Institute for Innovationand Improvement

Health and Schools

Primary School Lesson Plan and Resource Pack

Engaging children and enhancing knowledge of the NHS

PRESS LAUNCHWednesday, March 6th - 1.30pm to 3.15pm

Creswick Primary School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 4FL

#NHSExplorers #BSL #NHSExplorerslaunch

The resource pack which has been tested across schools in England and will be sent out to over 19,000 Primary and Special schools in February 2013.

The Press Launch will show you exactly what’s on offer.

ABOUT THE PROJECTKath Evans, Programme Lead for Children and Young People and Emergency Care Pathway at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, has been working with AhHa Publications (creators of the ‘Monkey Goes To Hospital’ storybook series) to develop high quality health information and sign-posting resources for Primary and Special schools throughout England. Targeting children aged 5 to 11, the loveable Monkey character takes the helm with his NHS Explorers to bring to life the educational pack in an engaging and fun way!

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WHAT’S IN THE PACK? * Teacher’s Lesson Plan* DVD Resources Disc, featuring NHS Explorer’s Film, Monkey’s NHS Song and ample resources supporting the teaching (in line with the National Curriculum and Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum)* 35 Children’s Guidebooks for children to take home* NHS Explorer Sticker Sheets* NHS Services A2 poster* Monkey Puppet for role play that encourages discussion and interaction to aid enthusiasm of the message objective

“Monkey’s cultural neutrality and cheeky demeanour gives him universal appeal.” “An invaluable resource tool.”

(Evaluation by Nick Medforth and Dr. Daz Greenop at the Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, Liverpool JMU)

“We’re proud to have been able to donate the British Sign Language translation to such a worthwhile project with AhHa Publications and the NHS.

So often deaf children miss out on information that hearing children get ‘on the grapevine’. These fun, accessible videos will make sure

all children get the same important health messages.”Malcolm Wright, Managing Director, ITV SignPost

The NHS Lesson Plan & Resource Pack follows on from, and expands the remit of, the successful 2010 NHS Institute’s Emergency and Urgent Care Lesson Plan for 11 to 14 year olds, a single stand-alone lesson. This newly developed dynamic pack which can cover up to a half terms worth of work, speaks to younger children; it is bright, colourful and engaging, and importantly linked to the National Curriculum across six year groups with a PSHE/Citizenship focus.

The pack features Monkey’s NHS Explorer’s Film clips created with and for children – all embedded with British Sign Language (BSL) translation generously donated by ITV SignPost. ITFC also kindly donated Audio Description and Subtitling, making the films accessible to all, and at the same time raising awareness for and about hearing and/or visually impaired children.

Monkey and the NHS Explorer’s adventures are available via YouTube channel ‘MonkeysMission’.

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This cross-cultural, engaging all-inclusive resource pack will go some way to educate our future generation about health, as well as helping them to get the most from our National Health Service.

THE RESOURCE PACK PROMISES TO: • EmpowerteacherstoeducatechildrenaboutNHSservices,andhealthylivingwithaview to preventing illness, accidents and the subsequent visits to ED and other NHS Services.• BuildonlinksbetweentheNHS,educationandotheragencies.• RaiseawarenessinchildrenabouttherangeofNHSservicesavailable–encouragingthem to seek the right care and seek alternatives to ED attendance if necessary.• CapturefeedbackfromchildrenabouttheirexperiencesofusingNHSservicestoimprove future healthcare.

NOTES FOR THE EDITOR: • AhHa Publications provide targeted, cost-effective resources for NHS organisations. HelenSadler,aformerPrimaryschoolteacherandNNEBNurseryNurse,and Audrey Fletcher-Price, with experience running a successful graphic design business, have combined their skills and passion to provide fun, interactive resources that children love, with healthcare and educational specialists findings as invaluable and supportive resources.• Awards:ThispackhasbeenputthroughtothefinalstageinthePatient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA) 2012. Results to be announced February 6th 2013. • See the attached evaluation report of testing the Lesson Plan and resources - carried out in September 2012 by the Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences at Liverpool’s JMU. This shows just how the NHS have joined forces with parents and schools to create a lasting and effective resource.

Join us for the Press Launch to find out more about this innovative and exciting project!

Find out more! #NHSExplorers #BSL #NHSExplorerslaunch

www.institute.nhs.uk www.ahhapublications.com

FINALISTS for the Patient Experience Network

National Awards (PENNA) 2012

RSVP by Thursday, February 21st if you would like to attend. helen@ahhapublications.com . 07789 112721kath.evans@institute.nhs.uk . 07796 193075

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