v EMAIL: editor@herald-publishing.co.uk v 7th March 2024 • The HERALD • Page 49 KIDS ZONE HAPPY to LEARN PROUD to SUCCEED 1:1 Personal Tutoring Service Qualified Advanced Skills Teacher with over 35 years’ experience in Primary School and KS3 • Specialism in Reading, Writing and Spelling • SATs – building confidence and Test techniques • Reading research and study skills • Learning HOW to learn • Dyslexia and ADD • Multisensory approach • Tailor made to meet the needs of your child • Raising achievement by building confidence and self- esteem • Mindfulness teacher References available • DBS checked Can I help? Email: mandyrush4@gmail.com “No Child left behind!” NURTURING EXCELLENCE Services offered: Private Tutoring Services Home-schooling Solutions Exam Prep and Entry Coaching and Mentoring Services Soft Skills Training Phone: 07751 083447 Email: office@stgeorgeseducation.com Website: www.stgeorgeseducation,com Amanda Rush is a retired Advanced Skills Teacher and latterly Head teacher, who worked in the Primary age range sector for over 35 years in Southeast London schools. Having moved to Hythe four years ago she is continuing with her successful career working as a tutor on a one-to-one basis using personalised lessons. Whilst over the years having taught many children and worked with their parents and carers, she says that during her career she saw too many children “le behind”, lacking the necessary skills and con dence to learn successfully and to be happy doing it. “Happy children learn”, a fundamental principle and one that is o en forgotten in the current education environment. She believes that teaching children ‘HOW’ to learn is the key to success and with evermore children being diagnosed as neuro divergent it is essential that they are taught in a way that builds on their strengths and learning styles. Amanda’s basic teaching principles focus on building selfesteem and con dence, enabling an “I CAN DO!” attitude. She devises personalised learning programmes for each individual child using diagnostic assessment either provided by other professional agencies, the school or her own, to ensure the best possible outcomes for the children. Amanda is planning in the future to run dyslexic workshops for parents and carers where she hopes to share ideas techniques to make everyday challenges less demanding and fun. If you would like to nd out more about Amanda’s personal tutoring service please email: mandyrush4@gmail.com NURTURING EXCELLENCE e Children’s Alliance charity is looking for community projects to fund in Hampshire now to create better starts and brighter futures for all children. So far, they have secured £60,000 in grants to fund community projects all over the UK. From small wild swimming groups to long running sports clubs anybody can apply for funding, the project just needs to have something to do with water and swimming! Children’s Alliance aims to give children the best start in life. It was founded by Water Babies’ late CEO Steve Franks in 2019 - Water Babies is the world’s largest baby and toddler swimming school. Although the organisation has been campaigning in parliament and active in communities since 2019 it has just secured charitable status - a major milestone in Water Babies history. With charitable status in place the team can continue the campaigns and projects they have been working on, and look toward a future full of opportunities to make a di erence to children. e charity has bene tted 477 children to date, through the provision of SEN swimming lessons, sur ng sessions, specialised swimwear and repairs to sensory pool facilities. So far it has worked with; • Leigh Trust – Providing swimwear for ve inner city schools in Birmingham for Muslim children. • Dame Vera Lynn Charity – Providing ongoing impact on their life. Paul ompson, Founder of Water Babies and Chair of Trustee’s at Children’s Alliance, says: “We’re thrilled to have gained charity status for Children’s Alliance and have already started working with communities to support children and young people accessing water and experiencing the benefits water can bring. Children are at the heart of Water Babies, and Children’s Alliance formalises our charitable work and provides an action plan of how to give back to families and communities, helping to provide better starts and brighter futures for children.” New Charitable Fund from Children’s Alliance Available to Projects in Hampshire hydrotherapy sessions for severely disabled children. • e Wave Project – Using surf therapy to support 50 children in North Yorkshire with their mental health. • Access Sport – Provision of over 400 swimming sessions for disabled children. • We Are Beams – Provision of swimming lessons for children with AS or ADHD, aged between 7 to 11, and water-based messy play sessions for babies and toddlers. Now Children’s Alliance welcomes applications from projects in Hampshire who would bene t from funding. is money could directly support a local community group, a school, a club, a special needs organisation or anything that in some way betters the lives of children and lets them experience the mental and health bene ts of being in the water. 1 in 6 children in the UK struggle with social, emotional or mental health, but by supporting local initiatives Children’s Alliance aims to make a real di erence in a child’s rst ve years, which will have a long-term Upcoming Dorset Cricket Society Talks e Dorset Cricket Society is in its 21st year, with members joining from across the New Forest and the wider Hampshire area at their weekly meetings held in Hurn Bridge Sports Club, Christchurch, BH23 6DY. e line-up of speakers for this season includes ex international players, as well as others that are prominent in other aspects of the game. Meetings take place every Thursday afternoon commencing 1.45pm, running until late March 2024. Upcoming talks: 14th March, Angus Fraser (Middlesex/England player and selector); 21st March John Barclay (Sussex CCC/Author/MCC President 2009/10) and 28th March Chairman’s Sports Quiz and cream tea, 1pm. Annual membership is £10. Meetings are £5 for members and £7 for guests including tea, co ee and biscuits. A er you have attended 2 talks as a guest you will need to purchase a membership to attend further talks. For more information please contact Graham Jones, Webmaster and Membership Secretary via email: grahamc.jones@ntlworld.com or call: 01202 248211. Where Do Novelists Get Their Ideas? Totton South u3a’s next general meeting on 15th March (doors open 1.30pm) will include a presentation on ‘A Beginning, a Muddle & an End’ by Bobbie Darbyshire (novelist) – venue Colbury Memorial Hall. ose interested in membership of Totton South u3a are welcome to attend a general meeting or a Co ee/Quiz morning (held at 10am on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at Hanger Farm) before paying their membership fee. Details of TSu3a activities are available via the website: u3asites.org.uk/totton-south/home or by telephoning or texting: 07305 178402.
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