Transcript Every Child Matters

Every Child Matters
Support Services
Parents
and
Carers
Government
and
Councils
The Church
Community
Police and
Justice Systems
Every Child
Matters
Outside
Agencies SEN and Social
Teachers
and Educators
Families
Governors
Health
Professionals
Introduction
The Government's aim is for every child, whatever their
background or their circumstances, to have the support
they need to:
•be healthy
•stay safe
•enjoy and achieve
•make a positive contribution
•achieve economic well-being.
Taken from http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/about/aims/aims/
Reasons
In 2003 the Government published a Green Paper
called Every Child Matters. This was published
alongside the formal response to the report into
the death of Victoria Climbié, the young girl who
was horrifically abused and tortured, and
eventually killed by her great aunt and the man
with whom they lived.
How will it make things
better?
“The Green Paper built on existing plans to strengthen
preventative services by focusing on four key themes:
•Increasing the focus on supporting families and carers – the most
critical influence on children's lives.
•Ensuring necessary intervention takes place before children reach
crisis point and protecting children from falling through the net.
•Addressing the underlying problems identified in the report into
the death of Victoria Climbié – weak accountability and poor integration.
•Ensuring that the people working with children are valued, rewarded
and trained”
•(http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/about/background/background/)
Every Child Matters
….next Steps
• Tackling child poverty
• Ensuring children in disadvantaged areas have the
best possible start (Sure Start Children’s Centres)
• Working to raise Primary and Secondary standards
and increase the participation of post 16 learners
• Improving access to primary health care and
specialist services for children
• Reducing anti-social and offending behaviour
• Building strong and vibrant communities
• Agencies working together
Which leads us to ask
What do we want for our children?
Outcomes
For
Children
1. Be Healthy
3. Enjoy
and Achieve
2. Stay Safe
4.Make a Positive
Contribution
5. Achieve
Economic
Well-Being
What do these outcomes mean for the
school community?
1.
Healthy
Choices
Physical health
PE
After school
activities
Mental
and
Emotional Health
R.E.
PHSE
Healthy Lifestyles
Healthy eating
Healthy schools
Know about
harmful drugs
and substances
Science
Aware of their
changing bodies
Sex Education
What can we do to
make our children
more active?
Are our children
happy and
confident?
Do our children
have a balanced
diet?
Have our children
enough knowledge
to say no
Are our children
confident about
their bodies?
What do these outcomes mean for the
school community?
2.
Stay Safe
Safe from neglect
Pastoral care
Are we vigilant
as carers?
Safe from accidents
A safe environment
Risk Assessments
Safe from Bullying
School Policies
Playground Pals
School Council
Safe from crime
Behaviour in school
Moral well-being
Mutual respect
Assemblies
Feel Secure
Caring in school
School security
Is our school a
safe place to be?
Do children know
what to do
to keep safe?
How do we foster
mutual respect
and moral wellbeing?
Do our children
feel secure?
What do these outcomes mean for the
school community?
3.
Enjoy
and
Achieve
To be ready
for school
Pre-school visits
Contacts with parents
Come and
enjoy school
Opportunities to
be successful
What do we do
to prepare the
children?
How do we know
the children
like coming
to school?
Achieve their
potential
Setting targets
Quality teaching
and learning
Enjoy playing
Personal and
Social Development
Are our standards
good enough?
How do we teach
collaborative and
co-operative work
and play?
What do these outcomes mean for the
school community?
4.
Make a
Positive
Contribution
Be involved in
Decision – Making
School Council
Involvement
with Church
and Community
Model Positive
Behaviour
Set good examples
Represent the
school
Make choices
about behaviour
Positive choice
ethos
in the school
How do we enable
our children to
become involved?
How do our
children
represent the
school?
Do we use
the language
of choice?
Develop
Self-Confidence
Deal positively
with
life’s challenges
Be Inspirational
Take risks with ideas
and challenges
Problem Solving
Do we develop
the whole child?
Do we encourage
our children to
develop their
own ideas?
What do these outcomes mean for the
school community?
5.
Economic
Well-being
To have a say in
financial decisions
School Council and
Fund Raising
FSA – support through
family members
Do we involve
our children enough?
To have necessary
resources
School budgeting
and
Value for Money
Do the children have
good resources?
Is the school budget
giving value-for-money?
Support for low
income families
School support when necessary
Recognising
financial constraints
Does the school community
help those in need?
Implications for services
“This means that the organisations involved with
providing services to children – from hospitals and
schools, to police and voluntary groups – will be
teaming up in new ways, sharing information and
working together, to protect children and young
people from harm and help them achieve what they
want in life. Children and young people will have far
more say about issues that affect them as
individuals and collectively”
(http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/about/aims/aims/ )
application
Take 2 minutes. Think of a situation where a child
may need help from a variety of sources to :
•be healthy
•stay safe
•enjoy and achieve
•make a positive contribution
•achieve economic well-being.