My highlight of the year was being involved in the two HeadStart Holiday Activity Fund (HAF) programmes that were hosted at Outwood Ormesby and Ings Farm Primary School.
It was brilliant to see young people who had been recommended by their primary schools as needing some additional support in their transition to Year 7 come together, improve their confidence, and grow friendships.
As part of that, seeing some of these young people in school and hearing from staff that they are having positive, comfortable starts to secondary school has enforced the need to provide this outlet as part of the wider HAF service for young people during the school holidays.
-James
I would like to give a shout out to all the new Headstarters.
I am currently working with – Discovery, Nunthorpe Primary, Grangetown, Hummersea, St Thomas More, St Alphonsus.
What a wonderful group of young people. They are amazingly creative and so proud to be the new generation of Headstarters in their schools.
They are already doing fantastic work around mental health and building emotional resilience, and I know they will go on to do great things.
I am very proud of them all.
Merry Christmas to all our Headstarters.
Gill
Published: December 15