Healthy Schools Evidence
Some of our Y6 girls had a very exciting opportunity today to visit Dance City in Newcastle as part of South Tyneside’s School Sport Network. The girls learned a dance routine and then they had the opportunity to choreograph their own routine and perform it. It was a fantastic morning!
This week, why not help yourself to some of the delicious, fresh vegetables we’ve been growing in our allotment? We’ll have a table set up at home time so please pop along and take what you fancy!
We have loved the weekly sessions in our allotment and our Thursday Gardening Club have been busy too! As always, a huge thank you to the fantastic Kaye and Danielle from Williby Rocs CIC.
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Some of our Y5 and Y6 girls had a very exciting opportunity today to visit Dance City in Newcastle as part of South Tyneside’s School Sport Network. The girls learned a dance routine and then they had the opportunity to choreograph their own routine and perform it. It was a fantastic morning!
Year 5 were visited by Peter from Ready Go Sports to learn about an exciting sport called VXBall. We practised various skills before taking part in matches. VXBall is a combination of lacrosse and dodgeball. We had great fun!
We are delighted to be working with Kaye and Danielle from Williby Rocs. Last week, some of our Year 6 pupils began to draw up designs for our allotment site, and made a planting timetable for different vegetable seeds. In Year 2 this week, Y2A started with a quiz on the different parts of a flower, and also thought about what our seeds would need to grow. We began to discuss the importance of attracting butterflies and bees into our garden. We then planted some onion, broad bean and pea seeds after looking at the plan from year 6. We learnt that sowing means planting a seed when it is very small. We loved getting our hands dirty! Bobby even made links to our morning maths work – noticing that the seeds were planted in 3s! Over the coming weeks, we are looking forward to observing and caring for our seeds. We even started to design scarecrows to place in the allotment and hopefully protect our growing plants! Thank you Kaye and Danielle!
Last week, Year 5 had a fantastic visit from the Newcastle Eagles. We enjoyed developing our basketball skills as well as learning about how to stay healthy. We discussed the different food groups, how much water we should drink each day and ways to take care of our mental health too. Thank you, Newcastle Eagles, for a great afternoon!
On Tuesday afternoon, some of our school councillors were working hard in our allotment. We were busy tidying our raised beds and turning over the soil, ready for planting. With the help of some of our amazing parent helpers, we were able to tidy our poly tunnel too. All of this is in preparation for an exciting project in the new year! We are so happy to have the opportunity to work with Kaye and Danielle from Williby Rocs CIC. They are going to be helping us to develop our allotment and make super links to our science lessons. A big thank you again to Ian, Jack, Angie, Valerie and Kaye for lending a hand on Tuesday. Here are some photos from the afternoon.
Around one in five headlines online are clickbait. That’s an estimate from experts at Stanford University, who conducted a study into this phenomenon which has gradually extended its reach to almost every corner of the internet – powered by a strategy of snagging users’ attention by any means necessary rather than a legitimate desire to inform or enlighten.
As that statistic indicates, this manipulative marketing strategy is difficult to avoid online. There’s still plenty that can be done though to limit its influence – especially in relation to young people, who are often more susceptible to sensationalist headlines. Today’s #WakeUpWednesday guide details the potential hazards around clickbait and has expert tips for avoiding them.
Cultural and technological changes have made the experiences of today’s children vastly different to our own childhoods; it can be challenging to engage youngsters in open, honest conversation – especially about more sensitive topics. This, combined with many children’s instinct to avoid “rocking the boat”, can make it difficult to stay up to date with the goings on in their lives.
However, it’s hugely important that trusted adults still offer an empathetic ear and feel able to encourage young people to open up about their day-to-day activities. This #WakeUpWednesday guide provides ten top tips for promoting open conversations with children – helping to make sure there’s someone they know they can turn to in times of need.
This half term we have been researching seasonal vegetables and the benefits of seasonal eating! Last week we tasted various vegetables and picked our favourites! Today we’ve had lots of fun making a delicious seasonal salad!
Dreaming of a decent night’s sleep? Many of us are – and it’s a particularly pervasive problem for young people. Concerningly, research has suggested that around 70% of teens get less than the recommended 8–10 hours’ sleep per night. The effects of poor-quality sleep on a developing mind, of course, can be harmful over a prolonged period.
Although a significant portion of under-18s struggle for shut eye, there is still plenty we can do to support them in getting the beneficial rest they need during those formative years. Compiled in conjunction with our friends at award-winning mental health charity Minds Ahead, this week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide has tips on helping children to develop healthy sleeping habits.
For children and young people, low-quality sleep can become a serious issue. It has been theorised that poor sleep can have a significant impact on children’s brain development, affecting them for the rest of their lives. A healthy – and consistent – sleeping pattern, therefore, is incredibly important for children and young people’s wellbeing.
With the stresses and distractions that can present themselves to youngsters, it can be tricky to ensure they’re in the best mindset to wind down in the evenings for the rejuvenating rest that they need. The right approach, however, can give them a better chance of cultivating a healthy sleeping pattern. Our guide has some practical tips on helping them to achieve exactly that.
