Every Child Matters

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Every Child Matters

• At
• Thomas Estley Community College

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Every Child Matters

• All students need to be given the opportunity to
  participate and achieve in a wide range of
  curriculum areas and other activities.

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At Thomas Estley

• Every Child Matters means that the school,
  with support from parents and carers help the
  students to
• Be healthy
• Stay safe
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• And achieve economic well being

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Be Healthy

• Ensure healthy lifestyles are promoted and that
  students are healthy in their physical, emotional
  and mental health.

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Stay Safe

• That students are provided with a safe
  environment and are informed about key risks and
  how to deal with them.

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Enjoy and Achieve

• Helping students to enjoy and achieve their time
  in school. To ensure that they receive a good
  quality of education, supporting their personal
  and academic development.

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Make a Positive Contribution

• Students are helped to develop socially and
  emotionally. They are given support and skills
  to manage change and respond to lifes challenges.

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Achieve Economic Well Being

• Students are helped to prepare for working life.
  To ensure through good education that they
  understand the responsibilities of being an adult
  in todays world.

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What does this all mean?

• The majority of this is already covered across
  the curriculum.
• Much of Every Child Matters can be linked to the
  Personal Development and Curriculum Enrichment
  Programme.
• Departmental schemes of work also cover most
  aspects of Every Child Matters links now have
  to be made.

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Progress so far

• Every Child Matters Notice Board (Maths Corridor)
• Presentation to all staff during training session
• Audit of Personal Development and Curriculum
  Enrichment Programme linked to Every Child
  Matters
• Pupil information sheet for progress file on
  Every Child Matters
• Record sheet for Personal Development and
  Curriculum Enrichment Programme to monitor
  progress over the year

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Next Steps

• Student assemblies to inform them of Every Child
  Matters.
• Departments to highlight within their schemes of
  work the strands of Every Child Matters.
• Pupils to monitor their progress on new record
  sheets to represent Every Child Matters in
  practise.