Kick off the New Year with Cookarama!
Cook tasty, affordable family meals in a friendly setting
Tuesdays 10am – 12 noon from 12 January
at Pilton Community Health Project, Boswall Parkway
Free Creche (must be booked in advance)
To book your place contact JOE or MEMES at Pilton Community Health Project, telephone 551 1671 or email admin@pchp.org.uk
New Tuesday cooking flyer Jan 2016
Sixteen families from Craigroyston Primary ‘graduated’ from a pioneering education programme this week, proven to help children achieve more in schools and strengthen their relationships with their families.
Parents and carers and their children aged three to eight, who attend Craigroyston Primary School, have successfully completed an eight week Families and School Together (FAST) programme. This is the second time the local primary School has run the programme.
The FAST programme, backed by Save the Children, supports families by working with parents and children in schools and has been endorsed by the United Nations.
Originally developed in the US by Professor Lynn McDonald, FAST now runs throughout the UK. It is entirely voluntary, open to all and is designed to give all children the chance to succeed at school.
Typical activities include singing, family games such as emotional charades and special play, sitting down together to eat a family meal and supporting parents in setting boundaries.
FAST aims to provide a fun and relaxed space for families to experience a mixture of play and learning activities, hands on coaching and support for parents and carers. Each week families can win a resource hamper to help support children’s learning in the home. The programme has high success rates in improving family relationships and links between home, school and the local community.
Save the Children say: “FAST has been so successful and the feedback we get from schools and parents is always so positive. The programme has been a great success in schools. Parents have the biggest influence on their children’s learning and development and FAST gives families the opportunity to build on this.
“We believe that every child should have a fair chance to do the best they can at school and that every family should have access to proper support in their local area.”
Total Craigroyston CLD worker Sarah Neal added: “The FAST programme was a great success. Our families got a lot out of the programme and there was a real buzz about the sessions. I’ve no doubt that they will go on to build on what they have achieved and learned together over the last few weeks.”
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Hairstyling workshops with Dads Rock
We still have places available for our Childcare Academy Information Sessions on:
Wednesday 16 December @ 1.30pm
Thursday 14 January @ 10am
Wednesday 27 January @ 1.30pm
If you would like to book a place to come along and hear more about the Academy, ask any questions and take away an application pack, please do not hesitate to contact me on the number below or Barbara Webster on 0131 311 6926.
Audrey O’Neill
Training Administrator, North Edinburgh Childcare
Telephone: 0131 311 6931
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The planned official opening of Drylaw Skate Park, due to take place this Saturday, has been cancelled because of the continuing bad weather. Continue reading Drylaw skatepark opening postponed
Anger and anxiety over funding debacle
Third sector umbrella organisation EVOC is to seek answers to funding queries following the uncertainty caused by Tuesday’s Education, Children and Families committee meeting.
The meeting was expected to recommend that organisations that had received funding in 2015/16 would be given the same amount as last year, while successful new applicants would receive 50% of their bid. However the key report was withdrawn on the eve of the meeting, leaving scores of community organisations in the dark over their futures.
Following the decision to withdraw the grant recommendations paper before Tuesday’s meeting, EVOC approached the Executive Director of Communities and Families for clarification and she has agreed to respond to questions collected by EVOC on behalf of organisations affected.
EVOC’s Children, Young People and Families Network development worker Sarah Wade said: “If you wish to raise a question please email me at sarah.wade@evoc.org.uk by 10am on Monday 14 December.
“This will enable us to collate questions from the Sector and submit them to Gillian Tee as soon as possible. Please include the name of the organisation you represent when you contact me – this will not be included with your question. For those organisations who have already been in touch with me, I will include the questions you have already raised.”
Email sarah.wade@evoc.org.uk or call 555 9133 for further info
Continue reading EVOC looks for answers on third sector grants
PLAYTALKREAD WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Do you enjoy feeding the ducks at the pond in Inverleith Park, playing mini golf at Bruntsfield Links with your wee one or reading the next destination when you’re on the tram together? PlayTalkRead is calling for you to vote for top things for tots to do in Edinburgh and Lothians before voting closes on 13 December. Continue reading What’s top to do for tots?
Alternative memorial planned for Princes Street Gardens
Bereaved parents have visited the Mortonhall Memorial Garden which opened on Friday. Continue reading Mortonhall Memorial Garden opens
Edinburgh’s Museum of Childhood has created the ultimate advent calendar for big kids – a digital door a day back in time to childhood winters! Continue reading Museum of Childhood to launch digital advent calendar
Steps to improve Type 1 diagnosis in children
A health service campaign is encouraging medical staff and parents to look for the warning signs of Type 1 Diabetes in an effort to improve early diagnosis. Continue reading Diabetes: drive to spot the warning signs earlier
