Eating disorders are a growing problem among our students, but often it can be very challenging to identify which students are at risk.
Prevention is always better than cure, but anorexia can be hard to identify in its early stages – only becoming obvious when significant intervention is required.
So how do you spot a child in your class with the signs of anorexia so you can get the appropriate support?
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An interesting guest post by David Evans of the SRE Project on the role of Drama in effective SRE. “I am an actor really – giving a performance in the classroom.” I must have heard teachers draw that analogy dozens of times. Often they will develop their thesis with phrases like ‘You’ve got to have your classroom character, wear your teacher’s mask or you wouldn’t survive.’
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In a 2007 report by Stonewall 98% of students and 95% of teachers reported to have regularly heard “that’s gay” and “you’re so gay” used at school. Even three quarters of primary teachers reported hearing it regularly. And the language itself can just be the tip of the iceberg. Almost 2/3 of lesbian, gay and bisexual students will experience bullying of some form in their time at school. Homophobic language in school usually comes in two forms: cultural and direct. Direct is the most concerning – where students use sexual orientation as a specific focus of bullying, understanding exactly what
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Imagine you’re 8 years old, it’s the middle of the night. A group of men smash down your front door and take your dad away. Mum says it was the police because he’d done something bad. Each year over 160,000 children have to live with one or more parents being in prison, which means it’s almost certain that there will be one child in your school, maybe even your class, who’s struggling with this. It can be very difficult for schools to help, mainly because there is no current means for automatically informing schools when a parent of a child
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The death of a pupil’s parent is a difficult time. Head teacher Gill Sussex shares ideas about how the school can offer support.
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This model eating disorders policy has been developed to help you support students at risk of or suffering from anorexia or bulimia
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13-year-old Emily used her own experiences of bullying to set up an anti-bullying campaign. This post is all about the campaign and what she has learnt, in her own words.
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Sensible and humorous advice from an experienced sex educator about deliver SRE in schools
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Nearly one in five secondary school children in the UK have been severely abused or neglected during childhood, the NSPCC finds as part of a major study. The finding comes from a survey of 2,275 children aged 11-17 and 1,761 adults aged 18-24 carried out by the charity in 2009. The study follows an earlier NSPCC survey of the childhood experiences of 18-24 year olds in 1998-99. Some types of abuse are decreasing Despite the high amount of abuse found, the NSPCC study reveals falling amounts of some types of abuse over the last 30 years – showing that progress
Read more →Use these ideas to maximise attendance and minimise lateness with an effective attendance policy.
Read more →A look at Cyberbullying – the use of ICT deliberately to upset someone else.
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Alice, a freelance sex education shares her experience and tells us how not to do a condom demonstration!
Read more →Simple activities to help students of any age feel comfortable and happy with themselves as unique individuals.
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