The Healthy Tots July 2024 Newsletter

The Healthy Tots Summer Newsletter (July 2024)

Welcome to the latest edition of the Healthy Tots newsletter.

We are certainly experiencing a summer of sport with Euro 2024 in full swing, Wimbledon starting this week and the Olympic and Paralympic Games just around the corner too! Here at Healthy Tots, we want to celebrate the benefits of being active and focus this newsletter on physical play and activity.

Parks and outdoor activities

Get physical outdoors!

Now is a perfect time to explore the great outdoors and the wonderful Country Parks which Leicestershire has to offer. Did you know that Leicestershire County Council maintain 17 County Parks with a further 11 Country Parks in our local area managed by other organisations. To visit the County Parks website please visit -Leicestershire County Parks There are over 3000km of public paths and walking routes in Leicester and Leicestershire. For more information on walking routes around the County visit- walking in Leicestershire

Stay safe near water!

The Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK)

Enjoy the outdoors but remember to be safe and alert when near water especially when young children are present. The Royal Life Saving Society has lots of resources to share and use with children and families this summer and beyond.

Active Together Early Years Resources

Active together have a comprehensive range of different resources to support early years practitioners plan and coordinate appropriate physical activity play opportunities and environments. For more information and to download the various materials, please follow the link Active Together

What Have We Been Up To Lately?

Healthy Tots Engagement Event

On a very wet Thursday evening back in May we hosted our Healthy Tots Engagement Event; it was great to see lots of familiar faces there including settings who have recently completed their award. A number of partner agencies and services also attended to provide presentations, information and resources. Therefore a special thank you goes to;

•	Public Health's Oral Health Team
•	Family Hubs
•	Childcare Sufficiency Team
•	Healthy Workplaces
•	Active Together
•	Active Eyes
•	Sunrise Wellbeing

We were able to raise awareness of National Smile Month and had a free prize draw where we had balance bikes to give away and was kindly donated by Active Together.

Overall it was a fantastic night of Healthy Tots celebrations, highlights and opportunities to network, thanks to everyone who was able to attend.

Completed Settings!!

A huge congratulations to our 2 latest settings who have completed their Healthy Tots award;

Blue Bubbles Pre School who achieved their Healthy Tots award in May and who were presented with their certificate at the Engagement Event and The Nurture Nest who completed their award only a couple of weeks ago!

Blue Bubbles Pre-School

The Nurture Nest

Welcome to our new Early Years settings who have recently joined the Healthy Tots Programme:

•	The Syston Day Nursery

•	Millfield Lead Academy

•	Babblebrooke Day Nursery

•	Bilingual Day Nursery

•	Bilingual Day Nursery Ravenstone

Healthy Start

Just a reminder!

Please can you help to promote the Healthy Start Scheme via your Facebook pages, newsletters and have information readily available for parents to access!

Available Training Sessions

Click on the image below to go to the Healthy Tots training page!

Upcoming Events..

National Playday-7th August 2024

The theme for this year's Playday is … Play – the culture of childhood. Supporting play, fun and friendships

This year's theme celebrates the rich and lively culture of children's play. Every child plays – playfulness is a distinct feature of behaviour across generations and cultures. Playing generates a culture of childhood. Find out more and how you can get involved by clicking on the image!

Partner Updates

Oral Health Team

We have just finished our promotion of National Smile Month. You may have seen a member of our team out and about in the community giving out free toothbrushes and toothpaste. How have you been helping to promote oral health in your setting?

Our Oral Health E-learning package has now also gone live- available for all front line early years staff! Log in to your Healthy Tots account to access it.

Don't forget about our Oral Health Resources E-Catalogue- You can 'click and collect' a wide variety of resources to help encourage healthy teeth at your setting. Have a look at what we have to offer by visiting here 👉🏻 https://www.leicestershirehealthytots.org.uk/oral-health-resource-catalogue

General Updates

Lots of good reasons to get moving!

Let's help families to get moving more and enjoying physical activity. Click on the below image to find out more about the NHS Better Health Healthier Families resources!

Finally have a happy, healthy and safe summer! Don't forget The Healthy Tots Team are around all summer for advice and support.

We hope you have enjoyed this newsletter and don't forget to keep up with the latest news on the Healthy Tots website (link below).

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