Keeping your child’s health records up to date, means we can act quickly if anything was to happen at school.
If your child requires essential medicines during school hours, you will need to complete a form giving staff permission to administer them. Staff will only give a child medicine with their parent’s written consent by completion of this form.
Medicines brought to school should always be provided in the original container as dispensed by a pharmacist and include the prescriber’s instructions for administration. School will keep written records of each time a medicine is given. If you have any questions about administering medicine at school please contact our Health Care Assistant healthcare@ryburn.tlt.co.uk.
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National Online Safety has released a new guide for students and their parents/carers. With the Summer holidays fast approaching, there will definitely be moments when students want to spend some of their downtime online. However, it’s important that they do so safely, and that’s where National Online Safety comes in.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s guide focuses on the term ‘money muling’, a form of digital laundering, how it exploits young people and what parents and carers can do to help.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week they have focused on one of the most popular forms of media in the modern day, anime.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. Given that it is mental health awareness week, the focus of this week’s guide is looking after your wellbeing online with useful tips for young people and parents/carers on taking care of their mental health.
For our Year 11 and 13 students, exam season is upon them. With calendars filling up with deadline dates, it’s no surprise that students are feeling the pressure. That’s why we’ve put together a list of tips and advice for taking care of your mental health during exam season.
On the 24th March, the music departments of Brooksbank and Ryburn schools decided to shake things up by teaming up with Selwyn College Choir for an epic choral workshop held at The Old Courthouse in Halifax. This was a first for the music departments of the two schools, and a fantastic opportunity for students to explore their creative sides in a new setting.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s guide helps to explain OFCOM’S latest report on the media use and attitudes of children and parents/carers.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s guide focuses on helping young people cope with the anxieties that come with living in a digital age.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content provides advice on how to pick a strong and secure password.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content offers some fantastic tips for creating healthy online habits.
The Big Schools Sleep Out, run by Happy Days, is taking place Friday 31 March at the Shay Stadium in Halifax. Read more to access the information pack with full details of what students will need to bring.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content includes advice for parents and carers about an anonymous messaging app called NGL.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content includes advice for parents and carers on their children’s use of Spotify.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content includes tips for parents and carers on having discussions with children about their digital lives.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content is centred around cyber resilience in the home.
World of Warcraft was originally launched in 2004 and since then it only continued to grow and rise in popularity. In November 2022, the game released its ninth major expansion, ‘Dragonflight’. This release brought a mass of lapsed players back to the game, and attracted new ones.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content is focused on the social media app, HiPal, and what parents and carers need to know.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content is focused on social media and mental health.
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content is focused on one of the fastest-growing social media apps, TikTok.
Since we’ve started sharing information from National Online Safety, we wanted to make Parents and carers aware that along with a free membership, there is also an app you can download to your smart devices from any app store by searching for ‘National Online Safety.’
National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s content is focused on the popular game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. Amongst extreme violence and a political plotline, there’s a lot more about the game that parents and carers need to be aware of.
In a digital world, bullying can take numerous forms and cyber-bullying can have a serious impact on young people's lives.
Our July Online Safety Newsletter includes some helpful information about the use of WhatsApp and its features including location sharing. There is also a segment on “trends” and “challenges” young people may see online and feel obliged to imitate.
The June edition of the online safety newsletter features information on parental controls for Netflix and looks at ‘Watch Parties’, online spaces where people can watch TV shows together.
The May edition of the online safety newsletter contains some useful resources on platforms like TikTok for parents/carers, guides for helping set your children up safely on social media and how to talk to children about various pop up ads that may appear while they are online.
Our March Online Safety Newsletter is live! A lot is covered in this issue so read on to learn more about smartwatch functions, supporting young people with SEND online, the features of Snapchat to beware of and some fun app recommendations for coding, music mixing and video editing!
Tuesday 8 February is Safer Internet Day. This is a day to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people and to encourage conversations about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively.
The May edition of the online safety newsletter contains some useful resources on platforms like TikTok for parents/carers, guides for helping set your children up safely on social media and how to talk to children about various pop up ads that may appear while they are online.
Our January Newsletter discusses more on the parental controls available on apps, streaming services and popular online games. There is also information on a mental health app and a new campaign from the Internet Watch Foundation called Gurls Out Loud.
With Christmas right around the corner, we wanted to provide some information on setting up the right parental controls on any new phones, consoles or games your child may receive.
Further sources of support and information for students and families
The yOUTh Service works across all of Calderdale and Kirklees, providing support to LGBTQ+ young people, their parents and carers.
Space_Between is a resource co-produced with young people who have experienced bereavement to support other young people with similar experiences.
The NSPCC’s new helpline for young people and adults who experienced sexual harassment or abuse whilst at school. Call 0800 136 663 or email help@nspcc.org.uk
Kooth.com offers free, safe, anonymous online counselling with a qualified professional, discussion boards and a magazine.
Age range: 10-25years
Opening times: Mon-Fri, 12pm-10pm. Sat-Sun 6pm–10pm
Time Out offers the opportunity to ‘find your thing’, get some simple guidance around emotional wellbeing, managing worries and looking after yourself.
Age range: 10-19 years
Contact details: 07418 311736 (text for a call back)
Open Minds (CAMHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) offers specialist help and support around mental health.
Age range: 5-18 years
Contact details: www.calderdalecamhs.org.uk
Open Minds’ website provides advice, information and support on local and national services that help children and young people.
Barnardo’s Positive Identities Service offers specialist advice and support to those who identify or are questioning their sexual and/or gender identity.
Age range: 8-25 years
Contact details: 01422 371993 or PositiveIdentities@barnardos.org.uk
C&K Careers offers specialist advice, support and guidance on future career options.
Age range: 13-24 years
Contact details: Make an appointment with our in school careers advisors.
Or call 01484 213856 or chat@ckcareers.org.uk
ChatHealth offers a confidential and secure text messaging service to discuss physical health and emotional wellbeing.
Contact details: text 07480 635297
Calderdale Young Carers Service for advice and support on being a young carer.
Age range: 8-18 years
Contact details: 01422 261208
Healthy Futures Calderdale offers advice and support from public health clinicians on any concerns you have relating to COVID-19, including worries about the return to school.
Contact details: 0303 330 9974
Branching Out offers specialist advice and support around drugs and alcohol.
Age range: 10-21 years
Contact details: 01422 415550
Sexual Health offers specialist advice and support around sexual health.
Contact details: 01422 261370
The BREW Project offers online 1:1 support sessions with a wellbeing officer or a 1:1 walk and talk service.
Age range: 5-17 years
Contact details: 01422 730015 or support@invictuswellbeing.com
Childline is a free helpline for children and young people. You can contact a trained counsellor at Childline by phone or online chat about anything. No problem is too big or too small.
Age range: Under 19
Call 0800 11111 or log in at www.childline.org.uk/get-support
The Mix is a UK based charity that provides free, confidential support for young people under 25 via online, social and mobile.
Age range: Under 25s
www.themix.org.uk/get-support
Young Minds is a charity fighting for children and young people's mental health. Their website has a wealth of advice and resources.
Parents Helpline: 0808 802 5544 (Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4pm, free for mobiles and landlines)
FRANK is a website and national telephone helpline offering advice, information and support to anyone concerned about drugs and solvent/volatile substance misuse, including drug misusers, their families, friends and carers.
Call: 0300 123 6600
Text: 82111
Beat is the UK’s eating disorder charity. They offer telephone, online and peer support, and lots of information and resources.
Unique Ways is a local parent-carer led charity offering support for families with SEND children, including a great range of free training courses on parenting for wellbeing.
Manchester based charity offering information and support to LGBT+ young people and their families.
Mermaids UK support gender-diverse children, teens and their families.
Helpline: 0808 801 0400 Monday to Friday, 9am to 9pm
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National Online Safety has released a new guide for parents and carers. This week’s guide focuses on the term ‘money muling’, a form of digital laundering, how it exploits young people and what parents and carers can do to help.
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