Good morning and welcome to a new week! 

Some parents have discussed concerns with class teachers about their children finding it difficult to self-regulate at the end of the school day, displaying ‘explosive‘ behaviours when being collected or arriving home. These behaviours can often be caused by sensory issues and educational psychologists recommend trying the following: 

• Give your child a chewy or crunchy snack as soon as you see them. Both of these types of foods give sensory input that can help aid emotional regulation. 
• Give your child a drink in a sports bottle – the sucking action also aids regulation. 
• Do something unexpected on the way home. Maybe see if you can all hop to the car or part of the walk home?  The unexpected action can help to trick the brain and the movement gives sensory input. 

We hope that this helps and look forward to seeing lots of children hopping to the gates snacking on crunchy carrots with beaming smiles on their faces! 

Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help you.