parents to feel more confident and informed on the steps they can take to keep their children safer online.
A stakeholder toolkit can be found here – https://www.parentclub.scot/online-safety/partner-resources. It sets out simple ways in which partner organisations can further support the campaign. This includes suggested social media posts, newsletter copy, a parental safety sheet and a parent/child conversation tool.
Scottish Government are asking for your support to help get these important messages to families throughout Scotland by simply downloading the resources relevant to your organisation and sharing them across your communications channels.
Frank Martin and Jenny Stenton have led this work for the Scottish Government and are happy to answer any questions you may have. Contact Jenny at Jennifer.Stenton@gov.scot
To access resource links to each event, please click on the three dots underneath the book and select ‘download PDF ‘. Once downloaded, the ‘book’ will contain clickable links. Please note that FVWL RIC is not responsible for the content on these external sites. Please be aware that some of the resources are not prepared by the organisations yet so, in using some links you may be taken to 2021 resources for a flavour of what the day is about.
If you don’t wish to download the ‘book’ the links are provided below.
February 2022–
National Heart Month (1-28) https://www.bhf.org.uk/what-we-do/news-from-the-bhf/news-archive/2015/january/take-10-minutes-to-change-your-life-this-heart-month
Time to Talk Day (3) –https://timetotalkday.co.uk/
World Cancer Day (4)- https://www.worldcancerday.org/
Safer Internet Day (8)- https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2022/educational-resources
Children’s Mental Health Week (7-13)- https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/
Eating Disorder Awareness Week (28 Feb- 6 Mar)- https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/get-involved/nedawareness
MARCH
Ovarian Cancer Awareness (1-31) –
https://ovarian.org.uk/march-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month/
Prostate Cancer Awareness (1-31) –
https://prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved
No Smoking Day (9) https://www.ashscotland.org.uk/what-we-do/campaign/no-smoking-day/
Nutrition and Hydration Week (14-20) –
https://nutritionandhydrationweek.co.uk/
World Sleep Day (18) https://worldsleepday.org/
World Oral Health Day (20) https://www.worldoralhealthday.org/
World Bipolar Day (30) https://www.rethink.org/get-involved/awareness-days-and-events/world-bipolar-day/
APRIL
Stress Awareness Month (1-30) https://www.stress.org.uk/national-stress-awareness-month/
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month (1-30) https://www.aacr.org/patients-caregivers/awareness-months/testicular-cancer-awareness-month/#:~:text=April%20is%20Testicular%20Cancer%20Awareness%20Month.,cure%20all%20forms%20of%20cancer.
World Autism Awareness Day (2) https://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/raise-money/world-autism-acceptance-week-2022
World Health Day (7) https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2022/en/
On your feet Britain (28) https://onyourfeetday.com/
MAY
National Walking Month (1-31) https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/national-walking-month
UK Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week (4-9) https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/event/2022-05-03/maternal-mental-health-awareness-week
Mental Health Awareness Week (3-9) https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/news/mental-health-foundation-announces-loneliness-theme-mental-health-awareness-week-2022
Sun Awareness Week (3-9) https://ukpublichealthnetwork.org.uk/events/sun-awareness-week-2022-05-06/
Deaf Awareness Week (3-8) https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/event/2022-05-04/deaf-awareness-week
Global Hand Hygiene Day (5) https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hand-hygiene-day/2022
Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week (9-13) https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/equality-diversity-and-human-rights-week-2021
Global Accessibility Day (19) https://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/
JUNE
LGBT Pride Month (1-30) https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/pride-month/
Bike Week (6-12) https://www.cyclinguk.org/bikeweek
Carers Week (7-12) https://www.carersweek.org/
Men’s Health Week (13-19) https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/mhw
Healthy Eating Week (13-17) https://www.nutrition.org.uk/healthy-eating-week/#:~:text=Healthy%20Eating%20Week%202022%20will,Why%20Healthy%20Eating%20Week%3F
Diabetes Awareness Week (14-19) https://ukpublichealthnetwork.org.uk/events/diabetes-week-2022-06-10/
National Smile Month (May 16 -Jun 15) https://www.dentalhealth.org/national-smile-month
National Clean Air Day (17) https://www.actionforcleanair.org.uk/campaigns/clean-air-day
Autistic Pride Day (18)- https://embrace-autism.com/autistic-pride-day/
JULY
Thank You Day (3) https://thankyouday.org.uk/
National Schizophrenia Awareness Day (25) https://www.rethink.org/get-involved/awareness-days-and-events/national-schizophrenia-awareness-day/#:~:text=National%20Schizophrenia%20Awareness%20Day%20on,UK%20and%20millions%20more%20worldwide.
AUGUST
World Breastfeeding Week (1-7) https://waba.org.my/wbw/
Cycle to Work Day (4) https://nationaltoday.com/cycle-work-day/#:~:text=CYCLE%20TO%20WORK%20DAY%20%2D%20August%206%2C%202022%20%2D%20National%20Today
SEPTEMBER
Know Your Numbers Week (6-12) https://www.bloodpressureuk.org/know-your-numbers/know-your-numbers-week/
National Fitness Day (TBC) https://www.nationalfitnessday.com/
World Suicide Prevention Day (10) https://www.rethink.org/get-involved/awareness-days-and-events/world-suicide-prevention-day/
International Day of Sign Language (23) https://www.un.org/en/observances/sign-languages-day
OCTOBER
Stoptober (1–31) https://www.blf.org.uk/take-action/campaign-with-us/stoptober
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (1- 31) https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/node/330411
National Cholesterol Month (1-31) https://ukpublichealthnetwork.org.uk/events/national-cholesterol-month-2022-10-01/
Back Care Awareness week (3-7) https://backcare.org.uk/event/2022-back-care-awareness-week/#:~:text=October%203%20%2D%20October%207
World Mental Health Day (10) https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-mental-health-day
National Work Life Balance Week (10-14) https://workingfamilies.org.uk/nationalworklifeweek/
Coming Out Day (11) https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/why-do-we-need-national-coming-out-day
World Menopause Day (18) https://menomartha.com/health-topic/world-menopause-day-2022/
International Stammering Awareness Day (22) https://www.thereisadayforthat.com/holidays/united-kingdom/international-stuttering-awareness-day
NOVEMBER
Men’s Health (1-30) https://uk.movember.com/mens-health/general
International Stress Awareness Week (1-5) https://isma.org.uk/isma-international-stress-awareness-week
Talk Money Week (9-12) https://maps.org.uk/talk-money-week/
Alcohol Awareness Week ( 11-16) https://alcoholchange.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/alcohol-awareness-week-1
Trans Awareness Week (13-19) https://www.stonewall.org.uk/our-work/campaigns/happy-trans-awareness-week
Anti-bullying Week (14-18) https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week#:~:text=ABA%20are%20official%20organisers%20of,be%20launched%20in%20May%202022.
Self-Care Week (TBC) https://www.selfcareforum.org/events/self-care-week/
16 Days of Action Against Domestic Violence (25 Nov – 10 Dec) https://16daysofaction.co.uk/
DECEMBER
World Aids Day (1) https://www.worldaidsday.org/
National Grief Awareness Week (2-8) https://www.thegoodgrieftrust.org/ngaw/
International Day of People with Disabilities (3) https://idpwd.org/
#PurpleLightUpDay (3) https://www.purplespace.org/purple-light-up/get-involved
Safer Internet Day 8th February 2022
Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, and to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively. Safer Internet Day is celebrated in over a hundred countries coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network, with the support of the European Commission, and national Safer Internet Centres across Europe
The UK Safer Internet Centre co-ordinates Safer Internet Day for the UK on an annual basis. They promote Digital Safety through a themed campaign.
This year the focus of their action centres around ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’. Safer Internet Day 2022 is on 8th February 2022
Some resources you may like to explore are shared below.
https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2022 U
https://www.saferinternetday.org/en-GB/ U
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/ U
https://www.netsmartzkids.org/ P
https://www.commonsense.org/education/SEL U
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ U
https://projectevolve.co.uk/about/ U
https://safety.google/families/ U
https://www.pacey.org.uk/working-in-childcare/spotlight-on/online-safety E
https://tinyurl.com/y99t6sdz U
Videos-
Detecting Lies Online- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFdUBjtE45Y OP/YS
Staying Safe on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX1XeJLopbg OP/YS
What can you trust online?- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXYJMrZL-w P
Online Safety Tips- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrln8nyVBLU OP/YS
CyberSecurity- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOtQ21hXJ7k OP/YS
Protective Behaviours – Online safety and learning disabilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nzwFsw5Tn0 A
Online Safety & Sexting – Just Send it- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7z6lMbL3mw S
For very general guidance, the resources have been categorised in the following way-
E– Early P– Primary Resources OP/YS– Older Primary/Younger Secondary S- Secondary A-Additional Support Needs U– Universal
Central E-Safety Partnership has transformed into WIZE – Digital Wellbeing
The Health and Wellbeing work stream within our RIC has taken on the hosting of online safety resources from the ‘Central E-safety Partnership’ blog and Facebook page, which will soon both close. The Partnership has now been rebranded as ‘WIZE- Digital Wellbeing’ and can be accessed here within our FVWL RIC blog space.
WIZE is made up of representatives of Police Scotland, and Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and West Lothian Councils, as well as Further Education and Higher Education and third-sector organisations serving the Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and West Lothian Council areas.
WIZE will continue to help celebrate positive and safe uses of the Internet, mobile and digital technology, to reduce online and e-crime and risk of harm to children, young people, adults, and vulnerable groups in the Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and West Lothian Council areas.
We are currently migrating relevant resources to the WIZE blog area and will also be adding fresh ones, so please check back regularly for up-to-date online safety resources and best practice ideas.
Collaboration
Our RIC is built on a culture of collaboration. We welcome any sharing of resources or best practice with regards to online safety to disseminate across our four local authorities. You are the innovators, so we really want to hear what you have been doing to promote digital wellbeing. Contact us using the forms on the Digital Wellbeing landing page and use our hashtag #FVWLwize in your Tweets to highlight the great work you are doing!
Webinars on Teen Sleep during COVID-19
These webinars are a partnership production between the Emerging Minds Network and The Mental Elf and were recorded on 27 May 2020. They were delivered by experts in the field who shared their knowledge and experience and answered questions during the webinars. The aim of the webinars were to share what research says about sleep and mental wellbeing in children and young people and to explore the potential practical implicationsfor families. There are 3 available through the link below, the 3rd one is a combination of the first 2 along with a question and answer session. https://emergingminds.org.uk/podcast-teen-sleep-during-covid-19/
SeeMe: Mental Health – Stigma and Discrimination module
A resource from SeeMeScotland helping young people to understand mental health and have a more positive attitude towards dealing with it.
Transferring the Emotional Load webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGR69hYvfw0&feature=youtu.be
HWB Recovery Plan Webinar (West Lothian): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSr41GUOf2g
‘We all have mental health: an introduction for teachers’, to provide teachers with an introduction to mental health; equip them with the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond to a pupil who is experiencing a mental health problem; and lead a conversation about positive mental health.
Free Stress Management Course (NHS Fife):
This is an online and modified version of Step on Stress for managing our stress and anxiety during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This online resource has four sessions 1) Introduction and Wellbeing 2) Managing Your Body 3) Managing Unhelpful Behaviours 4) Managing Your Thoughts. To get the maximum benefit of this online course, we would encourage everyone to watch each of the four sessions in the running order (1-4).
Key resources to support the mental health and wellbeing of you and your staff members. Includes sections on managing stress, coping and resilience.
This video resource exemplifies young people from early to senior phase self-reporting about their health and wellbeing. They describe and illustrate the skills, knowledge and capabilities they have in relation to health and wellbeing experiences and outcomes which are the responsibility of all.
Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing
The Mental Health Foundation Scotland, Digital Bricks Learning and Children’s Health Scotland have created a Professional Learning Resource for Scottish Government in Mental Health and Wellbeing. It has been designed for all staff working in schools across Scotland. It is open access and available to anyone who may find it of benefit.
NHS Forth Valley Self Help Guides
Self help guides covering a range of topics including: self harm, anxiety, stress, sleeping, panic and food for thought.
Mental Health Foundation – Make it Count:
This guide is for teachers to help them create a classroom and school environment where children can thrive with good mental health.
Free podcast from The Centre on the Developing Child at Harvard University. The first guest of this special series is Centre Director Dr. Jack Shonkoff. He and host Sally Pfitzer discuss how to support healthy child development during a pandemic, including the importance of caring for caregivers. They also talk about what we’ve already learned as a result of the coronavirus, and what we hope to continue learning.
Meditation and Sleep Made Simple – Headspace App
An app to help you be: Less stressed. More resilient. Happier. It all starts with just a few minutes a day.
A free app designed to help teens and young adults cope with anxiety.
Meditation techniques to aid with stress and sleep.
Apps to Support Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
This is a collection of apps that are designed to support young people, adults and families with their mental health and well-being. If you click on the image it will open the app site in a new window. Some of these do need a paid subscription to use them while others have been made freely available during the Covid situation
Clear Fear app
The fear of threat, or anxiety makes you want to fight it or run away. Instead, face your fear with the free, Clear Fear app and learn to reduce the physical responses to threat as well as changing thoughts and behaviours and releasing emotions. The app was developed for teenage mental health charity stem4
by Dr Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, and uses the evidence-based treatment Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).The app can be personalised and can track progress and notice change. You can download the app, and the guide on using it during Covid-19, on the website below.
No Knives Better Lives Videos and Audio
Knife Violence Prevention Scotland – No Knives Better Lives. NKBL is a Scottish national programme that aims to deter young people from carrying knives. It is a collaboration between Scottish Government and YouthLink Scotland (the national agency for youth work in Scotland).
Treehouse is an online education platform full of interactive, inspirational and confidence, boosting modules to support schools, their teachers, and pupils to be the best version of themselves. Designed by the team of psychologists, teachers and motivation experts at Tree of Knowledge. Treehouse offers a unique, fun and flexible way to support the mental health and wellbeing of staff and pupils, and increase motivation and creativity. Subscription required
Resources from Australia: For students, learning how to support their peers and talk about how they feel is an important life lesson, so where better to start than in the classroom? These resources for primary, secondary and tertiary educators and institutions will help students everywhere start a conversation.
Support for schools and children to cope with bereavement
These resources are designed to help you spark conversation and inspire action among children and young people in your setting. For maximum impact they should be used as far as possible within a whole-setting approach to anti-bullying.
Information, lesson plans, powerpoints, animations for staff to lead discussions around mental health
Access learning and activity resources, aimed at teachers, to bring the issues Oxfam works on to life, both in the classroom and the wider community.
These curriculum-linked activities, sessions and teaching packages are ideal for PSHE, Citizenship, English, Art, Geography and informal learning time. They help primary learners develop empathy with others, learn to help others, develop their resilience and gain many other life skills.
Hands on provides help and practical advice for supporting children and young people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.
Better Eating Better Learning
Guidance to support schools and all stakeholders to work in partnership to make improvements in school food and food education
A web based source of information and support for young people and their families on a number of health related topics.
Resources and information on a range of topics associated with teenage cancer
Mental Health Foundation- Make it Count
This guide is for teachers to help them create a classroom and school environment where children can thrive with good mental health.
Our guide for educators will help you teach important road safety messages to children age 2-18 and meet curriculum goals. Free sign up required to access the resources
Child Exploitation and Online Protection command. Information for keeping young people safe online
Knife Violence Prevention Scotland – No Knives Better Lives. NKBL is a Scottish national programme that aims to deter young people from carrying knives. It is a collaboration between Scottish Government and YouthLink Scotland (the national agency for youth work in Scotland).
Resources to support teaching about anti-sectarian behaviour in Scotland. Includes the opportunity for a free school workshop for pupils.
Exploring why people can become bullies and how we can prevent this
DEAL is a free resource for teachers and other educational professionals designed to help develop resilience in young people.
motional Resilience Toolkit provides practical guidance in promoting the resilience of young people as part of an integrated health and wellbeing programme.
NHS information site on anxiety in children
This resource includes sections on how to spot signs of anxiety and gives tips on how to help. There are useful links to films on building self-esteem in children and to another website that explains relaxation techniques to use with children.
Falkirk Educational Psychology Service
This Blog is intended to provide practitioners working in Falkirk with easy access to materials, links and advice that will assist in their assessment and intervention.
The materials and guidance section provides useful resources and we publish information on how we deliver a service in Falkirk, including our training courses in the service delivery section.
Coping skills for children and young people.
This website provides strategies used by child therapists for calming anxiety, including ideas to calm down, books to read and videos that can help.
Find information about how to look after your emotional wellbeing, support from organisations around Scotland and tips on how to promote a positive mindset.
On Edge aims to tackle the myths that surround self harm, reduce the stigma associated with it by increasing understanding of its function, reduce the barriers to help seeking by raising awareness of sources of support and promote a consistent humane response to a behaviour which is a manifestation of distress.
Information and exercises relating to self-esteem and body image
A whole-school program from P1 to S2, Bounce Back! provides students with practical strategies and life skills to handle challenges and adversity encountered.
This lesson and accompanying film explores the issue of cyberbullying with an LGBT focus. Through the toolkit activities students will define cyberbullying and recognise examples of it; exploring when actions have crossed the line. In addition to this there is clear signposting to advice and support on how to respond to and deal with issues of cyberbullying.
Information, lesson plans, powerpoints, animations for staff to lead discussions around mental health
DEAL is a free resource for teachers and other educational professionals designed to help develop resilience in young people.
Our guide for educators will help you teach important road safety messages to children age 2-18 and meet curriculum goals
Direct link to the presentations available for knife crime prevention work with young people
ShunBurn – Teenage Cancer Trust
Protecting skin and avoiding skin cancer. Register for a free downloadable teacher resource pack
STOP Stigma – Cornwall Healthy Schools
STOP Stigma aims to increase students’ awareness of stigma linked to mental health problems, the role of the language in stigma and increasing knowledge and understanding of mental health problems
Rise Above – Department of Education England:
There are resources covering the following areas, however, these are based around Key Stages 3 & 4 as rather than CfE: Social media, Sleep, Dealing with change, Transition to secondary school, Puberty, Bullying and cyberbullying, Smoking, Online stress and FOMO, Alcohol, Exam stress, Body image in a digital world and Forming positive relationships
Place2Be has put together a series of resources focused on community recovery, to help headteachers and school staff start to bring their schools back together following recent challenging times. Drawing on themes including hope, gratitude and connectedness, these assembly and class activity ideas are intended as a universal resource for all children, and staff are invited to use them as starting points to promote emotional wellbeing and resilience for all.
By learning facts about mental health, young people will be able to explore and challenge their own values and attitudes to mental health. This learning activity is based on third/fourth level experiences and outcomes.
Young people will learn about the importance of sleep in maintaining positive wellbeing and health.e.
Young people will be encouraged to investigate ways to improve the quality of their sleep to maintain positive wellbeing and health.
They will learn information and techniques to help them get a great night’s sleep.
How Much Quality Sleep Do I Get?
Young people will be encouraged to think about their own sleep patterns and how they can make slight changes which may have a significant impact on their wellbeing and health.
Dealing with different challenging situations can cause a range of short and longer term emotional responses for everyone at times. This activity helps young people to identify coping strategies to help them to manage when they face challenging personal circumstances.
Dealing with different challenging situations can cause a range of short and longer term emotional responses for everyone at times. This activity helps young discuss using a sensory or self-soothe box as a strategy to help cope with difficult personal circumstances.
Dealing with different challenging situations can cause a range of emotional responses, including anger, for everyone at times. This activity helps young people to think about the kinds of things that make people angry and ways to cope with these often intense feelings.
Here you will find some ideas to support you to design an activity to help young people to explore the kinds of things that people worry about at different stages in their life.
Here you will find some ideas to support you to design an activity to help young people to think about the differences between worry, stress and anxiety.
This activity helps young people to explore the different ways that people cope with feelings of worry and anxiety. It also helps them to reflect on how well they themselves cope.
