Woking Schools Confederation
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Tel No.
01483 474986 or 07809 726031
Dislaimer
The Confederation aims to signpost a range
of activities & provision. In many
cases the information is being provided
by the providers.The Confederation does not
take any responsibility
for the accuracy of information nor has it
undertaken any checks on providers.
It is important that parents / carers / guardians
do their own checks to ensure they are happy
with the activity, the provider and the situation
within which it is offered before allowing their
child/charge to engage in them.
News
PUPIL VOICE
The next Confederation Pupil Voice event will be held on 2nd July at Parkview Woking
Further details to follow shortly
New to School with NO English?
New to School with NO English?
This is a problem that every school in the Confederation faces.
Now there is help at hand, Blade Education has produced DVDs for use in KS1 and KS2 schools that speak to the child and their parents, in their own language, and helps them through the basic social and organisational matters they will encounter at a English school. They are available in 12 languages; English, Bengali, Mandarin, Polish, Urdu, French, Japanese, Shona, Arabic, Romanian and Ndeble (an African language).
The Confederation has provided a copy of these DVDs to each of its KS1 /KS2 schools.
For Further information please click here
MEND Programme comes to Woking
The MEND programme (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do it!) is a fun course dedicated to helping reduce childhood overweight and obesity levels.
The MEND Programme is aimed at families with children aged 7 to 13 years whose weight is above the healthy range for their age and height.
Programmes are free to attend and comprise of two sessions a week for ten weeks. Woking Borough Council is now running MEND programmes at various locations over the next two years. Along with Surrey Primary Care Trust (PCT) Woking Borough Council has become partners in the Big Lottery Funded initiative 'England on the MEND', an £8 million project tackling the problems associated with children who are overweight or obese.
The Programme is provided to help children and families manage their weight better and to encourage leading a healthy lifestyle. Research carried out by MEND shows that the programme really works. Children learn how to improve their health, fitness and self esteem levels.
The MEND Programme will also teach you about nutrition and eating a balanced diet. There are some MEND recipes on this page for you to look at as an example.
The 20 MEND Programme sessions include one hour’s interactive workshop for children and parents, followed by one hour’s exercise for the children whilst the parents have an adult discussion.
Please contact the Health and Well-being Development Officer if you have concerns about your child's weight or lifestyle.
Woking's first programme will be running at Sheerwater Community Centre starting April 2009. For more details or to register your interest, please call 01483 743424.
Alternatively, you can find out more about the programme by visiting the MEND website.
