5 Cheeky Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Sometimes you can have such fun with the simplest of items. This matress provided entertainment for our very own cheeky monkeys as they bounced, laughed and learnt a little about numbers as they count down from 5-0 singing their song,

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed

 

Four little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed

 

Three little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed

 

Two..........One............

 

 

A visit from our friends

Just before the half term holidays we received a visit from some of our friends at St Marys College Nursery who joined us for a play session. Children from the baby room and tweenie room came down with E.Y.P.'s. It was lovely to see the different age groups, mixing together and playing together.

Henry Program

How HENRY supports a healthy start in life

HENRY is the UK’s leading healthy start provider. We offer family support which covers all aspects of child development. This holistic approach and our commitment to quality has led to commissions from more than 70 local authorities and the strongest evidence base for any UK early years healthy start programme.

The HENRY approach

HENRY adopts a unique and holistic approach to working with families underpinned by the evidence on risk and protective factors for early nutrition, child obesity and child development.
We integrate proven behaviour change models into a supportive and effective approach that increases parental confidence and their ability to provide a healthy start for their child. This ‘HENRY approach’ brings together support for parenting efficacy, family emotional wellbeing and behaviour change with information about nutrition, physical activity, oral health and more. Parents supported by HENRY make statistically significant lifestyle changes and independent clinical trials show these changes are sustained at follow-up.

Support for all aspects of child development

The breadth and holistic nature of the HENRY approach supports not only improved nutrition and healthy weight, but all aspects of wider early child development including social, emotional, physical, language and cognitive – therefore contributing to school readiness. This is why many commissioners use HENRY as a key parenting pathway.
HENRY can be offered to our families through our local Children's Centres. If you feel that this would be of benefit to your family or would like more information or to be put forwad for it then please speak to Amanda.

Dechox - Saira's Story

What is Dechox?
           
Dechox is a nationwide challenge to give up chocolate throughout February. It raises money to support The British Heart Foundation. Our very own St Marys Saira has given up chocolate herself throughout February to try and promote a healthier lifestyle with her family and our children at St Marys. She has carried out a variety of activities and will be doing many more over the coming months to encourage healthier life choices. Obesity is a growing concern in young children, as is an alarming rate of tooth decay in very young children. Saira is passionate about this and has been looking at teaching children about healthier foods and where they come from, including activities that encourage children to grow and sample their own different foods. Saira is also using her knowledge and enthusiasm to complete her NVQ level 4 which she is currently studying at Blackburn College. A lot of the activities she is carrying out will form a project as part of her studies. Most of you will have completed a consent form for your children to take part in the activities. Saira has also been looking at and educating the children about sugars and recently made some cupcakes with the children exploring some sugar substitutes. We are supporting Saira 100% in her campaign for a healthier St Marys and we are hoping you will join us in getting on board with our new and improved ideas. We can all work together to improve the health of our children. If you would like to donate to The British Hart Foundation to show your support for Saira then please give your donations to a memeber of staff.

"Around a third of children aged 2 to 15 in the UK are overweight or obese. Children are becoming obese at an earlier age, staying obese for longer and children from lower income household are more than twice as likely to be obese than those in high income households. This is a population health and an inequalities problem.  "

Wellbeing Wednesday Safety

Our Wellbeing Wednesday Safety Message was household safety. We set up a mock house scene and encouraged children to think about the dangers they could identify in the home. E.Y.P.'s supported their understanding and discussed with children why it is important not to touch particular items at home. These included hair straighteners, medicines, pans, cleaning items. Parents were also given an information sheet regarding household safety which included a safety checklist to asses their own household. For further information on possible dangers in the home please go to  https://www.rospa.com/