Friends
of CLS
Regular Events
Other
Recent Events:
Joint Social with CLSG
First Day of Term
We serve refreshments for parents of new boys who may be accompanying their sons to School on the first day.
Carol Service
Last
Thursday of the Autumn Term
at Temple Church
The Friends
serve mulled wine and mince pies after the service
Game On Joint Events with CLSG
for First and Second Forms, held at either CLS or CLSG
City Walk
Guided
walk around the City
Sunday afternoon in November each year
Quiz Supper
A fun evening held at School each year in January or February giving parents and teachers a chance to socialise over a meal and quiz
Sponsored Walk
The
Friends of CLS serve refreshments
at the end of the walk each
Summer Term
Picnic at Grove Park
Held
at the end of the Summer Term at the school's sports grounds in
Grove Park. Activities include cricket, tennis, rounders and a
charity auction.
Bring a picnic -- strawberries, Pimms and
soft drinks are usually available.
PAST EVENTS
Teenage Forum
was
held Thursday 9 March 2006
18:30 - 21:00
Great Hall
Nearly 200 parents and staff from CLS and CLSG attended the CLS Teenage Forum on 9th March. Peter Hindley (CLSG & CLS parent) and Rachel Pick fielded numerous questions on mental health and behaviour, with Joan St John (CLS parent) contributing from her experience as a GP, supplemented by Trevor Stammers (GP/ sexual health specialist). John Henden (recent CLS old boy) and Melissa Baxter (substance abuse expert) warned that the danger from alcohol is undoubtedly greater than drugs, and Zeller Pimlott (CLS parent) advised on nutritional issues. The light touch of our chair, Quentin Peel (CLS parent) ensured the evening was informative but lively.
Useful contacts and reading materials CLS Teenage Forum:
Suggested by Melissa Baxter
www.drugs.gov.uk this has all the recent white papers around drug policies.
Frank, National drugs help line:0800776600
They also have meetings around London. Ring the help line: 07940503438
Drinkline 0800 917 8282 (Mon-Fri 9.00am to 11.00pm; Sat, Sun 6.00pm to 11.00pm)
For parents:
Families Anonymous 08451200660
www.raisingkids.co.uk
There
are also services such as Parents Against Drug Abuse (PADA)and
Adfam (020 79288898) and Famfed but these services are mainly for
harder drugs although they have very good support networks and
information for families.
Suggested by Peter Hindley
www.youngminds.org.uk - They have a helpline specifically for parents and young people with concerns.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has useful information sheets for parents and young people about specific problems.
Suggested by Rachel Pick
YoungMinds Parents' Information Service
Freephone 0800 018 2138
Parentline
Freephone 0808 800 2222
Trust for the Study of Adolescence
Phone 01273 693 311
Email info@tsa.uk.com
Web www.tsa.uk.com
'Supporting Teenagers' written by Child Psychotherapist Rachel Pick, one of the 'Understanding Childhood' series of leaflets ,can be viewed and printed free from
www.understandingchildhood.net
Suggested by Zeller Pimlott
For general information from the Food Standards Agency about healthy eating for teenagers (written for parents):
http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages/children/yourteen/
For information written for the teenagers themselves, such as “What is a healthy weight?” and “Food on the Run” (but also containing some useful information for parents) :
http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages/teens/
For lists of how much of each fruit and vegetable counts as one portion towards the 5-A-Day:
http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/WhatCounts/PortionSizes.aspx
For information on eating disorders:
Eating
Disorders Association
103 Prince of Wales Road
Norwich NR1
1DW
Adult helpline: 0845 634 1414
Youth helpline: 0845 634 7650
Website: http://www.edauk.com/
For a summary of the Sodexho School Meals and Lifestyle Survey 2005:
Suggested by Dr St John
www.playingsafely.co.uk - is an NHS site with information about use of condoms, details of local clinics, frequently asked questions and more.
www.teenagehealthfreak.com - is a site run by Dr Ann McPherson, it has lots of useful information in a "teenage friendly" format about anything from weight to acne
www.dh.gov.uk - the Department of health website allows access to the National Service framework for children and young people, There is a parents version of the NSF which can be downloaded.
Suggested by Dr Trevor Stammers
Dr
Stammers is a webdoctor for www.loveforlife.org.uk
on its subsidiary site for teenagers, which is clearly linked from
the main site. This is a good safe place for questions to be
mailed anonymously.
The Romance Academy well known through
the BBC series No Sex Please We're Teenagers is now going national
and its site www.romanceacademy.org
is worth a look.
Finally from the USA www.medinstitute.org
is a superb site with a lot of reference material.
Books
Nick
Page & Steve Chalke - Sex Matters, Hodder & Stoughton
Dave Bull - Cool and Celibate, Element Books
Dr Stammers – Saving Sex, Damaris Publishing (out on 1 st May) see:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904753140/qid%3D1141735958/026-0003048-4053255
General
If you have a problem that is not appropriate to raise with your son’s form tutor or head of year, please contact Aidan Tolhurst, Second Head and in overall charge of pastoral care at CLS.
If you would like to discuss any matter confidentially with a parent, please contact Deborah Dorrance-King (0797 4431348 or deborahdorrance@hotmail.com).