Family Arguments
What a year 2020 has been for us… With lockdown, and the ‘new normal’, some of you may be finding that you are spending more time at home with your family. For some of you, hanging out with your family may be fun. However, you may have experienced some...
Anti-Bullying Week 2020
Anti-bullying week: United Against Bullying The theme this year for Anti-Bullying Week is United Against Bullying. Odd socks Day Today, Monday 16 November 2020, is Odd socks day – a day where it is completely acceptable to wear odd socks ALL DAY! But why? For...
World Mental Health Day
This year World mental health day falls on Saturday 10th October. This year’s theme is ‘mental health for all’. It comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Make the most of your potential Cope with life Play...
National Fitness Day
This year National Fitness Day has the strap line; ‘Exercise Unites Us’, feels very fitting with all that has been happening over the last few months. But it's true: exercise can bring us together,: can be a fun thing to do with your friends and family: and can also...
Back to School
How are you? No really, how are you? Because life has been a bit strange over the last few months. Life as we knew it changed very quickly. What did you miss the most? I missed long walks at the beach. 2020 has brought us more than just a global pandemic, including...
Tomlinscote Time to Talk Senior School, Frimley
I am the named School Nurse for Tomlinscote Senior School. I provide a monthly lunchtime drop in session for the student as well as seeing people on a 1:1 basis when required. As a team we try and support our local senior schools with lunchtime health promotion stands...
Coronavirus: Where to find help and support
What is it? Coronavirus is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It’s caused by a virus called ‘COVID-19’. What are the symptoms? Almost everyone who gets Coronavirus gets a fever, a cough or both. Most of the people who get a fever get tired. A lot of...
National Sleep Day
Whether you love to sleep (like my dog!) or prefer to stay up all night, sleep is important to our emotional and physical health. So, given it was World Sleep Day on Friday 13th March we thought we would look at why sleep is important. It is organized by the World...
End of term, end of the year
Wow, where did that term go! It has been a busy term; we hope that those of you that have started a new school have settled in well. The school nurses have been into lots of schools and met the new year 7’s, if we haven’t been into your school yet then look out for us...
Movember
The school nurses in Surrey Health have been in three secondary schools throughout November running the ‘Movember’ public health campaign. It is widely acknowledged that males are not so happy to discuss their health and are less likely to seek medical...