068 EDUCATION EXTRA
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Kent College Pembury welcomes BBC Radio 4’s
Sarah Sands Kent College Pembury welcomed BBC Radio 4’s Sarah Sands, editor of the Today Programme, to their recent Speech Day. A former pupil with a career
HOWZAT!
Leybourne Primary School has triumphed at the recent Tonbridge & Malling Kwik Cricket Festival 2019, which was hosted by Kings Hill Cricket Club. Around 100 young
cricketers made up nine teams from six primary schools across the borough this year with every team playing each other for points leading to an overall winner based on the highest scoring school.
The festival was organised
by Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council in partnership with Kent Community Cricket as part of a national programme held every year to encourage more schools to offer cricket as part of the PE curriculum and provide a platform for pupils to showcase
their cricketing skills. St Margaret’s Primary
School Year 3 and 4 team won the Most Sporting Team Award for their positive sporting behaviour and considerations towards others throughout the competition. Mayor of Tonbridge & Malling, Councillor Jill Anderson watched the teams playing in the early afternoon and presented trophies to the winning teams. Ten 14-16-year-olds who
are currently taking part in a Young Cricket Leaders Programme, as well as some of the borough’s Community Cricket Coaches, also attended the event to help out with scoring and umpiring of all the matches, proving invaluable to many of the schools.
in news journalism, editor of national newspapers and only the second woman to edit the Today Programme, Sarah spoke about her memories of school life and career in journalism. Her advice to the girls was to accept setbacks, trust themselves, to seize the opportunity and push beyond their comfort zones. Kent College headmistress Julie Lodrick, pictured above
with Sarah, commented: “We were delighted that KC Old Girl Sarah Sands could join us for Speech Day. Her anecdotes of school life along with insightful and relevant advice to our girls about the importance of resilience, drive and, in her words, ‘seeing disaster as an opportunity’, struck a chord with us all.”
Vinehall School
Children come fi rst at Vinehall. We believe that in providing a wide range of opportunities we can allow our children to achieve success, instilling in them a strong
sense of purpose and self-confi dence. Our staff and parents work together to create a warm and thriving community, where kindness and tolerance towards others are leading values. The school’s ethos is encapsulated in our motto, “to do our best for the benefi t of others”. • Vinehall School, Vinehall Road, Robertsbridge, East Sussex TN32 5JL, call 01580 880413 or visit
vinehallschool.com/
WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH
West Kent Mind have developed a whole school approach training staff, pupils and parents in mental health awareness in schools across Kent. Training focuses on early intervention and imparts the skills and confi dence to support children and young people experiencing mental health problems. To date we have delivered training in 140 local schools, benefi ting 6,000 students and 1,250
teachers. As we approach the start of the new academic year, we would like to highlight one of the key new relationships that we have developed with St Michael’s Preparatory School. We have trained all teachers in mental health awareness, including 16 as Mental Health First Aid Champions. Alongside this, we have offered parents of the school the opportunity to attend subsidised
courses. This has resulted in 55 St Michael’s parents now being Youth Mental Health Champions, a programme that we will continue to roll-out.
• Should you be interested in training for your school – be it teachers, pupils or parents, then get in touch to discuss the options available by emailing youthmentalhealth@
westkentmind.org.uk
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