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The Healthy Lives Team Families update contains helpful information and activities for your whole school community

This is the FAMILIES newsletter from The Healthy Lives Team. Each Friday we share relevant information, activities and resources to support your ongoing health and wellbeing.

The HEALTHY LIVES TEAM supports schools, pupils and families with everything to do with health and wellbeing. We want to help you to live fitter, healthier and happier lives.

We now have a Healthy Lives Team webpage where you can find out more about the team and access Healthy Schools resources and all our archived newsletters.

Parenting Programme Timetable - April - July 2021

The parenting team offer a range of evidenced-based parenting programmes which take place in schools and community centres across the borough and now virtually. They work with all parents, carers, guardians – including those who co-parent / live separately and those who may be re-establishing a relationship with their child or have limited or no access.

The service is available throughout the year:

Delivered weekdays and evenings, through a termly timetable in schools & community venue. Programmes are available in English, Bengali and Somali

Covid-19 support:

Revised programme content, online flexible, virtual, online courses and flexible access
Telephone support

Services are universal, targeted and specialist:

Self – referral
Professional referral – including from schools, health colleagues, school nursing, Social prescribers
Early Help Assessment / Social Inclusion Panel referral
Children Social Care referral – Child in Need, Child Protection
Mandated by courts

To make a referral or to discuss a specific case, please email: parenting@towerhamlets.gov.uk or Tel: 020 7364 6398

Click here for the timetable >

Millions of Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al- Fitr

Millions of Muslims all around the world will be celebrating Eid al-Fitr this week to mark the end of Ramadan. The date in which Eid falls on is decided by the cycle of the moon and this year falls around 12-14^th May. The BBC's Newsround have put together a series of videos of children explaining how they will celebrate Eid al-Fitr this year. Eid Mubarak.

View the videos here >

RHS Photographic Competition

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have opened their 2022 photography competition aimed at encouraging both young and old to get closer to nature and are welcoming photographic submissions taken of insects, wildlife, indoor gardening, plants, and gardens. A vibrant gallery of this year’s winners has been provided for inspiration. The competition is free for everybody and there are voucher prizes to be won in the under-18 categories. Happy snapping!

Click here to enter >

View the 2021 winners here >

Design and make your own story with the V&A museum

The V&A museum in London have over one million objects in their collection! Take a moment to consider all the different stories and histories of those items. The V&A have designed an inspirational activity for children where they use objects from around their home to create an imaginative story. With the five chosen objects children invent a story, setting and character, then creatively think how the five objects fit into their adventure. It might be that an old watch becomes a time machine, or a library book has magical powers. Fun for 7-11 year olds and big kids too!

Click here to make your own story >

And remember...

"As soon as I saw you I knew an adventure was going to happen."

Winnie the Pooh, by author A.A Milne

The Healthy Lives Team

The Healthy Lives Team want to support you with all aspects of health and wellbeing. We will be sending you regular newsletters that will be relevant whether you are at school, work, or at home.

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We are incredibly proud in Tower Hamlets to have supported schools to gain more Healthy Schools awards than any other borough in London. So please use this newsletter in whatever way suits you best to stay as fit and healthy as possible.

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Take care,

The Healthy Lives team at London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Useful links

Latest government advice
NHS coronavirus advice
NHS 111 online coronavirus service
Tower Hamlets coronavirus advice and support

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PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR TEACHING STAFF and PARENT CONTACTS

The Healthy Lives Team Families update contains helpful information and activities for your whole school community

This is the FAMILIES newsletter from The Healthy Lives Team. Each Friday we share relevant information, activities and resources to support your ongoing health and wellbeing.

The HEALTHY LIVES TEAM supports schools, pupils and families with everything to do with health and wellbeing. We want to help you to live fitter, healthier and happier lives.

We now have a Healthy Lives Team webpage where you can find out more about the team and access Healthy Schools resources and all our archived newsletters.

Tokyo Olympics: Cross-curricular resources

The 2020 Summer Olympic games are now scheduled to take place in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, between 23^rd July and 8^th August 2021. The Paralympics Games are due to take place between 24^th August and 5^th September 2021. Team GB and ParalympicsGB have produced a range of free Tokyo Olympics cross-curricular resources for students aged 5-19. Activities include a travel to Tokyo family challenge, a Haiku competition (entries to be submitted on 28^th May 2021) and a variety of home learning activities.

Click here for resources >

BBC Bitesize: Catch up and keep learning

BBC Bitesize online will continue to deliver their special service for pupils, teachers and parents until the end of the school year. Learning comes in the shape of structured lessons, videos, text graphics and quizzes, helping children to catch up on key concepts or learn them for the first time. It can be used in the classroom, set as homework or extra learning for parents to deliver at home.

Click here to access the website >

Get Inspired: BBC Sport activity guide

Have you ever wondered how to get into sports such as climbing, athletics or basketball? What about lesser known activities such as softball, archery, boccia, handball or taekwondo? BBC Sport activity finder has curated a series of inspiring webpages, articles and videos which describe information about the sport, what to expect and guidance on where to find a local club.

View the website here >

Youth Sport Trust: Indoor physical activity challenges

Are you looking to get fit as a family and are you ready for a challenge? Give these 60 second physical activity challenges a try. These activities have been designed using a compete against yourself approach to physical activity, with a focus on resilience and perseverance. Can you achieve Bronze, Silver or Gold for each challenge? A free tracking sheet is provided to record your best attempts. There are 25 different challenges and they have been updated for 2021!

Find the challenges here >