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Teaching pupils to become Streetwise

February 18, 2016 10:48
Streetwise educators reach between 100 and 2,000 Jewish pupils every week at Jewish and non-Jewish schools across the UK

By

Charlotte Oliver,

Charlotte Oliver

4 min read

When it comes to secular and Kodesh studies, mainstream Jewish schools are considered first-rate, ensuring their pupils leave at the age of 18 intellectually primed for the outside world.

But who out there ensures that today's pupils are ready to face the pressures of modern life that seldom crop up in the classroom - that is, who teaches them about sex and relationships, internet safety, peer pressure, bullying and antisemitism, among other fundamental life lessons. In short, who shows them how to be street-smart?

For the past 10 years, that duty has fallen to Streetwise, a youth educational group created by a partnership between the Community Security Trust and Maccabi GB.

The goal? To provide, through regular engagement and a wide remit that addresses the specific needs of each and every pupil, extra pastoral support that can all too often be overlooked in an academic environment.