Welcome to the Summer Newsletter!

First of all let us introduce to you Munch Junior (MJ) the newest member of the Start team!

Munch Junior (MJ) is part of the brand new Ready Steady Go Juniors programme. Families

can book onto the 8 week sessions for free and meet MJ to learn more about healthy eating

and being active. See page 3 for more details!

See inside also for details of when our Summer Holiday Schemes will be running (page 2).

For £5, young people on Start (age 8 and up) can take part in a day of activities at either

Dewsbury Sports Centre or Leeds Road Playing fields.

Contact Start on 01484 234096 for further information or to book your place.

Inside this issue Start Activities………………............2 Ready Steady Go Programmes…...3

Events…………...………..………4&5 Partnership Work…………...............6

Delicious Recipe……...………...…..7 Healthy Tips………………....……...8

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Fusion

Fusion will be stopping for the summer holidays

and replaced with Half Day Fusions (See events

page for more)

Huddersfield Fusion’s last session will be

on 16th July, restarting on 10th September.

Dewsbury Fusion’s last session will be on

17th July, restarting on 11th September.

Start Activities 2

Summer 2014 Holiday Schemes

The summer holiday schemes will be run at:

Dewsbury Sports Centre on 6th and 7th August 2014

and

Leeds Road Sports Complex on

13th and 14th August 2014

Cost: £5 per day for Start participants only

Time: 9am—3.30pm

Activities include active games, sports skills, team games,

interactive foodwise sessions, walks and swimming.

To book your place contact the team on 01484 234096

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RSG 2-4yrs Each session lasts 1 hour 30 minutes and includes

the following:

Tots-Bee-Fit - take part in lots of fun and exciting

games for children and their parents/carers.

Munch Time - meet Munch Junior and help him

taste a new fruit and veg each week.

Lifestyle workshops - explore the five food

groups, find new ideas on tackling fussy eating,

take some tips on taming tantrums and share

your experiences throughout the programme.

Free crèche is provided for children during the

lifestyle workshop.

The 4-7 programme has recently been to Paddock

Village Hall. The group had a great time meeting

new friends and learning lots of new ways to

become healthier.

To take us to our final destination we had a fantastic

journey through the final assault course challenge,

this was the only challenge standing between us and

getting our last ticket to enter the spaceship which

would take us to our final destination….a well

earned party!

Thank you and well done to all the families who took

part in the February (to April) programme!

Next programme coming to the Huddersfield ar-

ea in October 2014

RSG 7-13yrs Well done to all the families who attended and completed Ready, Steady, Go 7-13 in April at Batley Baths!

12 families attended the eight weeks and learnt lots of new tips and tricks on how to eat healthier and

become more active. To celebrate the success of the programme and the changes the families had made,

the families took part in a group reward of a free fun swim followed by a party with lots of healthy food,

games and a bouncy castle!

“I have learnt many things on this course. I have learnt that I don’t need certain foods, I can still eat similar

foods but with less fat”

RSG 4-7yrs

Our Ready, Steady, Go (RSG) programme is now in full swing with all programmes fully booked over the

May, June and July period. We have all our goody bags ready for the future programmes which include a

t-shirt, water bottle, pen, folder and a ball. So don’t forget to book a place in Autumn.

To book your place on any of the

Ready, Steady, Go programmes,

please call the team on

01484 234096

(NB: Booking is essential as places

are limited)

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Events...

Half day Fusions

Throughout the summer holidays, Start run half day Fusions in North and South Kirklees.

These are one hour activities in the sports hall followed by a one hour fun swim. They are

well attended in both areas with all children having fun. These will be on:

Dates: Wednesdays 30th July and Dates: Thursday 31st July

6th, 20

th and 27

th August . Time: 13:00-15:00pm

Time: 14:00—16:30pm Location: Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury

Location: Huddersfield sports Centre

Dates: Thursdays

14th, 21st, and 28th August

Time: 13:00-15:00pm

Location: Dewsbury Sports Centre

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Start in the Park

Start in the Park events are fun filled days packed with lots of exciting games that

take part in parks across Kirklees. This year throughout the summer of 2014 our

Start in the Park events will be held at:

Crow Nest Park

Date: Thursday 31st July 2014

Time: 11.00am—15:00pm

Greenhead Park

Date: Tuesday 5th August 2014

Time: 11.00am—15:30pm

Greenhead Park—Made in Huddersfield

Date: Saturday 9th August 2014

Time: 10.00am—16:00pm

Stirley Farm

Our Stirley Farm event has a great

range of activities, the day commences

with a walk setting the scene for an ad-

venturous day of crop picking, healthy

cooking and wildlife spotting.

This year the Stirley Farm event will be

held on:

Date: Tuesday 12th August 2014

Time: 9.15am—15:00pm

*Registration 9.15am at Newsome High

School

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Family weekend walks in your area

Woodscape walks, Bradley

Every Saturday 10.00am

Meet at gate woods, Stuart place

Cost: FREE!!

Family Walks for the Easter

Holidays

Monday 14th April 10.30am Greenhead park,

outside front of café

Thursday 17th April 10am T4L walk from Golcar

Children's Centre

Friday 25th April 11.15 Dewsbury Sports Centre

Events...

May

Is National Walking Month

So get your walking boots on and get walking

May Half Term Family

Walks

Tuesday 27th May 12.30 Greenwood

Centre Ravensthorpe

Wednesday 28th May 10am Colne Valley

Children's Centre

Friday 30th May 10am Golcar Library

Friday 30th May 11.15 Dewsbury Sports

Centre

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Is there a walk happening near you?

Phone 01484 234096

FAMILY SUMMER WALKS

Monday 21st, 28th July and

4th,11th,18th August -10.30am

Meet at: Greenhead park, outside front of café

Friday 25th July and

1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th August 11.15am

Dewsbury Sports Centre

Friday 25th July and

1st, 8th, 15th 22nd August - 2:00pm

Meet at: Beaumont park, park gates by the

lodge

Cost: FREE!!

Look out for posters in your local area

more walks to be confirmed

FAMILY SUMMER STORY WALKS

Tuesday 22nd July 11.00am

Wilton Park, bowling green

Tuesday 29th July 11.00am

Earlsheaton Park, play area

For more Family Summer Walks

please check out our Facebook page:

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Family weekend walks

Woodscape walks, Bradley every Saturday 10.00am

Meet at gate woods, Stuart Place

Cost: FREE!!

Thornhill, Dewsbury 1st & 3rd Saturday in month

1.00pm

Meet at Thornhill cricket & bowling club

Cost: FREE!!

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6 Partnership work:

Ready Steady Go Junior Schools Launch

Working together with Kirklees Active Leisure and Munch, Kirklees School Meals Service and Start have developed a brand new programme to offer to schools.

Schools which take up the free programme will be offered a 4 week programme where they will learn about ways in which they can work towards a healthier lifestyle through fun games and activities.

Fit For Fun—Deighton Arena

Fit for Fun is a muliti-agency project run

alongside Deighton Into Sport, Community

Engagement, IYSS, and the Giants.

The project started in March and with support

from local schools, 12 young people attended

the first session.

Fit for Fun is a free sport and fitness session

available to anyone aged 14yrs plus. The aim

is to help young people get more active and

support them to make healthier lifestyle choic-

es. It takes place on Mondays at 5pm at

Deighton Arena.

For more information please contact Jamie or

Abi on 01484 234096.

Fit For Fun

‘I have learnt a lot about fats and sugars’

‘How to choose which drink to drink..’

‘How to eat and drink healthy’

‘How much sugar is in food and drinks’

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7 Health Tips and Activities...

Spot the difference!

Spot difference Answers:

Cherry side 2. Oranges 3. Oranges 4. Mango 5. Strawberry's front 6. Strawberry's

back 7. Double cherry middle 8 cherry back

Food Anagrams

Question Answer

1. TORACR

2. TIRUF

3. ECEHSE

4. EDRAB

5. TARYBRESWR

6. PIAZZ

7. AANNBNA

Home made smoothie ice lollies!

Ingredients:

Strawberries

Raspberries

Blueberries

Kiwi (or other fruit of your choice)

Blend the fruit and add a small

amount of fresh orange juice sugar cor-

dial or water so it is easier to pour into

the ice lolly moulds. Freeze for a few

hours then your healthy home made ice

lollies will be ready to eat! Yummy!

8 Health Tips and Activities...

Encouraging children to try new foods!

Keep trying: A child may need 10 -

15 tastes of a new food to develop a

liking for it, so don’t give up after a few

attempts.

Encourage: Don’t force your child to try a

new food just encourage with praise when

they try something new and then try again

another day if they don’t like it.

Choice: Ask your child to pick a new fruit or

vegetable while at the supermarket and chat

about it. The more familiar they become the

more likely they are to eat it. Always have fruit

in a bowl easy accessible for your child.

A good example: If your child

sees you eating healthily and

trying new foods they are more

likely to copy you and other

family members.

Involve: Get your

child involved in food

preparation and

maybe even grow

your own fruit and

veg, this may en-

courage willingness

to try new foods.

The same: Try serving

new foods in the same

way as favourite foods,

i.e. instead of chips try

sweet potato chips, or

use a familiar sauce with

chicken or fish instead.

Change4Life

Get going this summer, for more details fol-

low the link and search for the closest events

with your postcode.

www.get-going.org.uk