"You gotta roll with it. You gotta take your time. You gotta say what you say. Don’t let anybody get in your way” - Oasis
Events this week:
July 9th - Martyrdom of the Báb
July 10th – Don’t Step on a Bee Day 2024
July 11th – World Population Day 2024
July 12th – National Simplicity Day 2024
Legislation/Regulation of the week - Equality Act
The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to understand and strengthening protection in some situations. It sets out the different ways in which it’s unlawful to treat someone.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
Please remember to review this in your policy/legislation review workbook)
Videos of the week - Infected Blood - Time for Answers
Between 1970 and the early 1990s more than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C through contaminated blood products and transfusions. It has been described as the worst treatment disaster in NHS history. Since then, around 3,000 of those infected have died, but many of their relatives have yet to receive any compensation. A public inquiry opened in 2018 to discover what really happened, and in May it will deliver its final report. Reporter Jim Reed meets the families of some of the 380 children with bleeding disorders who were infected with HIV and talks to them about what they have lost, their campaign for justice, and what they hope for from the inquiry.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 40 mins)
Event of the week/month - World Population Day
Over the past three decades, societies around the world have made remarkable progress in improving population data gathering, analysis, and use. New population figures, disaggregated by age, ethnicity, gender, and other factors, now reflect the diversity of our societies more accurately.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 60 mins)
Safeguarding & ED & I
Undercover School: Cruelty in the Classroom - Video
Panorama investigates a school for children with special educational needs. Places at LIFE school in the Wirral cost the local authority £50,000 or more a year per pupil, but reporter Sasha Hinde sees little teaching going on. Instead, pupils are mocked, bullied and physically abused.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 40 mins)
Woman jailed for taking girl for FGM loses appeal.
A woman jailed after handing over a three-year-old British girl for female genital mutilation (FGM) during a trip to Kenya has lost a Court of Appeal bid to reduce her sentence.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
New Podcast Episode Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 Review
Join this episode to hear CEO Nicole’s run through of the key learning points from KCSiE 2024 guidance.Summary Blog for KCSiE 2024
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 40 mins)
Why language matters: how using terms like ‘recruited’ and ‘working’ minimise children’s experiences of criminal exploitation
When you hear the words ‘recruited’ or ‘working’ you probably think about legal, safe employment. However, these terms are used by those who groom and coerce children and young people into criminal activity such as moving money and drugs. When these terms are also used by the wider public and by safeguarding professionals it can reinforce this idea of ‘working’ and legitimise child criminal exploitation (CCE).
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 40 mins)
Health & Safety
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is about paying moment-by-moment attention to what's happening inside your body, and what's going on around you. That sounds simple, but it's amazingly easy to get distracted.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
Healthy eating
Healthy eating may help to prevent certain long-term (chronic) diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes. It may also help to reduce your risk of developing some cancers and help you to maintain a healthy weight. This leaflet explains the principles of a healthy diet. It is general advice for most people. The advice may be different for certain groups of people, including pregnant women, people with certain health problems or those with special dietary requirements.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 40 mins)
Sun and sunburn
This leaflet gives tips on how to protect your skin from the harmful effects of sunlight, like sunburn.
In particular, it is very important to protect children from the sun. The delicate skin of a child is more sensitive to sun damage than the skin of an adult. Sun damage can lead to skin cancer in later life.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 40 mins)
What are the signs HRT is not working anymore?
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has transformed the lives of many women troubled by debilitating symptoms at menopause. But after taking HRT for a couple of years, some women find their symptoms begin to return. Why does this happen and what can be done to remedy the issue?
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
Wider Curriculum
Why sitting ruins our health – and how 22 minutes of exercise could help
For many of us, a working day involves spending several hours at a time sitting in front of a computer - and it is having a serious effect on our health. But research suggests that 22 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per day may lower the health risks of a sedentary lifestyle.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 30 mins)
Education Secretary begins push to recruit 6,500 new teachers
Labour pledged during the election campaign to make the recruitment of 6,500 teachers a priority of the new government.
The party said it would fund the new posts by adding tax to private school fees - although it is unclear exactly when this will happen.
The policy, proposed in Labour’s manifesto, has split opinion. Some argue it is a reasonable way to raise revenue while others think it is an unfair charge that will fall on parents.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
The power of mastering your body clock
Our bodies work on a roughly 24-hour cycle. It’s called the body clock, circadian clock, or circadian rhythm. Modern lifestyles keep most of us from living in sync with the circadian rhythm, which puts our health and well-being at risk. Eating and sleeping at the right times are really important ways to align with the circadian rhythm and reduce the risk of chronic disease.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 60 mins)
Revision: Managing stress
Exams and assignments can be uncomfortable experiences for many students and it can be difficult to do yourself justice. Preparing assignments, revising and taking exams can make you feel anxious and stressed. In this section you'll find audio files to download so you can listen to our ideas for dealing with revision and the exam, or use the relaxation exercises.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 60 mins)
Sustainability
Nature’s network: how Restor is revolutionising rainforest conservation
Crowther Lab science helps to highlight the importance of Rainforests for our well-being and the stability of our planet.
Rainforests are rich havens of biodiversity and wilderness, crucial climate regulators, and vital sources of food, medicine and housing materials for hundreds of millions of people. They serve as essential defences against extreme poverty, supporting livelihoods and sustaining communities around the world. However, these ecosystems are under extreme strain. Since the 20th century the rate of resource extraction and land-use change has increased exponentially, exacerbating the fragmentation and destruction of these ecosystems and intensifying climate change. This threatens the stability of our planet, directly undermines the livelihoods of millions of local communities, and pushes the Earth closer to tipping points that affect every single one of us.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
Marks & Spencer is launching a new service for clothing repairs and alterations.
From August, customers will be able to book through a dedicated online hub and have their fixed items posted back to them within seven to ten days.
The work will be carried out by Deliveroo-style repairs start-up Sojo, and its in-house team of tailors, with prices starting at £5.
The move comes as retailers try to encourage more sustainable habits among their shoppers.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 20 mins)
An Idiot’s Guide to Saving the World: Food – Poor soil means we have 50 harvest left (E3)
Hunger is the biggest single risk to global health, so why does one-third of food produced go to waste? In episode 3, find out the main causes of world hunger and why sustainable food production is crucial to avoid food waste. We’ll hear from Corinne Woods, Sean Sherman, Andy Cato and Anna Scavuzzo.
(Reading this can be counted towards your 20% off the Job learning – Approx. 60 min)
Approximate 20% off the job learning time this week: 12 Hours.
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