Dear Parents and Carers,
We would like to share a wellbeing update from the Togetherness team.
Thanks to continued funding from South Tyneside Council, local families can access Togetherness completely free of charge. Togetherness is an online platform created by psychologists and health professionals, offering practical advice, resources and support to help families with emotional health and wellbeing.
Free Lifetime Access for Families
Parents and carers can sign up for lifetime access using the code:
FOREVERYFAMILY
The platform covers a range of topics to support children, young people and families, and has been shown to have a positive impact on wellbeing, behaviour and relationships.
Please take a look at the attached newsletter for the latest updates and resources. You’ll also find a Free Access Checker link at the end of the newsletter to help you get started.
We hope you find these resources helpful.
Thank you to everyone who came along to our Easter Stay and Play, the children had an egg-cellent day! 🐣🥚
They enjoyed exploring a variety of activities both indoors and outdoors, including decorating eggs, making cards, feeding the bunny, digging and cleaning vegetables in the mud kitchen, as well as climbing and balancing. Most importantly, there was plenty of messy fun all around! ☺️
A big thank you to all the grown ups who joined us and helped make the day so special 🐣
On Tuesday and Thursday, we had lots of fun celebrating St Patrick’s Day 🍀. We decorated the room green 💚 which made it feel very exciting.
In the playdough area, the children used green playdough and pipe cleaners to make different creations.
In the tuff tray, they explored shaving foam with green and gold glitter. On Thursday, we made a shamrock shape and mixed green and gold paints together.
At the writing table, the children looked at different sized shamrocks and had a go at drawing them. In the painting area, they used cut peppers to print shamrock shapes.
We also enjoyed trying some Irish dancing together during group time 🍀💚
Here are some links you may find useful
https://beststartinlife.gov.uk/school-readiness/
https://kindredsquared.org.uk/
Starting Reception
Potty Training guide
The Children’s Tooth Brushing Guide
What a lovely day we had today welcoming our grown ups in for our special Strawberry Tea Stay & Play!
There were so many fun things to do! We decorated beautiful hearts, made special cards, squished and shaped playdough, mixed magical potions in the water tray, drew colourful pictures, balanced and climbed, dug in the garden and explored lots more exciting activities together.
And of course… the tastiest part of the day was sitting down with our grown ups to enjoy a delicious scone 🍓🫖
Thank you to all our lovely grown ups for coming along and making the day so special. We loved spending time playing and learning together! ❤️
