Hooray – last blog of the school year! It has been very busy year and next year looks set to be the same!
Armed Forces Day
June 20th saw us knee deep in military vehicles at Ypres Lines, Catterick Garrison for the 5th Armed Forces Day celebrations. Almost 1000 children and young people watched, tasted, heard and tried all that the Armed Forces can offer. Thank you to schools for bringing your children- a great day was had by all and for once the sun shone! Thank you also for the gorgeous ‘Thank You’ letters which are a joy to receive and even more of a joy to share with Garrison HQ and the soldiers who are so patient with the children – especially the guy who wore full body armour all day so the children could beat him with a stick! Our thanks, too, to our friends and colleagues in the MOD for making this day possible. Photos of the day are available on the gallery page.
Writing Competition September 2019
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Dates for your Diary…
First SFSG Meeting for the 2019/2020 term will be at 09:30 on Thursday 3rd October at Boroughbridge High School.
The Annual Remembrance Service for Service Children takes place on Friday 8th November at Ripon Cathedral, our theme this year will be the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. We’re looking forward to seeing you all there!
Anxiety Workshops
The Anxiety Workshops are still available to schools (for free!), please contact Nickie if you would like further information on the workshops available: Nickie.Young@northyorks.gov.uk
Emotional First Aid for Parents
The Early Help Service will be running another EFA for Parents course in September at Colburn Children’s Centre – please contact Nickie (Nickie.Young@northyorks.gov.uk) if you would further information about the course or would like to refer parents on to the course.
SENDIASS
MOD Project April 2019-April 2020 If you have any families with children/young people with SEND who need support please ask them to contact Annabel Hall 07816648163 or Jane Clark 07730818129.
And Finally…
Lovely Annabel is leaving her role as SPC this week to pursue new adventures – including working with SENDIASS supporting military families. Annabel was the original Service Pupils’ Champion and has seen her role develop and expand over the seven years she has been an SPC, at first for Ripon and then as the role grew so did the area she supported! Annabel will be sorely missed, I particularly will miss her massive amount of Service Pupils’ knowledge, her guidance and her calm head! I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Annabel for her tireless work and wish her the very best of luck for her future adventures!
Hope you have a completely gorgeous Summer Holiday!
Nickie & Annabel
Nickie.Young@northyorks.gov.uk
Annabel.Hall@northyorks.gov.uk