Summer Holiday Club

15th July 2021A Hearn

Monday 26 July to Friday 3 September

You can now enrol your child in a free holiday club programme over the summer. There are free places available for children and young people in South Tyneside who are eligible for benefits related free school meals or families who are experiencing hardship, where they can enjoy a variety of creative and physical activities, alongside a nutritious meal every day.

Sessions include sports, music, arts, crafts, outdoor challenges, nature and treasure trails as well as fun problem-solving challenges and nutrition and wellbeing sessions.

Activities cater for children aged 5 to 16. Activities are held throughout the summer across South Tyneside. All events are subject to availability and COVID restrictions. Booking is essential. Activities and food are funded by the Department for Education.

Visit www.southtyneside.gov.uk/holidayclub call 0191 424 6688 or email [email protected]

Ahoy There Me Hearties!

13th July 2021S Wilkinson

The children in Lemons have thoroughly enjoyed Pirates Day. They have learned how to talk like a pirate.

They made some amazing pirate hats.

They received a mysterious message in a bottle which turned out to be a treasure map and they followed the map to find the treasure chest hidden in Blackbeard’s Mountain. They had to travel through Death Canyon, Dead Man’s Cave, Quicksand and Crocodile Lagoon.

On the afternoon the children took part in Pirate PE where they had to navigate around an obstacle course including walking the plank to reach the treasure chest. They even had to dodge the cannon balls!

The children then enjoyed a Pirate Party!

A brilliant day!

Summer Fun in Acorns!

13th July 2021A Malone

This half term we have been exploring holidays and vehicles. We set up our role play beach cafe, where we have been spending money, finding totals and giving change!

 

Making a menu and price list

                                                                          Finding totals

We also designed vehicles, and made clocks to help us tell the time so we aren’t late for our adventures!

 

Learning about time

 

Design a vehicle

Our new outdoor area was completed, and we have had fun making obstacle courses, exploring nature and playing games outside. In science, we have investigated floating and sinking, recording our ideas in charts and saying whether our predictions were correct.

 

Helping a ladybird!

 

Den building

 

Outdoor maths

 

Science investigations

 

Making predictions

We have been perfecting our handwriting and improving our sentences by being ‘word detectives’ and used stories and dictionaries to find adventurous and interesting words.

 

Labelling pictures from a story

 

Word detectives!

 

We’re ending our term with a visit to Whitburn beach for a ‘Beach School’ session, we can’t wait!

We made it!

7th July 2021l Mitchinson

Blueberries have been virtually travelling to Tokyo for the Summer Olympics by logging physical activity. Today we ‘arrived’, after travelling 47349km. We logged 301 hours and 30 minutes of activity which was 111 individual sessions, 82 of which included our parents!

Super job, Blueberries (and parents!)

Changes to Children’s A&E Services

7th July 2021A Hearn

From Wednesday 4 August, children’s A&E services at South Tyneside District Hospital will change to South Tyneside Urgent Care for Children.

This is a new nurse-led service open from 8am-10pm, 7 days a week.

Children’s A&E Information Leaflet

The expert children’s nursing team at South Tyneside District Hospital will continue treat children from birth up to 16 years for a range of injuries and illnesses which are urgent but not life threatening.

For example:

  • Broken bones
  • Children who have breathing problems such as asthma
  • Common childhood infections in the chest, ears or throat
  • Children who are being sick or have diarrhoea
  • Cuts and open wounds that need closing
  • Minor burns
  • Minor bumps or head injuries
  • Sprained ankles or strained muscles.

If you are worried about your child you should call NHS111 for urgent medical advice. In a life threatening emergency call 999.

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Kooth

6th July 2021A Hearn

Upcoming Live Forums:

Please note the upcoming Live Forums on Kooth for young people to access during July are as follows:-

Friday 2nd July – Online Gaming

Monday 5th July – Summer Plans to Keep Connected

Wednesday 14th July – Breaking Gender StereoTypes

Monday 19th July – Self Care: Tricks and Tips

You can also access our latest Podcasts by clicking HERE

What’s on in July?

Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) Consultation

6th July 2021G Mills

This consultation begins on Tuesday 6th July 2021 and will close on Tuesday 13th July 2021.

 

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

As a part of your child’s educational experience at Fellgate Primary School, we aim to promote personal wellbeing and development through a comprehensive taught programme of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education that gives children and young people the knowledge, under-standing, attitudes and practical skills to live healthy, safe, productive and fulfilled lives, both now and in the future.

As you may already be aware, the Department for Education has announced changes to relationships and sex education (RSE) following nationwide consultation. All schools will be required to comply with the updated requirements. Statutory guidance can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education

The new guidance focuses on healthy relationships and keeping children safe in the modern world. It also covers a wide range of topics relating to physical and mental health, wellbeing, safeguarding and healthy relationships.

Consequently, Relationships, along with Health Education, will be statutory, and form part of the National Curriculum. The DfE continue to recommend that all primary schools should have a sex education programme tailored to the age and the physical and emotional maturity of the pupils. This means that we have been reviewing our RSE (Relationship and Sex Education) curriculum and policy so we can be sure our provision is appropriate for our pupils

Can you please spend some time looking at the documents (attached below) and answer the questions on this questionnaire?  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdExrYkQxcskKlHLQiXJoulPEmU1iLaoYF9Obyf3Vtuixs9wQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

It should only take you a few minutes. Your views are very important to us and we would appreciate your responses.

 

If you have any queries regarding the consultation process, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Yours sincerely,
Mr Mills

PSHE Curriculum Subject Lead

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Prevent

5th July 2021A Hearn

Attached is a digital leaflet designed specifically for parents, guardians, family and friends. We’re using it to encourage the public to access information about Prevent via various pathways including ACT EARLY  https://actearly.uk/ .

ACT EARLY is a website designed for the public, to inform and encourage them to make Prevent referrals if they have worries about their children, family or friends.

We’re seeing a rise in Prevent referrals, particularly from schools, which is a positive thing as it means more professionals are recognising this crucial safeguarding concern and therefore more young vulnerable people are being diverted into positive pathways.

We’re really keen to encourage parents, guardians etc. to learn about Prevent and to feel empowered to make referrals themselves.

Prevent Parent/Carers Leaflet