PeopleWho is who?

Pupil Perceptions

• There are seven categories of people:- Teachers and other adults in school- Friends- Family and/or carers- Police- Health professionals- People connected with your religion- Other professionals

Teachers and other adults

• ‘Teachers and other adults in school’ means adults employed directly by your school who you have contact with

• Includes teachers, teaching assistants, caretakers, office staff

• Excludes health staff, police officers, etc who may work on the school site

Friends

• ‘Friends’ refers to friends of a similar age to you

• Includes friends from school or from elsewhere

Family and/or carers

• ‘Family and/or carers’ means parents, foster parents, carers, grandparents, uncles, aunts and other adults who form part of your extended family

• Also includes adults who you know through your family, eg your parents’ friends

Police

• ‘Police’ refers to anyone involved in the legal system who you have contact with

• Includes community support officers, members of the youth offending service, etc

Health professionals

‘Health professionals’ means any doctors, nurses, dentists, counsellors, psychologists, etc who you have contact with

People in your religion

‘People connected with your religion’ means anyone you know through your religion, or through attending religious functions, who does not fall into one of the other categories

Other professionals

• ‘Other professionals’ refers to adults who you have contact with who do not fall into one of the other categories

• Could include social workers or business people, for example

Examples

• The following screens list some people who David has contact with

• For each one, say what category they fit into

Examples

• His father

- Family and/or carers

• His science teacher

- Teachers and other adults in school

• Mr Ayuba who runs the local boys’ football club on Saturday

- Other professionals

Examples

• His mum’s best friend, Angharad

- Family and/or carers (The ‘friends’ category is for friends of a similar age, while the ‘family’ category includes his ‘extended family’ of adults)

• Richard, who he goes to football with

- Friends

Examples

• Ms Hillman, who runs a Young Enterprise after-school club

- Other professionals

• Dr Gunawardena, the family GP

- Health professionals

• Mr Davis, a teaching assistant who helps David in his maths group

- Teachers and other adults in school

Examples

• Juan, the Spanish exchange student who visited last year and who still keeps in touch by email

- Friends

• The school nurse

- Health professionals

• The school caretaker

- Teachers and other adults in school

Examples

• Sean, who works at the church youth group

- People connected with your religion

• The school’s welfare officer who he spoke to when his grandfather died

- Teachers and other adults in school

Examples

• The educational psychologist that the school’s welfare officer brought in to talk to David about his grandfather

- Health professionals

• The community support officer who gave a presentation at the drugs awareness workshop

- Police