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As part of its efforts to tackle bullying and equip young people with awareness which can help to reduce violent incidents more generally, Aberdeenshire Council is offering access to a Mentors in Violence programme.


Pupils from Ellon,


to incidents of abuse and they are provided with a range of safe options which can prevent situations from escalating.


The Gordon Schools, Kemnay Prevention (MVP)


andWesthill academies have been given the chance to join in this session following the success of the programme at Aboyne, Alford, Banff, Mearns,Mintlaw, Peterhead, Portlethen and Turriff during the last few years. 12 secondary schools are now offering pupils the chance to participate in the scheme alongside staff from their respective schools. It offers an approach to tackling gender-based violence and bullying by training young people to speak out against all forms of violent and abusive behavior and promote a positive school environment. Senior pupils volunteer to take part in the training and then deliver workshops for their younger peers. Role people to construc t


realistic scenarios in response play enables the young


Ethan Thomson, an S6 pupil from Kemnay Academy who has been taking part since August, explained: “It’s a really popular way for senior pupils to work on their leadership skills.Many younger pupils who have just made the transition to secondary school may not have the knowledge or confidence to cope in different situations but theMVP programme helps us to reach out and support them.”


Director of Education and Children’s Services Laurence Findlay added: “Speaking out about rape, gender-based violence, sexual harassment, bullying and all other forms of violent or abusive behavior is not easy. Equipping young with the skills to do this – even just to


have an people


open conversation among peers about such a difficult topic – is a really important aspect of promoting as much of an accepting, respectful environment within our schools (and beyond) as we can. ”


revention in schools


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Reluctant reader turned children’s author, Tom Palmer, has won the coveted Ruth Rendell Award for his outstanding contribution to raising literacy levels in the UK in 2019. Jonathan Douglas, Chief Executive of the National Literacy Trust, presented the Ruth


Rendell Award to Palmer at a special ceremony hosted by the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) in London on 3 December. Former winners of the Award include Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell and AndyMcNab. Palmer was joined on the night by Stella Binoy, Head of Academy at Hackwood Primary Academy, who was one of many teachers and librarians who nominated Palmer for the award. In 2019, Tom visited 150 schools across the UK to deliver engaging workshops and activities to inspire 30,000 children’s reading and writing. On winning the Ruth Rendell Award 2019, Tom Palmer said: “I’m absolutely thrilled. This is so exciting for my family, as much as me. This is a particularly special achievement as I found books intimidating as a child and feared I’d fail to finish them. But short sport article s in


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newspapers and magazines – including Roy of the Rovers – and sport books from the library were a great way into reading for me. “Anyone can enjoy and strengthen their


reading if they find the right thing for them, and


many of my books are young readers I meet. that’s what I really try


published by Barrington I’m also very proud that and get across to all the


Stoke, whose books are written, edited and designed with reluctant readers and those with dyslexia and visual stress. I want to thank everyone who nominated me for this award, and the National Literacy Trust and ALCS for thi s honour. ”


https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/tom- palmers-top-reading-and-writing-tips- teachers-librarians-and-parents/


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Award 2019


Charity brings fresh meals to Jersey schools Charity ty brings freshmeals to Jersey schools


In the UK, although some parents may have mixed feelings abou dinners, it is a given meal will be availabl


e at lunchtime. In Jersey, this that some form of balanced t the quality of school


mandatory requirement for schools to provide meals during the academic day does not exist. Sadly, food education is minimal both in Jersey and the UK but fort unately for the children of Jersey, Caring Cooks are working to fill the gaps in provision for both healthy lunches and classes which teach children how to live healthier lives. Caring Cooks have recently celebrated their fifth birthday and in that time have made amazing progress on their journey.


The most recent projoject embarked upon by 1 0 www


Caring Cooks is Flourish, a pioneering new lunch programme, delivering hot school meals to the schoolchildren of Jersey for the first time ever. Schools in Jersey are not equipped with


catering kitchens and so Caring Cooks work from a satellite kitchen and deliver meals by van to its two pilot schools each day. The food is cooked f rom scratch on a daily basis in a 5-star rated kitchen by the Head Chef, Sarah Copp and her team. Sarah has worked inMichelin Star kitchens and is the proud owner of her own, hi popular, street food van ‘The Chuggin


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only is Sarah an accomplished chef, she is truly passionate about providing good food to the children of Jersey.Work has been done in the


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schools to convert a previous music room and a first aid room in to a servery area


containing a heated bain marie, sink and dishwasher.


Once the food is delivered into schools, the enthusiastic team of lunchtime supervisors serve it up to the hungry ch The school meals


cost £2.50 each day, unless ildren.


the child is entitled to free school meals. In this case there is no cost whatsoever to the family.


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www.caringcooksofjersey.com/ fj Decembe r 2019 2019


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