If your child has a diagnosis of ASD or ADHD or is on the pathway to receiving a diagnosis, there are some excellent courses over the next few weeks with Nessie and Angels. We'd love to hear your feedback on any you attend and any useful tips you learn from them!

Wednesday 15th March 7-830pm via Zoom: Autism, Sexuality and Gender Diversity    https://procfu.com/nespubbooking/eventDetail_home/2387629576

Tuesday 21st March 7-830pm via Zoom: Emotionally based school avoidance    https://procfu.com/nespubbooking/eventDetail_home/2387631065

Wednesday 22nd March 1-23pm via Zoom: Self-harm    https://procfu.com/nespubbooking/eventDetail_home/2387633567

This month's 'coffee and chat' will be taking place on Friday 17th March at 230pm in the Upper hall. As usual, this is open to all parents and carers of children with SEN and is an informal oportunity to seek advice, share tips and not feel alone! This month we will be having a particular focus on children who will be moving from Year 6 to Year 7 in September but it is not restricted to those families.

We look forward to seeing many of you there!

ADD-Vance are running a FREE online workshop to support transition to secondary school. This is for parents of all children in Year 6 with either a diagnosis of ADHD or ASD or those who are on the pathway to receiving their diagnosis.

The event is online on March 6th from 10am until 1130am. Visit the eventbrite site to reserve a place and reveive the event link.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/supporting-the-transition-to-secondary-school-free-online-workshop-tickets-479818900247

School avoidance is difficult for everyone involved.

Herts Parent Carer Involvement and ANGELS are offering both person-to-person and on-line workshops for parents who need support dealing with this to:

- Develop an understanding of the factors what might be causing this

- Explore strategies that can help to support you child

Person-to-Person Workshops:

Monday 13th March 10am - 12pm at The Oval Community Centre, Vardon Rd, Stevenage, SG1 5RD

Monday 20th March 10am - 12pm at Marshalwick Community Centre, The Ridgeway, St Albans, AL4 9TU

On-line Workshop:

Monday 27th March 7pm - 9pm via Zoom

To book a place and/or get Zoom details please email: claire@hertsparentcarers.org.uk

If you're looking for something to do with your children this half term, Stevenage Museum having some Ancient Egyptian themed activities which we know year 3 pupils would love after our Autumn topic!

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tutankhamun’s tomb in February 1923, we are exploring all thing ancient Egyptian this half term.

Wednesday 15 February -  Egyptian Clay Day

Thursday 16 February - Mummy Madness

Find out about how the ancient Egyptians buried their dead and make your own King Tut mask to take home.

Friday 17 February - Egyptian arts and crafts for younger children

Please book to avoid disappointment

Cost: £4 per child, £2 for concessions.

Please book in advance as places go very quickly, and if you can’t make it, it would be great if you could let the museum know so that someone else can use the space.

Thank you to all those who joined Mrs Toll for one of the after school yoga workshops for Children's Mental Health week!

It was great to see so many pupils and their grown ups having a go at something new and taking on new challenges.

We had great fun playing yoga games, acting out yoga stories and we really enjoyed taking time to relax and unwind after a busy day. 

Look out for more yoga at Fairlands soon

Namaste 

We know it can sometimes be tricky for pupils to leave their grown ups in the morning. To support you in helping them get ready for school, we have created a document of 'curious questions'. 

The purpose of these questions is to help pupils identify what they are feeling, how it is making their body feel and what might be the root cause of their emotion. 
These questions will be on display in your child's classroom to help with transitions but please use them at home too to help you child prepare and re regulate after the school day. 

Nessie is a team we work with who support the positive mental health and wellbeing of young children. They have a great range of short videos on their website including: coping with anger, dealing with anxiety and supporting children with neurodiversity. They also have a section containing 'bite-sized' documents which are fantastic quick reads full of information and ideas. It's definitely worth a visit to their website to have an explore!

 https://nessieined.com/additional-resources

Thank you to all of the pupils and families in years 4, 5 and 6 who visited the relaunch of the Games Library after school today. It was a roaring success! Lots of familes stayed to play with the wonderful selection of (mostly brand new) games and over 40 have been borrowed to take home. If you didn't get a chance to visit today, remember the Games Library will be open every friday straight after school for you to return your games and borrow a new one. 

Any questions about the games library, speak to Miss Pollen or Mrs Toll