Dear Parents/Carer
This week our highlight has been having an Easter craft day in the yurt which ended in a party. We have also enjoyed practicing what would we do in an emergency. We had some mixed results and I think we need some more practice in the future. Have a lovely weekend.
Thank you
Scott, Andy, Abbie, Ann, Jen
Dear PArents/Carers
This week the children have been concentrating on Maths! They have been having lots of Maths fun based around an Easter theme. They have been decorating eggs by rolling a dice, matching numerals and counting out decorations. They have also been playing games moving their egg around a grid by counting the squares to collect colourful eggs! Their favourite game was matching numerals to find baby chicks under the numbered eggs – so much fun! They also loved scooping the little eggs and chicks into containers and working on their fine motor skills in the tuff tray. Some children even used clothes pegs to pick them up! Such dexterity!
We also have lots of good news this week –
Nafisa is walking without her K-Walker now! She received our achievement certificate in assembly. Well Done Nafisa!
Also our lovely Yvonne has her husband David back home from hospital! Welcome home David!!!!! Yvonne has been off this half term recovering from Covid and her husband David has spent the whole time also recovering in hospital. We were so happy to hear he is now at home and we hope to see them both soon. We miss you Yvonne!
What is the Carers Wellbeing Fund?
If you care for someone who lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, the Carers Wellbeing Fund may be able to provide a small grant to help you as a carer. The fund is intended to support carers and to improve their own health and wellbeing. The money is provided by Newcastle City Council and the Newcastle Gateshead Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS) and is administered by Newcastle Carers, an independent charity who provide information, advice and support to carers.
The fund is discretionary. This means that there is limited money available so not all applications will be successful.
Who can apply to the Carers Wellbeing Fund?
You can apply to the Carers Wellbeing Fund if you are over 18 and look after someone who is ill, disabled, has mental health problems or is misusing drugs or alcohol and who could not manage without your help, and you are not employed to do this.
What can I spend a Carers Wellbeing Grant on?
A grant from the Carers Wellbeing Fund can be used for something that clearly gives you a break, supports you in your caring role, and/or maintains or improves your own health and wellbeing. For example:
I have added the link below to to download more information or apply:
Disability North have now set up a register to make finding work as a PA or finding a suitable PA to support you or your family members that little bit easier. I have added the link below.
Our Family Advice and Support team works with disabled children, young people and their families. The team includes Pass it on Parents, Family Advice Workers and project workers working together to provide co-ordinated support for families.
We are currently funded to work with families who live in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Our Family Advice and Support team (FAS) work with parents and carers of disabled children and young people up to the age of 25 years to provide co-ordinated support.
The team provides information and advice on a range of issues, from helping you to navigate your way around the Local Offer, connecting you with other services, to offering advice on a range of specific issues such as transport, holidays, activities and planning for adulthood.
We can offer you practical information and advice, appropriate to your circumstances and we work across all agencies such as education, social care, health, benefits, leisure and voluntary services.
We can support you in meetings in school and help with Parental Views in the Education Health & Care Plan Assessment process. Our Information Advice and Guidance service will work with you to see if you need more in depth support such as supporting you at Early Help meetings.
We can offer in depth advice and support for parents/carers tailored to your individual family’s needs, working with other agencies towards positive outcomes for your family. This support is usually more longer term, and is not time limited, but considers your family’s situation.
For example we can help families prepare for meetings so that the views of parents, children and young people are heard.
We can provide help and guidance on completing grant funding application forms for items or activities which will help your family or child/young person. (This is often dependent on family income).
Come and meet other parent/carers and find out what works for them. Speak to our team face to face to help you get information relevant to your family.
Due to the current restrictions we are not holding in person coffee mornings. Join our Pass it on Parents facebook group to find out about our online coffee mornings.
We run workshops and events based on feedback from parents on a variety of topics including “How to use Newcastle Local Offer website” and “Preparing for Adulthood” – preparing parents for when their young person moves from children’s to adult services.
Our social media allows you to keep up to date with news and local activities for you and your family. You can connect with other parents/carers to help each other.
Facebook: Family Advice and Support at Skills for People
This open page provides information on leisure activities, news stories, research projects, details of training events and advice for parents.
Facebook: Pass it on Parents Newcastle
This closed group is for local parents of disabled children and young people. Once you join you can ask other parents about problems you are having and where to get help and share your experiences with one another. This page also provides information on activities happening locally including coffee mornings and drop in events.
Twitter: @Passitonparents
This twitter feed has information for parents on local activities, campaigns, news stories, support groups etc.
Dear Parents/Carers
This week we have had great fun celebrating St Patrick’s Day. Thank you for wearing green and for all your donations sent in for red nose day. We have also been making great progress with our very own books as well as using tools outdoors. We have made a start on updating art work on the retaining wall outside our classroom. The children very much enjoyed using saws and making a art piece using tile grout and natural materials. We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Thank You
Scott, Abbie, Andy, Ann, Jen
We celebrated St Patrick’s Day in the yurt this year. We made special celebration hats in the morning and then we enjoyed a ceilidh and some games in the afternoon.
We’ve made a little video of our Irish dancing skills, hope your impressed!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KFcuH8sJhmtKacOHq08cAz2EHuYwoCy6/view?usp=sharing
It will be a year since we were all together as a school, St Patrick’s day last year was our last whole school assembly. We miss assemblies, events, all of the fabulous facilities we have such as hydro pool, thrive room, sensory integration room but mostly being able to mix with our friends throughout school.
Being in bubbles has allowed us to keep as safe as possible for the staff and the children, but we so look forward to the day we can get together again, use all of our facilities and celebrate the achievements of our wonderful children.
Have a great weekend, stay safe.
Just think….. this time last year we were just ending the last week at school before Covid 19 lockdown hit the UK. A year on, we are still in our bubbles, wearing face masks, keeping up strict cleaning and good hygiene practice daily. We still keep each other safe around school by not mixing bubbles, both staff and children. Nobody could have predicted the enormity of the pandemic nor its impact on Hadrian. We feel proud of how well school have been able to support parents and children throughout.
Here we are, March 2021 and …….This week spring feels like it sprung! How beautiful has the weather been? We have taken advantage of such warm climate and ventured outside without coats!!! Sunshine makes everyone feel happier. Here are some photos of some of our outdoor play this week.
We also celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style this week. We celebrated in 3 special ways:
We have been making the most of the Spring weather and enjoying the outdoor areas around school. Our class love the mud kitchen, it is a chance to explore the mud using lots of different tools and utensils whilst getting messy and having fun. It provides a whole variety of different learning opportunities including sensory, imaginative, creative and exploratory play. The water wall is also a big hit whilst encouraging children to problem solve, increase their fine and gross motor skills also hand-eye coordination through actions like pouring, squirting, scrubbing, stirring and squeezing.
We will be working outdoors lots during the nice weather so if you have wellies or waterproofs could you send them in please.
Have a wonderful weekend, stay safe.
My first connection with Hadrian School began when our two daughters both attended school. Initially I became a Parent Governor and was recently delighted to be appointed as Vice Chair in November 2020. I am confident that working alongside the Chair, Chris, Marian, the Leadership Team, Staff and the rest of the Governing Body that my experience and expertise will help develop and maintain the schools very high standards.
In my current working role I am the Designated Safeguarding and Prevent Lead for Learning and Skills in Northumberland. I look after the well-being of our staff and learners and I am also responsible for the health and safety and risk assessments for our provision. I am a counter signatory for our DBS service for Northumberland and manage our online safeguarding portal ‘Tootoot’, which is similar to CPOMs.
I have held positions at Northumberland County Council for 41 years in both residential care, day centres, mental health units and for the last 24 years I have worked in education. I am a qualified Social Worker and Teacher, with specialist knowledge in counter terrorism and Prevent. I deliver Prevent Training for the Home Office and have worked on numerous government funded projects.
As Safeguarding Lead for ‘Education in Learning and Skills’ and as an e-safety champion I have developed an expertise in children and young people’s health improvement and child protection.
My wife and I also foster children from Newcastle Fostering Services and as I mentioned, two of my long term foster children were educated in this very school. We also host placements for new born babies who require care and are waiting to start the adoption process.
My hobbies and interests are photography, table tennis and I run the Bruce Lee Fan club in the UK, I am also Safeguarding Lead for a youth and family support group called Tanga Club in Hexham that my wife set up and runs with 5 other mums.
I am looking forward to taking an active role as Vice Chair. I am always available at the end of the phone if you have any concerns and hopefully will be popping in to school on a regular basis for a coffee and a chat on my days off from work. If ever you see me around school, please say Hello.
Thanks
Brian
