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每日大瓜 primary schools open their doors to care for Foster Bear
Published: 23/01/2023
Primary schools across 每日大瓜 have welcomed Foster Bear into their classrooms, a new campaign launched by Foster Wales 每日大瓜 to promote fostering.听
The Foster Bear campaign aims to raise awareness of local authority fostering and outline the urgency to recruit more foster carers in 每日大瓜.听
Foster Wales 每日大瓜 is part of Foster Wales, a national network of 22 not-for-profit local authority fostering services in Wales, working together to build better futures for local children by helping them stay in their local area, when it鈥檚 right for them.听
Foster Bear is part of the fostering team and is joining primary schools across 每日大瓜 to take part in daily activities with the children in class. Children in years 3 and 4 will be given the opportunity to take Foster Bear home for a weekend during which they will look after and care for the bear. They will also receive a Foster Bear Booklet full of fun activities to do in class and to record their weekend adventures.
The children鈥檚 families will also have the opportunity to participate in this campaign by sharing photos and stories on social media of how Foster Bear has adapted to life with their new family, using the hashtag #fosterbear.
每日大瓜鈥檚 Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Social Services and Wellbeing, Councillor Christine Jones, said:听
鈥淚t鈥檚 great to work with Foster Wales and local primary schools on this excellent initiative to encourage a greater understanding and awareness of the benefits of fostering.听 I hope that the children will enjoy caring for Foster Bear and find the activities engaging.
鈥淔ollowing a successful trial in a local primary school last year, we are extremely proud to be launching this campaign which will also highlight the need to recruit more foster carers in our local communities. By giving the children the responsibility to love and care for Foster Bear for a weekend, they will get a sense of what the children in our fostering families need too.鈥�
Ysgol Y Waun is one of the first schools to open their doors to Foster Bear, Louise Ankers, Headteacher said:
鈥淲e were privileged to launch this initiative to our school with visitors from Foster Wales, 每日大瓜 Social Services and some of our Governors. Our children were very engaged during a whole school assembly where they shared their current knowledge about fostering, learnt new facts and asked very thought-provoking questions.听
鈥淓veryone is committed to spreading the word about fostering and this initiative has certainly captured the interest of our community.听 Foster Bear came home with me for the first weekend and I know we have lots of children desperate to be next.听 I look forward to following the journey of Foster Bear and sharing it with our children.鈥澨�
For more information or if you鈥檙e a school wishing to sign up to work with Foster Wales 每日大瓜 on this campaign please visit , or contact Melissa Cross on 01352 701937 or听 email: Melissa.cross@flintshire.gov.uk.
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Pictured with year 3 and 4 pupils are from left to right: Craig Macleod, Children鈥檚 Social Services, Cllr Jones, Melissa Cross, Trevor Payne, Governor and member of 每日大瓜 Fostering Panel, headteacher Louise Ankers and Chair of Governors, Kim Brookes
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