51吃瓜

鈥淚 remember well the beginning of my journey as a parent carer 鈥� feeling overwhelmed, isolated, and not knowing where to turn. So, when I saw this role, my first thought was: EVERY parent should have access to something like this.鈥�

Meet Naomi: a parent carer, child psychology master, former seal trainer (yes, really!), proud dog owner, and the newest member of our hospital based By Your Side team

As a parent carer, cancer survivor and former foster mum, Naomi knows first-hand the difference 1-2-1 support can make. Especially in hospital, when you鈥檙e most likely to need it.

鈥淲hen everything falls into place, you can relax a little and enjoy being a parent carer,鈥� she said. 鈥淎s Contact鈥檚 newest adviser, I hope that sharing what I鈥檝e learned along the way will make things a little easier for families.鈥�

Naomi will be based at in Newcastle every Wednesday in term time, offering face-to-face support for visiting families (and with plenty of advice guides to hand out!)

But families across the north-east and beyond can also get in touch with our By Your Side team via email or phone. They can offer advice on all aspects of life as a parent carer 鈥� from education and benefits, to sleep and accessing social care.

This week I thought I would make a start on revisiting and updating regular weekly activities.

Smile Through Sport:

There are some adult activities too which I have chosen to leave in as they may be relevant and of interest to older students during school holidays.

All back to normal after a busy Easter Half Term, hope it was a good one!! Check out what’s happening this week….

Monday

Adult Cycling at 10.30am-12nn

Range of adapted bikes to try!

Adult sport & physical activity session at 1.30-2.30pm

Fun sports and activities to get active with peers

Boccia session 4-5.45pm

Play the sport boccia and enjoy the social elements too

Tuesday

NEW SESSION

8-19yrs sport & physical activity session at Nissan Sport & Leisure Complex 5-6pm

Relaxed activity session with a range of sports and games to be played

8-19yrs sport & physical activity session at 5-6pm

Relaxed activity session with a range of sports and games to be played

Saturday

8-19yrs sport & physical activity session at 10-11.30am

Relaxed activity session with a range of sports and games to be played

Sunday

Stay & Play session at Balkwell Community Association 10.30am-12nn

Free play activity session for under 5’s

To book visit – or email info@smilethroughsport.com

I received the following from Jenni at Smile Through Sport

鈥淲e are hosting an Adapted Cycling Event on Sunday 8^th June 9am-11am at Wallsend Park. The event is a part of the route for the charity Cerebra鈥檚 鈥楻elay Your Way鈥� event, which is an epic relay across Britain championing the 1.5 million young people in the UK with disabilities. Starting in Glasgow travelling 2500 km through almost every major city in Britain before finishing at the Parallel Windsor. So quite an event to be a part of!!

Our event on Sunday 8^th June, will see a range of adapted bikes for children and adults to ride around the park, with the chance and opportunity to carry and cycle with the relay baton. Our founder and Paralympian Stephen Miller will also be there to meet, encourage and to start the next section of the route off!

The bikes will include;

trikes (children and adult size)

side-by-side bike

bucket seat bike (ideal for wheelchair users who can transfer)

wheelchair bike (for wheelchair users to be cycled)

go karts

individuals/groups will need to sign up for the event, this can be done at 听, use the voucher code STAGE54FREE

If you can please spread and share the information about the event amongst your contacts, colleagues and families I鈥檇 be very grateful to get as many people as we can down to ride and use the bikes. I have attached a poster with some information on, if you have any questions or queries, please feel free to contact me鈥�.

Alan Shearer Centre

There are regular weekend activities here and so much more. Visit the website for full details. I especially love the location, well off the road and safe for children who are more active than others! Membership is free, but you need to complete a form before accessing the service.

On the third Sunday of every month, they have Timba-Time; a sensory storytelling space for people with Learning Disabilities. This is very popular and books out early, so if you are interested get in touch with them. The poster is in a format that can鈥檛 be copied.

Please see the information on the poster regarding the Hydrotherapy Pool. I know that some of you have tried and failed to book. There is a new system which may be of interest.

Website:

Activity Centre link:

Membership form:

Friends of Hadrian School Disco:

听Some of our former students recommended this for those 16+.

DISCO TIME!

Our Young Person’s Disco is making another storming return next week – back by very popular demand!! Apologies for the short notice, this is a very quick half-term!!

See poster below and Contact Colleen for tickets!

True Colours:

Based in Wallsend this group does all sorts of theatre related activities. There are also school holiday sessions.

鈥淵ou need a place where you are accepted for who you are.

A place with no judgment, no stigma, and no difference in treatment for the way you live in the world.

A place where confidence and friendships grow across abilities, ages, and complexities.

A place where your talents and strengths are not only noticed but applauded.

Your place is with us鈥�.

Visit their website here:

See what鈥檚 on here:

Tim Lamb Centre

Based in the Rising Sun Country Park, this has so much on offer; gaming room, Sensory room, Trampoline room, caf茅, accessible outside play area and a 鈥渃hanging room拢 equivalent. 拢20 for family membership for the year with additional entry of circa 拢4 per child. They also have caravans on holiday parks available to rent once you have been a member for at least 6 months.

Visit their website here:

Why not complete the membership form online?

Summer Fayre

Planning for our summer fayre is well underway. This is an amazing opportunity to mix with the school community and support the FoPHS. The details:

Saturday 21^st June from 11-14.00

Can you help?

We need:

• Raffle prizes
• Bottles (alcoholic and others for a bottle tombola)
• Chocolate for a chocolate tombola (no nuts please as we have some with nut allergies)
• Cakes and home baked goods for the day clearly marked with ingredients and allergens
• Your ideas for stalls and activities
• We need parents/carers to help man stalls, help with setting up the day before in the afternoon
• Match funding? Do any parents/carers/family members work for a business that would match fund or part match fund what we raise?
• Finally, we need you, your children, extended family and friends to come along and enjoy the day.

听

Student Council.

听Many of you will be aware that we also support the School Council and over the last few years they have raised funds via the Mother鈥檚 Day and Father鈥檚 Day sales. They have been meticulous in decision making on how to spend these funds, involving their peers and decided that they would like Animal Encounters to visit school. We have tied this in with STEAM week in June and all students will have the opportunity to enjoy. They will be in school for 3 of the 5 days, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and I am certain it will make the week more fun for the students and staff. I鈥檓 staying well clear as there are snakes!

Here’s a link to the group

Facebook page:

This is a closed group for family and friends of Percy 51吃瓜 School, where you can share news听and updates about school life. It is not for external professionals who may be working with families. To join, you need to answer the question stating your link with school.

Please note: this group is for sharing news and updates about school life and is not intended to discuss any issues around individual students, and as such all comments are moderated. If you have a particular issue or concern, please contact school directly on 0191 216 1811.

听