NEWS Labradoodle Teddy helps teacher to stay top of the class
Teddy the Labradoodle is a “celebrity” at one school – where he helps his owner to continue teaching, despite her disability.
His owner, Diana Smith, a music teacher, has functional neurological disorder (FND), which has left her using a wheelchair.
Teddy is a disability assistance dog trained by Support Dogs, a national charity which provides and trains dogs to allow children with autism, and adults with epilepsy or a physical condition to live safer, more independent lives.
Speaking during National Inclusion Week, which celebrates inclusion and taking action to create inclusive workplaces, Diana described how Teddy assists her in her work at St Margaret’s CE Primary School, in Plumstead, south-east London.
She had Teddy trained after suffering two strokes within four years, leaving her needing intense physiotherapy, and said her job would
be a “struggle” without him and she would have to rely more on others.
“He comes to work with me and presses the button to release the door or pushes lift buttons,” added Diana, who lives in Woolwich, south-east London.
“He also opens and closes doors and helps me get dressed for work.
“He will also drag a box of musical instruments for me.
“He’s like a celebrity at school – everyone loves him. I also have members of staff who are looking out for what help I need and the children try to help me.”
He has also been trained to help her get out of her mobility scooter into a wheelchair by pushing the wheelchair towards her.
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The Royal Hospital School celebrates Duke of Edinburgh’s Award success
for five days, teambuilding, working and living with people they had never met before. The exciting and varied activities included mountain biking, rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking, tall ship sailing, cookery courses and university summer schools.
Students also took part in their Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, of the 44 pupils, 11 undertook their sailing expedition, while 33 pupils successfully completed their assessment in the White Peak. For the sailing expedition, pupils used the school’s Cornish Shrimpers to explore the local rivers Orwell and Stour over three days, spending both nights aboard the boats and cooking their own meals. Pupils were responsible for gathering information concerning the tides and the weather before deciding on he best expedition route, completing and executing their passage plan each day.
Finally, a total of 85 pupils from Year 9 completed their Bronze assessment expeditions at Rendlesham Forest. Over the 2-day period the pupils had to navigate their chosen route independent of any adult assistance. All teams successfully completed the 20 DofE conditions of expedition.
Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Holbrook, Ipswich, is celebrating the amazing achievements of its pupils in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards Scheme which saw 143 pupils taking part across the school in their Gold, Silver and Bronze Award activities.
During the summer holidays, a total of 14 Gold candidates completed the residential section of their awards which involved being away from home
RHS pupils from Silver Assessment Team 2, commented: “The Silver expedition has shown us we can walk much further than we thought! We had lots of challenges like cows, stinging nettles, getting lost, rain and steep hills with heavy rucksacks! We have learnt so much about working as a team, communicating better and helping each other. There was a real sense of achievement.”
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