The Service Pupil Premium is currently set at £300 per service child per year, as covered in the other information sheets it is to enable schools to provide mainly pastoral support during challenging times and to help mitigate the negative impact on service children of family mobility or parental deployment.
There are various factors that will influence how this could be best spent for the greatest benefit, this sheet covers some good examples for different scenarios. Schools with a lower number will obviously have less funds to spend so some imagination is required.
- Primary aged School
- Secondary aged School
- Schools with just a couple of service children in it
- Schools with a high percentage of pupils coming
from service families
Primary School with low number of service pupils
Welcome packs for service children to the school on joining Map of the school, timetable, clubs.
Leavers Pack for service children when they leave your school
Leaving Card, Photo, Special work, Any certificates, Recent exam/tests results.
Display in school
Incorporate ‘where we live’ include pictures of the military additionally have a deployment board if any service children have parents away, World Map.
Little Troopers Resources
Resources from Little Troopers are very inexpensive and a great use of SPP funds plus they can bring a wealth of benefit to the service child. Separation Packs are just £10 Send a hug kits are just £1.50 and mini medals are just £5 many of the other resources such as Crafty Little Troopers sheets are available to schools free via the website
www.littletroopers.net
Lunch Club for Service Children
A once a week/month opportunity for all the children to come together, talk about any deployments/separations, write letters to parents away, add to the display board, time to use iPads purchased with SPP to contact parents if applicable, do activities to help them stay in touch with parents.
Books
There are inexpensive books available with regards to deployment that could really help military children.
Mascot
Have a mascot within the school that the military children can take home and keep a diary of a week.
Primary School with high number of service pupils
Contribution to the salary of a designated member of staff
It is then useful to show a breakdown of how his/her time is apportioned.
Welcome packs for service children to the school on joining
Map of the school, timetable, clubs etc.
Leavers Pack for service children when they leave your school
Leaving Card, Photo, Special work, Any certificates, Recent
exam/tests results, letters/contact details from other children.
Display in school
Incorporate ‘where we live’ include pictures of the military additionally have a deployment board if any service children have parents away.
Little Troopers Resources
Resources from Little Troopers are very inexpensive and great use of SPP funds plus they can bring a wealth of benefit to the service child. Separation Packs are just £10 Send a hug kits are just £1.50 and mini medals are just £5 many of the other resources such as Crafty Little Troopers sheets are available to schools free via the website www.littletroopers.net
Lunch Club for Service Children
A once a week/month opportunity for all the children to come together, take about any deployments, write letters to parents away, add to the display board, time to use iPads purchased with SPP to contact parents if applicable.
Service Child Residential Trip
Opportunity for bonds to build between the children who, although have military in common may not necessarily know each other. They are all going through the same challenges.
Mascot
Have a mascot within the school that the military children can take home and keep a diary of a week.
Secondary School with low number of service pupils
Welcome packs for service children to the school on joining
Map of the school, timetable, Clubs, Letter, Support available, Teacher list.
Leavers Pack for service children when they leave your school
Leaving Card, Photo, Special work, Any certificates, Recent exam/tests results, letters/contact details from other children, letters/contact details from other children.
Local military links
Engage with local barracks/bases, can the young people gofor a visit? Can they come into the school and give talk?
Military Child Club
Monthly club for all service children to get together to do a fun activity together to build trust and camaraderie between the teens.
Counsellor available
Optional but available counselling sessions for service children should they feel they want to access it.