School Blog

Mrs McCullagh, our family worker, has put together a display of free events happening across the town throughout the summer. When you're here to drop off, collect or just walking past, take a photo of the noticeboard so you can take advantage of some fun activities for the children.

We hope you all have a fantastic summer!

We're after your help please! Every year, we look at how we support children with special educational needs in our school. We produce a SEND policy, a SEND information report and a provision map annually which shape what we do. We review these and think about how we can make things better for our children, families and staff. 

We would really value your thoughts and ideas to help us do this well and would like to warmly invite you for a friendly session on Friday 20th June from 9am - 10am in the Upper hall.

It will be a relaxed chat (with refreshments!) where you can share your experiences and suggestions. There's no pressure to speak if you don't want to and no formal presentations or work - just a chance to talk, listen and be heard.

We hope to see you there!

• Universal Credit
• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit
• Pension Credit
• Employment and Support Allowance
• Income Support
• Jobseeker’s Allowance

Families feeling safe are running a FREE 8-week term time course for Mums, Dads and carers who are looking for strategies and new ideas to help improve family life.

The course will help you to:

• Understand what may be influencing your child's behaviour
• Understand how thoughts, feelings and behaviour link
• Respond to a range of feelings e.g. anger, stress, anxiety, worry and frustration
• Improve communication to build better relationships
• Build on your own and child's strengths
• Learn strategies to help you and your family feel safe

Details on how to book are on the pdf attached. If you would like help booking onto this, please contact Mrs Jeffries or Mrs McCullagh via the school office.

Don't forget that we have a series of 3 workshops to help support challenging behaviours at home and the first one is tomorrow (Friday 28th Feb). It starts at 2pm in the upper hall. Biscuits and hot drinks will be ready, look forward to seeing lots of you there!

SPACE are running a workshop exploring the issues faced by children and teenagers with a learning disability and/or autism, when they are going through puberty, and the impact this can have on their family and wider circle. 

It's on 11 February 10am-12pm

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/puberty-and-neurodiversity-tickets-1106975777349

Carers in Hertfordshire is a charity that provides information, advice and support to unpaid carers. This includes if you are a parent for a child with a physical or learning disability.

They are running an online session on Tuesday 4^th February from 7pm to 9pm to support parents and carers to support their own emotional wellbeing. It will be of benefit if your child is receiving support or on a waiting list for any mental health service. The session will help you learn more about:

·         The importance of self-care

·         Normalising thoughts and feelings

·         Communication with young people

·         Information and ongoing support

To book a place. Call 01992 586969 or email contact@carersinherts.org.uk