Healthy Places, Healthy Children

Belfast Healthy Cities are celebrating and supporting the ongoing use of the Healthy Places, Healthy Children Teaching Resource.

The Key Stage 2 Teaching Resource is freely available for Primary Schools, with lesson plans and resources that supports delivery of the World Around Us area of learning of the Northern Ireland Curriculum, available at: https://www.belfasthealthycities.com/hphc.

The Teaching Resource assists in the teaching of skills exploring the relationship between our built environment and health, and using these skills to identify options for improving places and making them more child friendly and people focused. It also aims to highlight the importance of the voice of children in decision making and explore ways to make children better heard in decision making.

Awards

A number of Primary Schools across N Ireland have delivered the Healthy Places, Healthy Children Resource. These schools can apply for awards to celebrate best practice and support delivery of a child-led project plan.

·         Best Practice Award - awards of £250 will be made to three Primary Schools that have demonstrated best practice in using the Healthy Places, Healthy Children resource.

·         Delivering Change Award - awards of £500 will be made to two Primary Schools to support the delivery of a child-led project plan developed as part of Unit 5 of the Healthy Places, Healthy Children Teaching Resource.

Award Entry Forms should be submitted by 5pm Monday 15^th May to info@belfasthealthycities.com, alongside any queries.

The awards will be presented at an awards ceremony for schools on Friday 9^th June 2023 (am) ahead of the training session (see below). A teacher from each of the successful schools will be required to attend the awards ceremony and support the training session on the Healthy Places, Healthy Children resource. Costs of substitute cover will be provided for one teacher from each successful school attending the ceremony and supporting the training session.

Training

Primary Schools across N Ireland new to the resources can register interest to attend a two-hour training session to be held in person, in Belfast, on Friday 9^th June 2023 (am). This will follow the awards ceremony.

·         Training –a training session will be organised to build the capacity of teachers to deliver the Healthy Places, Healthy Children Teaching Resource. Spaces will be limited and allocated to one place per school on a first come first serve basis. Costs of substitute cover will be provided to attendees. Teachers taking part in the training session are invited to attend the awards ceremony beforehand.

Training Register of Interest Forms should be submitted by 5pm Monday 15^th May to info@belfasthealthycities.com, alongside any queries.

The Healthy Places, Healthy Children Teaching Resource, including supporting videos, are available at https://www.belfasthealthycities.com/hphc. Hard copies of the resource are available on request.

Best Practice Award Entry Form

Delivering Change Award Entry Form

Training Register of Interest Form