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ADHD Parent Support Group

By J Hogg12th December 2018

South Tyneside ADHD support group is run by parents who care for children with ADHD living in South Tyneside.

The group meets fortnightly during term time on Tuesday evenings at Mortimer Community Association.

To allow parents the time and space to relax and to allow the children to get to know each other a youth group for children (aged 5-14 years) with ADHD and their siblings runs parallel to the parent group.

This group is well established and is able to offer valuable support and empathy to families facing similar challenges.

In addition to the fortnightly sessions the group also organise popular monthly family trips and activities. These usually take place on the last Sunday of the month and are either free or heavily subsidised.

If you care for a child with ADHD this is a great way to meet other families in similar situations.

Canny addition in Y3R brings the total to 1013!

By eclark6th April 2017

Y3R have been busy putting their column addition skills to use this week. Led by School Council member Sadie, the children collected all of the cans received as part of ‘Canny Friday’. Having counted the cans collected from each class, the children then worked together to find the total using column addition. They found that, last week, we managed to collect 234 cans for the South Tyneside Food Bank, bringing our total to an amazing 1013!

The children also used their knowledge of previous weeks to estimate the number of cans and dried foods that they expected to receive as part of our final ‘Canny Friday’ this week. They were excited to explain their reasoning. What would your estimate be?

Canny donations all around!

By admin29th March 2017

In addition to counting the total number of cans received for each Canny Friday, our School Council members have also been busy recording the total number of donations received from each year group. School Council member Keira suggested this at our last meeting and the other children agreed that this would be an interesting idea. Year 3 are even going to analyse some of this data in their maths lessons next half term!

Last week, the Year 4 children helped to collect and count the cans. Thank you to everyone for your generous donations. A particular thanks go to the children of Y3R, who managed 33 cans, and to Nursery and Reception. In total, the children and parents from our Foundation Stage donated 46 cans for the South Tyneside Food Bank.

Definitely a Canny Friday!

By eclark20th March 2017

The Year 6 School Council members had a busy Friday afternoon as they collected and counted all of the cans and dried foods brought in for Canny Friday. They were amazed to find that we had received 56 more donations for the South Tyneside Food Bank than the week previous. Jake was particularly pleased as he discovered that we had even managed to collect tea, coffee, UHT milk and several pasta sauces. These were all items that Maureen told us were in short supply at the food bank.

Our current total for Canny Friday stands at 554 cans, jars and packets. We’re looking forward to the next one (on Friday 24th March) already.

Wow! 249 cans so far!

By eclark13th March 2017

Our School Council members have been carefully counting your cans of food. They were thrilled to find that our first ‘Canny Friday’ resulted in 249 cans being collected for the South Tyneside Food Bank.

We’re looking forward to our next Canny Friday (17^th March) already!

Canny Friday!

By eclark12th March 2017

This half term, our School Council are collecting donations of canned and other dried foods to help the South Tyneside Food Bank. Providing emergency food parcels for local individuals and families in crisis, the food bank is run by ‘Hospitality and Hope’. This is a Christian faith based charity that was established in 2002 to help support vulnerable individuals from within our community. Webpost_cansoffood

Donations of canned and dried foods for the food bank can be sent into school with your child each Friday. Our School Council members will be involved in sorting these donations, prior them being collected by the charity.

The first ‘Canny Friday’ will be held on Friday 10^th March. The event will continue to be held, each Friday, until the end of term.

Healthy Packed Lunches at Harton

By G Napier21st March 2016

A School Packed Lunch Policy has been developed with support from pupils, members of the School Council, school staff, the school catering service and governors. The aim of the policy is to encourage a consistently high nutritional quality in lunches brought from home.

It is hoped that parents and pupils will support this policy which is due to commence at the start of the Summer term.

Ideas for types of food that can be included in a healthy packed lunch are given in the policy, a copy of which can be accessed by clicking here.