Tow Law Millennium Primary School
Wear Street, Attlee Estate, Tow Law DL13 4LF
The ‘Mental Health Rainbow Guides’ attached below provide a list of national and local services supporting emotional wellbeing and mental health needs of children and young people, adults and education.
Mental Health & Emotional Support for children, young people and families in County Durham
Mental Health & Emotional Support for adults in County Durham
If you have any further questions, please contact the school office to speak to our Mental Health Lead, Miss Helen Dobson.
The Governing Body of Tow Law Millennium Primary School currently has a vacancy for a Parent Governor as the term of office of the current Governor Claire Wild has ended. Claire has worked hard as part of the Governing Body during her term of office and we thank her for her support. If any other parents would like to put their names forward for this post please contact the school via email to towlaw@durhamlearning.net or ring the school to speak to the Headteacher on 01388 730283.
Click the document below for further details.
Please see below a letter outlining home testing for coronavirus (COVID-19) for parents, carers and childcare and support bubbles.
Home testing for coronavirus (COVID-19) for parents carers and childcare and support bubbles
School Meals from Week Commencing 8th March 2021
We will continue to offer one hot main meal per day for the remainder of this term, due to the covid-19 risk assessment and the social distancing of the children in their class bubbles. We will review after Easter in accordance with the Government Guidance on social distancing.
If your child opts out of the meal of the day, they should bring a packed lunch. Fresh fruit is provided daily to all children. We are awaiting the Summer Term Menu from our catering provider, Taylor Shaw, which will come into effect after the Easter Break. Please find below the menu for the next three weeks.
Click the document link below to view the menu.
Please read the following letter below from Richard Crane, Head of Education for DCC. The letter outlines the importance of social distancing at school drop off and pick up times.
Please see the documents below with updates on current important issues from Durham Constabulary.
Dear Parents,
I am pleased to inform you we have bought into the YogaBugs Virtual Programme for our school and this includes access to YogaBugs videos and mindfulness techniques for you and your children.
Please see below instruction on how to access your YogaBugs Parent Portal.
We are working closely with YogaBugs in school to help all of our children, teachers and parents with their mental health and overall wellbeing.
On the YogaBugs Parent Portal you will have access to Yoga and Mindfulness videos, chair yoga for you to try, a video about the benefits of YogaBugs, along with helpful mindfulness activities and visualisations that you can download and use for you whole family.
The benefits of you using sessions are huge – Please see below:
· The YogaBugs Virtual programme has been designed and created by mental health first aiders
· Every session is age appropriate and challenging
· The classes can be used on a laptop, phone, tablet or smart TV
· You can pause the sessions at any time and come back to them
· All classes end with Relaxation and Mindfulness
· We incorporate curriculum-based themes and subjects in help with distance learning
· All classes are physical and educational
· The physical benefits are massive helping with core strength, balance, coordination flexibility and much more
· All sessions are proven to help with concentration, behaviour, listening and stimulate imagination
To register and log into your portal please click on the link below and register your details:
https://www.thebugsgroup.com/member-registration/
** please note this link cannot be sent to anyone else, the school has signed a confidentiality agreement **
We recommend that you use 1 or 2 sessions per week along with revisiting sessions to help children learn certain Yoga poses and stimulate memory.
Once you have registered, you will create your own password which will then gain access to all of our sessions.
We hope you find these sessions beneficial. We welcome photos and any feedback to us and YogaBugs so we can see how the students and you are getting on with the sessions.
If you require any assistance, please call the school office.
Learning resources such as paper, pencils, erasers and exercise books are available from the school.
Please email towlaw@durhamlearning.net if you need anything or contact the school office.
Please find below a list of catch up clinics for the flu immunisation for children who were absent during the immunisation session in schools. Parents who did not consent previously, can also attend these clinics with their children.
