Family Information and FOPHS News Friday 16th May 2025

IPSEA

New to our page? Welcome – here’s who we are and how we help

We’ve had a lot of new followers this week (hello and thank you!), so we wanted to reintroduce IPSEA and explain what we do.

We’re a national charity helping children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) get the education they are legally entitled to.

Here’s how we support families across England:

Free online legal guides and template letters – access our free legal guides, resources and templates to help you understand the law and take action

Free telephone helplines and support services – get free and independent legal information, advice and casework support (for families of children and young people with SEND)

SEND law training – we provide training for parents, carers and professionals to help them understand the SEND legal framework

Policy work – using the information and evidence captured through our advice services and training, we influence SEND law policy at both a local and national level

Visit our website to find out more: www.ipsea.org.uk

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Link to their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IPSEAcharity

Link to their website: https://www.ipsea.org.uk/

Smile Through Sport.

Please find on posters details of an after-school session for SEN children aged, and some other clubs. As half term is next week thought I would include that flyer again.

For more information about Smile Through Sport please visit their website here

https://smilethroughsport.com/

Here is the link to their weekly activities:

https://smilethroughsport.com/whats-on/

Tim Lamb Centre:

See poster below for details of a summer event. You must be a member to access.

Visit their website here: https://pathways4all.co.uk/tim-lamb-centre/

Membership form is here: https://pathways4all.co.uk/tim-lamb-centre/membership/family-membership-form/

Any Lego fans out there? This may be of interest:

National Brick Event

• LEGO Fun In Newcastle! National Brick Events is coming back to Sport Central on Saturday 14th June! Book your tickets now for the ultimate LEGO experience – rare sets, minifigures galore, and a LEGO play area for the kids. Don’t miss out – reserve your tickets today!
• See poster for details:
• Book here (there are early bird tickets if you’re quick)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-brick-events-newcastle-tickets-1259469841199?aff=JRmeta&fbclid=IwY2xjawKSeupleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHiKkGKPuWfn1Tbf0YzKf1DwhArzDItD7ESTLd4IRScYBTZQ1qJvIF5GhPVb1_aem_lT3nq6QLite6peNQvfcEVg

Parentkind webinars.

We are members of Parentkind which keeps us operating legally and offers lots of benefits including our constitution, templates, fundraising ideas, a Facebook group, telephone and online support and more. Last year Tracy and I attended a series of webinars which we found very helpful. They are offering some for parents. They are not SEN specific.

Here is the link if you want to find out more:

Parent webinars | Parentkind

Summer Fayre.

Our summer fayre, which will be held on Saturday 21^st June from 11-14.00 at school is fast approaching and I’m still on the hunt for as many donations of bottles (alcohol/non-alcoholic), chocolate, individually wrapped sweets, gifts, raffle prizes for our tombolas and raffle. Raffle tickets will be sold at the event, on the day only. We will have a cake stall so any bakers out there, this is your calling. Donations will need to have ingredients and allergy information please.

Do any of our parents/carers work for a business that does match funding? If so, please get in touch with me.

To date we have had the following confirmed:

• Carnival rides
• Fayre games
• Face painting
• Ice cream van
• Candy floss
• Barbeque
• Catering to include pizza, scones, cakes and more
• Cake stall
• Blood Bikes
• Community Police
• Smile Through Sport

By next week I hope to have more information on the stalls and details on some of the raffle prizes.

National Trust: The committee has agreed to fund the annual education membership for school. This can only be used by schools during the school term.

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