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Young Climate Warriors
Greta Thunberg age 16, Swedish
climate activist. has created an
opportunity to more actively engage
with children about climate change at
a collective level.
Have you been worrying about
Climate Change? Have you been
reading just too many articles in the
press to be able to keep ignoring it -
thinking someone else will sort it out?
Thinking...surely that’s the government's
job, or the role of businesses.
Well the fact is that we all need to
be pulling together, we are running
out of time, we all need to do our bit,
starting now. Our carbon emissions
need to be cut…dramatically and
quickly. Would you and your family
like to help combat Climate Change?
Young Climate Warriors has just been
launched to harness collective action
by children – whereby they all undertake
the SAME challenge in the SAME
week. Several local schools are
already supporting this and we hope
that more will take this opportunity of
making a difference and learning how
they can help the environment.
Their first weekly challenge was
launched on Friday - 1stMarch. Go to
their website www.youngclimatewarriors.org
and undertake the first
challenge. They are designed not to
be onerous and possibly cost saving!
‘Either we prevent 1.5 degrees of
warming or we don’t’.
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Primary Times Leicestershire & Rutland
Supporting an
anxious child
It seems that more and more
children suffer with anxiety, and it
can be hard for parents to tell the
difference between behaviours that
are part of normal development,
and those that signal real
underlying unhappiness.
Children can become anxious
because of things going on at
home, bullying at school, or worries
about school work and tests. If your
child is unusually clingy, needs
of lots of reassurance, is having
difficulties mixing with others, is
not sleeping well or is regularly
complaining of headaches or
tummy aches, here are some ways
you can support them:
• Be patient and talk calmly about
what is worrying them. If they know
you’ll listen, they’ll be more likely to
confide in you. Help them to notice
their anxiety triggers so they can
ask for help when they need it.
• Suggest they close their eyes, take
some deep breaths and focus on a
special place or a time when they
felt safe and happy, imagining it in
as much detail as possible.
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Primary Times
30th Birthday Wish
To celebrate 30 years of the
publication, Primary Times has a
birthday wish; for the government
to create a new law to make it a
legal requirement to have a working
smoke alarm on every floor of every
house where a child sleeps. No
parent would knowingly risk the life
of their child, but too many don’t
realise the importance of smoke
alarms. According to government
data, a third of all fires have no
smoke detection present or working,
which suggests a huge number
of the 18 million family homes in
the UK could be unprotected and
leaving children at unnecessary risk.
Robert Nisbet, Chief Executive of
Primary Times, said “having once
woken to a serious house fire
myself, this is a subject close to my
heart. Primary Times wants to help
raise the awareness of house fires
and if we can change the law then
it will send an important message
about fire awareness. Like I did,
most people assume these things
only happen to somebody else. If
they knew the risks they were taking,
they would have a working detector
on every floor.
We urge everyone to sign our
petition because we know it
will help to save lives”.
www.primarytimes.co.uk/petition
Discover National Parks Fortnight
6 – 21 April 2019
The annual National Parks family festival
champions all that is unique and
special about our Parks – and we’ve
got two beautiful ones right here!
Secret coves, historic hillforts, ancient
forests and tranquil lochs are all waiting
to be discovered! Celebrate the
70th anniversary of the UK’s National
Parks; this spring discover and celebrate
countless opportunities to get
outside and discover the length and
breadth of the UK’s 15 National Parks.
Stay Play Explore
Family Escapes
There are many great ways to spend
quality time with the family but one
of the best has to be weekends away
with fun, laughs, thrills and challenges!
You can get all of this and more from
a range of great value UK family short
breaks in Leicestershire, Stratford
and Warwickshire, and Yorkshire. You
and your kids can enjoy farm parks,
Here in the North Yorkshire we’ve got
the Dales and the Moors with walks,
workshops, children’s activities and
special events – so come along and
join in the fun!
www.nationalparks.uk
adventure parks, sightseeing tours, ice
skating, history and heritage attractions,
castles, zoos, outdoor pursuits centres,
theme parks, water parks and much
more. The unique Stay Play Explore
breaks include three amazing experiences
from a choice of options plus
bed and full English breakfast at one of
our luxury hotels (most of which have
swimming pools) all from just £149.
BOOK NOW AND START MAKING
MEMORIES TO LAST A LIFETIME.
www.stayplayexplore.co.uk
• Encourage them to make their
own decisions over small things,
to build their confidence. Give
them opportunities to try different
activities that they may find difficult
at first to show them that it’s ok not
to be perfect at everything.
•
Make a ‘worry box’. Your child can
write down their worries and post
them in the box which can keep
hold of them, so they don’t have
to. You can then find a time to talk
about the worries together. Children
may also enjoy the Lanterns game:
www.healthforkids.co.uk/feelings/
lanterns/
• Your public health (school) nurse
can also support both you and
your child. Find your local team
here: www.healthforkids.co.uk/
leicestershire/school-nurses/
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