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In early December 2009 Mr Brough, Mrs Roche (Head of PEd) and two members of the Student Executive, Ben Summerskill and Mark Bates, were invited to a celebration ceremony at Hatherley Manor Hotel to collect the Crypt's Healthy Schools Award. In attendance were Peter Bungard, Chief Executive of Gloucestershire County Council, Jackie Hall, Deputy Leader, Dr Shona Arora, Director of Public Health, and Paul Gray, Director of Children's Services.

The ceremony was the culmination of nearly two years' work involving the pupils, students, teachers, staff, governors and parents of Crypt.

To achieve National Healthy Schools status we were required to meet a detailed set of criteria and demonstrate evidence in four core areas, relating to the emotional and physical learning environment that the school provides, as well as the taught curriculum. These core themes are 1) Personal, Social And Health Education; 2) Healthy Eating; 3) Physical Activity; 4) Emotional Health And Well-Being. We tackled each of the areas simultaneously, and established a working party to maximise input.

In most schools the National Healthy Schools Award is run by a member of staff; at Crypt it was the Sixth Form Student Executive Team who initially drove the working party. They gave presentations to governors and to staff and talked to pupils and students about how we could work together to achieve the Award. We also consulted parents, governors and external agencies in order to ensure that everything was in place. Amongst the processes we undertook were the redrafting of school policies, introducing new student councils and discussion forums, rewriting the Personal Education Schemes of Work, improving the facilities and fabric of the school and reviewing the menus and food on offer to the pupils and staff.

At the ceremony Mark and Ben were quizzed about the journey that Crypt had undertaken in becoming a Healthy School and about the part that they had played in it. They were able to demonstrate just a few of our achievements in a PowerPoint presentation and, as ever, they were outstanding ambassadors for the school.

Crypt will now be invited to participate in the Healthy Schools Plus scheme and we look forward to showcasing our achievements in the near future.

M. Brough

Assistant Headteacher

Healthy Schools
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