Pathfinders - Health

Please note: books/videos can only be borrowed by North Ayrshire staff

Introduction
The aim of pathfinders is to collate resources for a specific topic. These resources will include selections from the following, where appropriate:-

Books - Education Resource Service
Reference

372.27   Drugs and Nutrition: A Study of Provision in Schools and Community Education  (HMIE, 1999)
372.37   Eating for Health: Nutritional Guidelines for the Early Years (Ayrshire and Arran Community Health Care Trust, 1998) 
CPD
370.1BAR  Personal, Social and Emotional Development of Children   
371.4  Building Self-esteem: How to Replace Self Doubt with Confidence and Well-Being (1998) 
372.37  A-Z of Child Health  (1999) 
372.37COF  Health Care for Children 
372.37HAR  Baby and Child Health 
Project Loan Collection
610   Living with Asthma  
612   Guide to the Human Body 
612   The Human Skeleton 
612   I Know How We Fight Germs 
612   Why Should I Brush My Teeth? 
612.5  Growing Up 
613   Fit For Life 
613   Eating Disorders 
613   How Does My Diet Affect Me? 
613  Why Should I Go to Bed Now? 
613  How Does Exercise Affect Me? 
Early Education
E612  How Bodies Work 
E612  You and Your Body 
E612  Breathing 
E612  Healthy Hair 
E612  Growing Up 
E613  Why Do We Need to Be Active? 
E613  Keeping Healthy 
E613  Health and Growth 
E613  Personal Hygiene 
E613  Wash, Scrub, Brush 
E613  Why Should I Eat Well? 
E613  Healthy Teeth 

School Library Dewey Numbers
Please check your school library for the following numbers:
Diet  613
Diseases  610
Doctors  362
Feelings  150
Fitness  613
Food  641
Health  613
Human Body  612
Hygiene  613
Safety  363.1
Sex Education  612
Smoking  362.5
Sports  796

ERS Guides
Drug Awareness
Health
Healthy Eating
Road Safety
Safety

NAC Guides
Health Promotion
Education - School Catering (includes Breakfast Clubs, Free Fruit, Healthy Choices Award, Hungry for Success)

Standard Circular E12 Sexual Health Education Policy
Standard Circular L5  Drug Abuse
Standard Circular L10  Policy on the Management of Incidents of Drug Misuse in Schools

General Websites
Arrangements for National Accreditation of Health Promoting Schools
BBC - Health
Being Well, Doing Well: A Framework for Health Promoting Schools in Scotland
Health Promoting Schools
Health Scotland
Healthy Living - NHS Health Scotland and the Scottish Executive
KidsHealth
Learning and Teaching Scotland - Health
Learning and Teaching Scotland (includes resources for staff, and interactive website for primary pupils and another for  secondary pupils)
Safe and Well: Good Practice in Schools and Local Education Authorities for Keeping Children Safe and Well - Scottish Executive
Schools Health Education Unit
Wired for Health (Includes interactive pages
Drugs Awareness
ASH Scotland
Drug Misuse Scotland
Know the Score - Information and Advice (Scotland)
Food
5 a day
British Nutrition Foundation
EU Minichefs: European Day of Healthy Food and Cooking With Children
Food Forum (with information for teachers)
HMIE report - Monitoring the Implementation of Hungry for Success: A Whole School Approach to School Meals in Scotland (Oct 05)
Food: A Fact of Life (Age 5-7; Age 8-11; Teachers' sections)
Hungry for Success: A Whole-school Approach to School Meals in Scotland
It's Up to You  (BBC Northern Ireland)
School Nutritional Action Groups (SNAG)
Scottish Water on Tap
Water in School is Cool

Physical Activities
"Let's Make Scotland More Active: A Strategy for Physical Activity"  SEED, 2003
Sport Scotland - Active Schools
Play Scotland
Active Travel
PE organisations in the UK - web links from Learning and Teaching Scotland
Walk to Schools
Sport Scotland
Think About It (Information for 14 - 17 year olds re. relationships and sexual health

Well-being and Mental Health
"The Mental Health of Children and Young People: A Framework for Promotion, Prevention and Care"  SEED, 2005
"The National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being Action Plan 2003-2006"  SEED, 2003
Heads Up Scotland - National Programme for Children's and Young People's Mental Health
"Happy, Safe and Achieving Their Potential: A Standard of Support for Children and Young People in Scottish Schools"  SEED, 2005
An Integrated Approach to Promoting Emotional Well-being in the School Setting - Scottish Health Promoting Schools Unit

Videos

182 Acting for Health   (Age 9-11
184 Around Scotland: Child Abuse   (Age 9-12)
194 Go 4 5: My Health (This is Your Body; Leisure; Diet; Personal Care - Teeth; Personal Safety in the Home)   (Age 7-9)
185 Around Scotland: Health Education (Eating to Live; It's Just a Habit)   (Age 9-12)
186 Bodytalk (Age 10-13)
187 Come Outside: Food  (Age 4-6
195 Good Health 1 (Exercise and Rest; Great Clean Up)   (Age 8-12)
196 Good Health 2 (World of Drugs; Love Your Lungs)  (Age 8-12)
197 Good Health 5  (Germs, Germs, Germs; Keeping Safe)  (Age 8-12)
208 Good Health: Sex Education (People Close to Me; How Am I Going to Change?)  (Age 7-12)
209 Good Health: Sparkey and the Bugs (Age 7-9)
211 I.D. Learning to Be You: Substance Misuse (Smoking; Alcohol; Other Substances)  (Age 9-11)
212 Kick It!  (Age 10+)
213 Let's See: Risks and Hazards (Stay Safe; Dealing with Bullies; Going to Hospital (Age 7-9)
214 Never Rest: Children's Drama About Farm Safety  (Age 7-11
215 Our Wonderful Body  (Personal Safety; Colour)  (Age 4-10
216 Our World: Safety   (Age 4-6
217 Over the Moon 3 (At the Seaside; Whatever the Weather)  (Age 4-6)
221 See You, See Me: Health 1 (Food is Fun! Food is Fuel)  (Age 7-9)
222 See You, See Me: Health 2 (Feeling Fine; Breathe Easy; Being Different)  (Age 7-9)
223 See You, See Me: Healthy and Safe Living  (Look Out for Yourself; Making Friends; In Touch: OK/Not OK)  (Age 7-9)

Contacts
ASH Scotland
8 Frederick Street
Edinburgh EH2 2HB
Tel. 0131 225 4725
Fax. 0131 225 4759
Email.
ashscotland@ashscotland.org.uk

British Nutrition Foundation
High Holborn House, 52-54 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6RQ
Tel: 020 7404 6504
Fax: 020 7404 6747
Email:
  postbox@nutrition.org.uk

Drug Misuse Information Scotland
Epidemiology & Statistics Group
ISD Scotland
1st Floor, Gyle Square, 1 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9EB
Tel: 0131 2756491
Fax:  0131 2757511

Know the Score
Information and help line. Tel: 0800 587 587 9


National Project for Children and Young People’s Mental Health
Head Up Scotland
C/o Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Level 6, 39 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow, G1 2ER
Tel: 0141 221 9439
Fax: 0141 221 5749
Email:  anne.Clarke@drs.glasgow.gov.uk

Play Scotland
Midlothian Innovation Centre, Penlandfield, Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9RE
Tel:  0131 440 9070
Fax:  0131 440 9071
Email:
  info@playscotland.org


Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU)
Renslade House, Bonhay Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 3AY
Tel. 01392 667272
Fax. 01392 667269

e-mail: sheu@sheu.org.uk
Web: www.sheu.org.uk


Scottish Health Promoting Schools Unit
Gardyne Road
Dundee
DD5 1NY
Tel: 01382 443684  

Scottish Water
PO Box 8855
Edinburgh
EH10 6YQ

SportScotland
Caledonia House, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ

Tel 0131 317 7200
Fax 0131 317 7202


Teacher’s Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drug Education (TACADE)
1 Hulme  Place, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4QA
Tel: 0161 745 8925

Walk to School
Tel:  0207 820 1010
Email:
  walktoschool@livingstreets.co.uk

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