TITLE OF DEVELOPING PRACTICE EXAMPLE
Flourish
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Digitize Pathways in partnership with Tablet academy Scotland and Co.Lab Hub
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CONTEXT / BACKGROUND
Braes High School is fully comprehensive teaching S1 to S6 with a current roll of approximately 1,000 pupils. As part of our self-evaluation on How Good Is Our School? Quality Indicator: 3.1 Ensuring Wellbeing, Equality and Inclusion, an S1 Health and Wellbeing transition programme, Flourish, was created. Flourish is shaped by activities around aspects of Health and wellbeing including Food and Health, Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport (PEPAS), Mental, Emotional, Social and Physical wellbeing.
WHAT WE DID
The Flourish programme works with a group of pupils in S1 who may require additional support with HWB or to help build their confidence in school. The programme identified pupils through professional judgement of staff as well as early intervention; working closely with our associated primary schools.
HOW WE DID IT
The S1 pupils meet two periods a week to take part in practical cookery sessions and physical activity. Activities included Family Learning inputs, Community Sports Hub opportunities: developing their interests in PEPAS, Practical food skills: cooking healthy meals on a budget, connecting to the outdoors: local green spaces, exploring mental health and Chefs in Schools: employment prospects in the local food industry
IMPACT / OUTCOMES
- Targeted Families attending the practical cooking sessions have been using ingredients provided at school to then cook nutritional meals at home.
- The level of communication through attendance at the sessions, email and phone calls to support families in the programme has led to stronger home-school links
- Raised pupils awareness and aspiration of future careers in the food and physical activity industries
- Pupils are demonstrating greater confidence and competence in Literacy and Numeracy skills
- Parents/carers with the targeted pupils are developing stronger, positive relationships with each other through a willingness to work and learn together in all sessions.
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Falkirk
Where?
Braes High School, Newlands Road, Brightons, Falkirk, UK
CONTACT PERSON
Iain Livingstone
CONTACT EMAIL
iain.livingstone@falkirk.gov.uk
