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Healthy Schools

Our policy for healthy schools is based around five main principles. Click each item below to find out more...

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VACCINATIONS 2011-12

Hepatitis B vaccinations
At present there are no plans from the Government to continue Hepatitis B vaccinations for the academic year 2011/11

HPV vaccinations 2011/12 -Year 8 girls:
Stage 1 - Tuesday    11th October 2011
Stage 2 - Tuesday     22nd November 2011
Stage 3 -Tuesday     27th March 2012

Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio vaccination – Year 10:
Tuesday 21st February 2012

Please note TB vaccinations are no longer offered in schools, according to national policy from 2004.

If there are any queries please contact Mrs G McVeigh, Academy Nursing Sister, Macmillan Academy

Policy

At Macmillan your physical health (how healthy your body is) and your emotional health (how you feel) is very important to us. We will make every effort to encourage you to develop healthy behaviours. Whether it is the food you choose to eat, the amount of exercise you take part in or how well you make friends! You will be taught how to make good choices.

You will be taught about these issues through;

Assemblies;
Learn To Learn;
Citizenship;
Outdoor Learning;
Ullswater residential experience;
Physical Education

Along with many other subjects during curriculum time; As you get older you make more and more choices about how to live your own life. You choose what food to eat, what to drink, what time to go to bed, which friends to have etc. Your lifestyle choices affect how much energy you have which affects every other part of your life.

We want you to ‘Be Healthy and Stay Safe.’

To be healthy you need to;

Eat the right foods, including fruit and vegetables and avoid sugary and salty products!
Drink plenty of water and avoid fizzy drinks.
Exercise at least three / four times each week for 30 minutes or more.
Get enough sleep so that you can concentrate and make good decisions!
Talk to friends or staff if you are worried.

To stay safe you need to Take care when travelling to and from the Academy.

Always cross roads carefully and use pedestrian crossing points when available.
Follow Academy rules and staff instructions.
Treat other students with respect.
Face up to bullying.
Be aware of “stranger danger”
Say no to alcohol other drugs.

Macmillan has been awarded the Healthy Schools Award because of the policies and opportunities that we have at the Academy. So if you have any questions or you need advice about any health issues you can speak to a member of the Healthy Schools Committee. (Mrs Cripps, Mrs Molnar, Mrs McVeigh, Mr Stanton, or Mr McCallum) Alternatively you can gain more information by using the websites below.

Links

Use the following websites to find out more about Healthy Schools:

Healthly Schools Team

O Stanton - Senior Leader (Student Development)
G McVeigh - School Nurse / Health and Social Care
S Bolko - Catering Supervisor
L Miller - Science/Brainimac