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t North London, we firmly believe that happy students are successful students. Our pastoral care supports every student to develop resilience and a sense of perspective so that they can rise to challenges and have the confidence to try again if things don’t work out initially. The pandemic has of course presented more challenges than usual, but by working closely together, staff and students have found ways to support each other.
Feel Good Week
Form times focused on helping each other to feel comfortable in a new world of wearing masks, distancing and year group bubbles. The Student Advisory Council (SAC) met to garner views and thoughts from all year groups providing an opportunity to make staff aware of the range of feelings amongst the student body. The Pastoral Team created a range of assemblies and activities that addressed concerns and worries relating to the pandemic and the School Counsellors visited tutor groups to share details of the support that is available to everyone.
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Keeping each other safe
PASTORAL HIGHLIGHTS Throughout the year, our pastoral team has been keeping abreast of issues that concern our parents and students. Building on the success of our online learning platforms, we optimised the use of online resources and the ability to gather potentially large groups of students and parents together to hear interesting and informative talks. The launch of the ‘Everyone’s Invited’ website brought into focus the experience of many students (both current and historic) at secondary schools in the UK. The discussions provided the opportunity to reflect on how we address these difficult conversations and to introduce new talks from visiting speakers to discuss issues of relationships and consent.
Dr Kathy Weston
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r Kathy Weston spoke about how best to help teens navigate the D complicated world of relationships,
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olice Officers from the Safer Schools initiative of the Metropolitan P Police spoke to Sixth Formers about staying safe. They also explained how criminal courts work, with a particular focus on crimes such as rape and sexual assault.
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eana Puccio, former US District Attorney from the RAP Project, D talked about the importance of consent in sexual encounters and how to be an active bystander to help keep others safe.
“School has been doing a good job of being aware of what’s happening with students, as well as making students aware of issues.” Year 10 student
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