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Keeping in Contact - Change of Contact Details
Keeping in Contact - Change of Contact Details
It is very important that we have your up-to-date telephone numbers and email addresses; this is how we are remaining in contact with parents and carers at this crucial time. Please also inform us if you have moved house.
It is very important that we have your up-to-date telephone numbers and email addresses; this is how we are remaining in contact with parents and carers at this crucial time. Please also inform us if you have moved house.
Who doesn’t love lunch time?
Who doesn’t love lunch time?
A chance to hush that rumbling tummy, take a break, and have catch-up chats with chums. Oh yes, a highlight of the day, for sure. No-one appreciates lunch time like the school go-er after a morning of intense learning; it offers students an opportunity to let loose, recalibrate their brain and prepare for more school to come.
But for a few here at LAB, lunch time started to lose its magic. Those less comfortable with large groups and loud noises started to become uneasy in the hustle and bustle of the school canteen. For a handful of students, the lunch time bell did not signal rest, but a chore to endure… Well … not anymore!
Lunch time is making a revival for those seeking a quieter alternative in the form of a small club called Lunch Bunch. Running twice a day (once over each lunch break), the Lunch Bunch offers a small haven within the school where students eat food, play games, chat with friends and explore their creativity.
This alternative lunch scheme has been described by those who attend as ‘peaceful’, ‘calm’, ‘non judgmental’, ‘secluded’ where those who take part can ‘make friends’ and ‘get along with everyone’ whilst being offered ‘the opportunity to make friends in different year groups.’
Over the past few weeks the sessions have focused on a number of different activities: such as back-to-back drawing, wink murder, flag making and (perhaps most importantly) UNO!!! - something Miss Thomson thought she was good at until she met her match with the year tens!
All-in-all, Lunch Bunch has been a huge success. Not only has it provided a great deal of happiness and fun to all who attend, but it has also offered some a much-needed sanctuary. In the LAB community, it is vital that all are able to work hard (of course!) but also find the space and time to rest. And, I promise you, you couldn’t eat lunch with a lovelier bunch!
Miss Thomson and the Lunch Bunchers
Lunch bunch is arranged on an invite only basis, if you wish to be involved please send an email to send@leighacademyblackheath.org.uk
KOOTH
KOOTH
Just a reminder that we are promoting www.kooth.com as a free, safe and anonymous online source of support for young people.
On Kooth, students can chat to a friendly counsellor, read articles written by young people, get support from the Kooth community and write in a daily journal.
There is also a short four minute video on the homepage, which we encourage parents to watch too!
The Royal Greenwich Community Hub
The Royal Greenwich Community Hub
The Royal Greenwich Community Hub has been supporting people since the beginning of the pandemic, and this service is still available to support you all. The Royal Greenwich Community Hub links thousands of volunteers with opportunities to help people who are most in need of support.
If you cannot go out and do not have any family, friends or neighbours around to talk to or help you, then contact the Royal Greenwich Community Hub. They’re here for you, and can support you with:
food
keeping your mind and body healthy
money issues
housing
employment, volunteering and training
advice about staying warm and well in winter
social activities
Please click on the link below for further ways to contact the Hub
https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/200329/coronavirus/2209/community_hub
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