Noteable events for the week ahead

• Petition - Take Back Control of West Denton Pool - 27-01-21

  Wed 27 Jan 2021

  Take Back Control of West Denton Pool - 27-01-21

   

  The community of West Denton and the Outer West of Newcastle fear for the future of the West Denton Pool after its closure during the first lockdown. 

   

  Several years ago, Newcastle City Council’s Labour administration effectively privatised Newcastle’s leisure centres by handing them to a London based company, Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL), to run. Decisions about our leisure services are now being taken by a board based in London. GLL took the decision to keep the West Denton Pool closed after lockdown and make the staff redundant with no discussion or engagement with the local community. Meanwhile, not a single swimming pool in Greenwich has been closed.

   

  We the undersigned demand that Newcastle City Council takes back control of the West Denton Pool from GLL and works to identify funding to reopen the pool immediately. We believe that decisions about our local facilities should be made by people accountable to Newcastle voters not an unaccountable body based 300 miles away.

   

  Updates

  Encourage friends and family to sign the petition

  Thank you for signing the petition to take back the West Denton Pool from Greenwich Leisure Limited.

• 'Let's talk about .........Resilience'

  Wed 27 Jan 2021

  Let’s Talk About…Resilience
  The video, Let’s talk about…resilience offers an introduction to the concept of resilience and a framework for understanding and improving your own resiliency.
  The video aims to answer these questions:
  • What is resilience?
  • What makes us feel resilient?
  • How can we feel more resilient?

   

  The video contains a lot of information; please watch it more than once and use the pause button to give yourself time to think about the ideas.

   

  Paste the following link into your browser:

  
  https://biteable.com/watch/lets-talk-aboutresilience-a-introduction-to-r-2753610/9c9a6735ac8a0f5aa83dc6c77972e44d
   

  Although this video has been developed for adults, the strategies are helpful for children and young people too. 

   

  Kind regards,

   

  Mick

• Reception Admissions - September 2021

  Fri 15 Jan 2021

  The Newcastle City Council Admissions portal for School Reception places for September 2021 closes on January 15th. Please remember to submit your choices and remind your friends and family to do so before this deadline date. 

• Update - National Lockdown and Remote Learning - 05-01-20

  Tue 05 Jan 2021
  wdps-parent-and-carer-letter-05-01-21.pdf (primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com)