Your Health Sunderland

Chelsea’s Choice touring Schools

Rick — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:55:30 +0000

If you have any concerns that a yong person is being groomed and maybe sexually exploited, ALWAYS talk to someone you trust! and/or Childline

CEOP – Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre

World Aids Day 2013

Rick — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:39:39 +0000

For WAD, a FREE one day conference is to be held 27th Nov 2013. Central Newcastle. mail to: rick.stifter at sunderland.gov.uk for information and declaration of interest.

Outlet C-Card Help

Gayle — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:19:13 +0000

CCard outlets (Help, Resetting Password or Stock Ordering) [contact-form-7]

Healthy Schools Annual Report 2012

Gayle — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:38:02 +0000

Annual Report July 2012

Find out how the first 5 schools in Sunderland achieved the Sunderland Healthy School award

First 3 schools achieve Sunderland Healthy Schools award

Gayle — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:14:08 +0000

Teachers and pupils from Sunningdale School (left) Richard Avenue Primary (middle) and Town End Academy (Right) alongside Cllr Smith and Peter Brown (Healthy Schools Coordinator)

ACTIVELY PROMOTING the physical and emotional health and well-being of all its pupils has earned three city schools Sunderland Healthy Schools Awards.

The new annual awards, have been developed to give a more local focus to the national healthy schools awards launched ten years ago to encourage and recognise individual school’s work with pupils to promote health, nutrition and exercise and reduce health and social inequalities.

Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services, Councillor Pat Smith presented teachers and pupils from Sunningdale school, Richard Avenue Primary and Town End Primary Academy with their plaques and certificates of achievement.

Over the last ten years more than 106 schools across the city have received Healthy Schools Awards, with the latest recipients of the now Sunderland Health Schools Awards recognised for their work with pupils in different settings facing different challenges.

Sunningdale School; developed a brand new multi sensory outside play area to encourage exercise and outdoor learning for all pupils

Richard Avenue Primary; focused on encouraging parents and pupils to walk to school instead of using cars, increasing the road safety of the area

Town End Primary Academy; encouraged more pupils to have a healthy school dinners and enabled more vulnerable pupils to join in physical activities

Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services, Cllr Smith said: “All our award winners are to be congratulated, with these plaques a permanent reminder to everyone of the hard work of pupils, staff and parents to achieve this official recognition of their efforts.

“Individual schools will face their own individual challenges, and these awards recognise the innovative and individual approach schools are taking to address a wide range of issues.

“They may focus on particular areas and issues from promoting healthy eating and physical activity, to advising and involving young people in campaigns. Everything from anti-bullying. sexual heath and relationships to substance misuse and emotional wellbeing.”

To achieve the award schools must submit evidence to Sunderland City Council of the difference their health work makes to children’s lives. The award can take up to two years to achieve and more details of how to achieve the award can be found at www.yourhealthsunderland.com/healthyschools

Lung Disease

Gayle — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:26:55 +0000

1 in 7 people are affected by lung disease check out www.lunguk.org

Mens Health

Gayle — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:34:24 +0000

Resources for men on how to improve their health www.menshealthforum.org.uk

Cancer Research

Gayle — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:59:09 +0000

Show your support for Cancer Research www.fruityfriday.org

Sun Awareness

Gayle — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:57:35 +0000

Learn how to look younger. Sun Awareness www.britishskinfoundation.org.uk

Walk4life Phone App

Gayle — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:53:04 +0000

Check out the fabulous free new app from Walk4Life

WHAT IS YOUR ANNUAL MILEAGE – If you are an iphone owner you can now find out with a fabulous free new app from Walk4Life. The Walk4Life app plots the route of your walks, drawing the line on an Ordnance Survey base map and calculates your distance, time, and calories giving you a daily, monthly, yearly running total.

So now when you leave the house to walk to work all you have to do is press ‘Start’ and when you finish ‘Save’. It is that straightforward. It’s a simple and free way to keep a record of your walking journeys and see the miles mounting up.

We all know what mileage our car does in a year but not so how many miles our feet take us! It’s a great app to help you keep that New Year resolution to be more active…and unlike car mileage the more miles you do the better shape you’ll be in!

The app follows on from the success of the Walk4Life website www.walk4life.info that now has over 18,000 walks submitted by its users.

Don’t worry though you can ensure your journey remains private; so your walk to work where you took a diversion for a cup of tea remains a secret between you and your app!

The app can be downloaded for free from walk4life site www.walk4life.info/app