Please see the link below for the latest Reducing Parental Conflict Newsletter:

https://sway.office.com/t6ihKvt7Tthhp3ms?ref=Link  

Please find the latest edition of the Liverpool Parenting Newsletter for you to share with parents and colleagues. See the link below.

 

https://sway.office.com/yaQ6W3itHm4L9gTU?ref=Link

Everton in the Community run a dad’s club twice monthly. The club is open to all dad’s/male carers with preschool aged children. We have lots of play equipment and activities about for the dads to engage with their children. Healthy snacks and bacon sandwiches are also provided for all.

Our next two groups will have a mobile petting zoo where the children will be able to meet a variety of small animals.

The next dates and times are;

25^th Feb 2023 10:00-11:30 at Clubmoor Childrens Centre https://goo.gl/maps/PsuMxFoF9kmyY4WJ6

4^th Mar 2023 10:00-11:30 at The People Hub https://goo.gl/maps/QBgegQxxBwF5tsKN7

The club is completely free to attend, dads just need to register by filling out this form https://evertonfc.tfaforms.net/1062

Please find attached link with information regarding forthcoming evidence based parenting programmes commencing in 2023.  

https://sway.office.com/QtGM7NgnOBrA45GW?ref=Link

Wishing all our families a very joyful, peaceful, loving and holy Christmas.  We hope that the Christmas period brings you all that you wish for in the love of your friends and families.  We understand that for some, Christmas can be a particularly challenging time of year. Please see the attached contact numbers, which you may find useful.  Thank you all for the support that you have given school this calendar year: it is very much appreciated.  We wish you all a prosperous and healthy 2023,
from all the staff of OLASP

Read Write Inc

On Wednesday 30th November 2022 at 3:10 there will be a Parent/Carer information meeting in school on Read Write Inc.  Mr Doyle, Mrs Sheriff and Mrs Southern will meet with parents/carers to explain how the programme works and give families advice on how they can help to reinforce what is learnt in school at home and how to find resources to help support your child.  Please do come along.

Please See the information below from CAMHS for parent/carer courses and information.

Autism Post Diagnostic Learning Programme

Liverpool and Sefton parents and carers whose child/young person has received a diagnosis of autism (ASD) from Alder Hey NHS Trust or from either Axia ASD Ltd or Healios via Alder Hey NHS Trust can access this unique learning programme.

This programme has been designed to support and empower parents and carers in their understanding of how autism is experienced by children and young people, providing learning, guidance and strategies to better support their child/young person. This is a pilot offer in partnership with Alder Hey NHS Trust, commissioned by NHS Cheshire & Merseyside.

Find out more and how to register here

Alder Hey CAMHS has moved

All Eating Disorder Services, the CAMHS Crisis Care Team, and some Liverpool Fresh CAMHS appointments, are now run from the new Catkin Building (adjacent to the Institute in the Park, just off Eaton Road). Most of Liverpool Fresh CAMHS appointments will take place at a brand-new space in Innovation Park (just off Edge Lane).

Find out more here

New guide to supporting families living with neurodevelopmental needs

Members of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, Liverpool Place, Liverpool CAMHS and Neurodevelopmental partnerships and colleagues from Liverpool City Council have collaborated to develop a Guide to Supporting Children, Young People and Their Families in Liverpool Living with Neurodevelopmental Needs.

The toolkit, which can be found on the Liverpool CAMHS website and will be available on the SEND Local Offer website, outlines the statutory commissioned offer from Health and Local Authority of services and support available for children, young people and their families in Liverpool at different stages of their journey, including: early help/pre-diagnosis during the assessment and diagnosis stage; and post-diagnosis. It includes an overview of the services that provide information, advice and support, as well as exploring what’s happening and what to look out for in a child/young person in relation to the levels of need for neurodevelopmental conditions.

Find out more here

YPAS Alternative to Crisis Drop-Ins

YPAS offers an alternative to crisis drop-in service six days a week across three community hubs. No appointment is needed.

For the latest times and locations please visit the website

Comic Youth Groups for Children and Young People

Children and young people are relating to and interacting with comics, characters, films, media and tv programmes more than ever and with the Comic Con annual event in Liverpool, pop culture has become a key way to reach out to children and young people and communicate with them in a creative and artistic way…. 

I wanted to share some information with you regarding an organisation called Comics Youth who are based in The Tempest Building, L2 2DT, Liverpool City Centre. 

Their base offers a great environment for children and young people, to meet and get creative, with wonderful art work rooms and access to a great café downstairs.

Comics Youth run free creative art project groups for children and young people of the Liverpool City Region who are underrepresented, inspiring them to become young creators, build their self-esteem and create stories about real life issues which can affect their lives.  Such as inequality, physical and mental ill health, special educational needs, ethnicity and identity.  They are funded by BBC Children In Need and The National Lottery. 

Free Groups available for children and young people are: 

Comics Workshops –

Saturdays -  Children aged 8-13 years – every week -  Children work on creative writing, art and comic design on themed subjects.

Saturday afternoon workshops for 14-25 year olds – similar creative work group and often combines visits to museums and theatres too.

Thursday Evenings LGBT – Creative Group  ( The LGBT +Me Steering Group have just helped to design the children’s book LGTB +Me “The Sleepover”)

“The book is a resource aimed at children and young people aged 8-13 years who are beginning to question their identity.  It aims to show caregivers how beneficial having an open and welcoming outlook can be, as well as reassure young readers that it’s normal to question these things”

If you are interested in accessing a copy of the book for your project, school, a parent or child or young person you are supporting, please contact Anna or Rhiannon by email below.  

The Graphic Medicine Project, funded by National Lottery – comic/ book design working in partnership with Alder Hey Hospital – health related books and comics promoting children’s mental and physical health.

If you have any children or young people whom you think would be interested in accessing any of the groups in their spare time, please email either;

Anna@comicsyouth.co.uk or Rhiannon@comicsyouth.co.uk

Free Online Parenting Courses

Please find details of the free available online parenting courses for parents and carers, available from Solihull.

These courses are free for Liverpool parents and carers to complete online, either by themselves or with the support of a professional if needed.  The courses are also available in a variety of languages.

Solihull Parenting Guides

Gain more confidence as a parent:

Try our FREE online guide LIVERPOOL for all  parents and carers to understand your

Liverpool families enter the access code PURPLEBIN to gain free access, go to Solihull - In

Our Place Website for further information.

Focus on enhancing relationships at every stage from antenatal to 19+ years.

Understanding your pregnancy, labour, birth & your baby

Understanding your baby

Understanding your child’ 0-19+yrs (main course)

Understanding your child with additional needs’ 0-19+yrs (main course)

Understanding your teenager’s brain’ (short course)

Understanding your brain (for teenager’s only!)

Understanding your child's feelings’ (taster course)

Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing(accompanies UYC and/or UYCAD)

Understanding your relationships’(young people, adults, older adults course)

Try our FREE online guides in additional languages for all LIVERPOOL parents and

Any questions regarding accessing the courses feel free to contact me via the email below.

Lisa Lunt

Parenting Co-Ordinator

Clubmoor Children’s Centre | E: lisa.lunt@liverpool.gov.uk

Relationships Policy

Parents are welcome to come in to school on either Thursday 10^th November at 4:30 or Friday 11^th November at 2:00 to discuss our new Relationships Policy (formerly Behaviour Policy).  The meetings will be short and give school an opportunity to explain to parents/carers the rationale behind the policy, what we hope to achieve by it and give families an opportunity to have their input. 

Parents'/Carers' School Health Website

Hello to all my primary schools, hope you are all well. 

Just wanted to let you all know we have a new school health website which parents can access for further advice/support regarding their child health and in relation to us as their school nurses.  Our website is also updated monthly to different topics- this month is currently highlighting about dog bites. 

The link to our school nurse website is below-

https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/our-services/liverpool/school-health-service/primary-school-health   

School Nurse

Date:  24^th June 2022

Dear Parent or Guardian

The Summer HAF programme starts on the 20^th July and there are lots of great activities happening over the school holidays.  Children and young people will be able to access hundreds of activities throughout the summer holidays including specific provision available for children with SEND or additional needs, at no cost to you. There’s a great range of activities across the city including boxing, trampolining, football, music, dance, cycling, cooking, climbing, films, bowling, arts and crafts, drama, a make up course, trips out and much more!  Every day there will be a meal available for every child that attends.

To find out where your nearest scheme and all the details of what is on click on this link http://www.merseyplay.com/haf-holiday-activities-and-food-fund/ - or visit www.Merseyplay.com and click on the HAF link.

When you have chosen an activity, you will need to contact that organisation to book a place.  Each organisation will have either a telephone number, email address or online booking system.  If your child has any additional needs or dietary requirements then please discuss this with the organisation when you book.  There is no central booking system so please read the details of the programmes on the website and ring the providers directly.

Liverpool City Council is working with the local schools, voluntary and community organisations, and childcare providers to provide the HAF programme.  The programme is funded by the Department for Education.

The Early Help Directory also provides a wealth of useful information and support for families - Early Help Directory

Regards

Sally Dobbing

Sally Dobbing - HAF Project Manager

Please see the information below from the Child Accident Prevention Trust 

Fact Sheets
https://www.capt.org.uk/csw-factsheets

Translations
Five fact sheets have also been translated into Urdu, Bengali, Panjabi, Polish, Romanian, Somali and Arabic – for speakers of English as an additional language.
https://www.capt.org.uk/csw-translations

A Parent Pack is also available for download
https://www.capt.org.uk/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=a1c6ef32-5562-499d-bfd7-df154b96f098

Please see below link for the latest Liverpool Parenting Newsletter which has information on services running from April to the end of June 2022.  There are still lots of interesting services to be run through June, so far it has been viewed 5700 times by parents and professionals.  The Newsletter includes information on services that support parents around; 

https://sway.office.com/F51soq0bn2mWYo7U?ref=Link

• Ante Natal Services
• Children Centres
• Debt Advice
• Domestic Abuse
• Education
• Employment Support
• Foodbanks
• Fostering in Liverpool
• Mental Health
• Money Management
• Parenting Programmes
• SEND
• Sexual Abuse
• Support for Fathers

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Liverpool’s Parent Network has produced the Spring edition of Liverpool’s Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.  Your council and partners have services to support families in all areas and hope that you find the information you need in here. https://sway.office.com/F51soq0bn2mWYo7U?ref=Link

If you have any questions please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk

Liverpool Parenting Newsletter - April - June 2022 

Afternoon all, 

I am sharing the Newsletter again for you to share with parents and colleagues, see below link for the latest Liverpool Parenting Newsletter which has information on services running from April to the end of June 2022, link below with text to be shared.  The Newsletter includes information on services that support parents around; 

https://sway.office.com/F51soq0bn2mWYo7U?ref=Link 

Young Carers Action Day

Wednesday 16 March is Young Carers Action Day!  Please see the leaflets below for advice and support for families who may have a child acting as a Young Carer.

Mrs Dwyer and Mr Doyle are the Young Carers Champions in school and are available to chat to families who may need support in this area.  Please do contact school for none-judgemental, confidential support.   

Please see the attached link for an NHS Primary Portal which families may find very useful and informative:

 https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/our-services/liverpool/school-health-service/primary-school-health

NSPCC Dedicated Helplines

Please use this link:

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/reporting-abuse/dedicated-helplines/

for advice on reporting abuse.

Liverpool’s Parenting Coordinator has produced the winter edition of Liverpool’s Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.  Your council and partners have services to support families in all areas and hope that you find the information you need in here.

If you have any questions please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk

https://sway.office.com/WqVrMni601kPFxTa?ref=Link

Please see information below in relation to the Youth Connect 5 programme being delivered by Liverpool YPAS, there is still time to sign up for this programme.  Please share on your social media outlets, parents and colleagues.

Youth Connect 5 Programme: 

3rd,4th,5th,10th,11th January 2022 (12-2pm)

Youth Connect 5 is a free course that gives parents and carers the knowledge, skills and understanding to help children develop strong emotional wellbeing through resilience-building techniques.

These techniques will strengthen your child’s ability to adapt well to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or even stress, skills that will remain with them into adulthood. We like to think of it as being able to bounce back from difficult experiences.

Youth Connect 5 will teach you the skills you can then draw upon to both build your own resilience, but most importantly your child’s.

During the course you will:

1. Understand young people’s mental health

2. Think about what makes us thrive

3. Develop family resilience

4. Understand why we feel the way we do

5. Develop skills to support your children.

For more information contact our YPAS Parenting Team on: 0151 707 1025

Please see information from Livpac for some events that they have on at the beginning of the New Year, please share on your social media, colleagues and our SEND parents where possible.

·       10th January 2022 - Relaxed Performance Panto - Everyman at 5pm - Tickets only £10 per person. Please email info@livpac.org.uk for futher information

·       11th January 2022 - 10:00am-12:00pm - Coffee Morning Session - Face-to-Face

·       12th January 2022 - 12:00pm – 2:30pm - Autism and Behaviour - This course is being delivered by Reachout – ASC Autism Support - This course looks at how we can investigate the causes and anxiety around behaviour that concerns and challenges us with autistic children. We look at what behaviour communicates and how to read a child’s anxiety before working out what additional support can be needed. This course helps you understand the behaviour, be proactive and make a long lasting difference to a child who is struggling in a difficult situation. This session will be over held ZOOM. To book please email info@livpac.org.uk for the link to register with Eventbrite.

·       17th January 2022 - 18:00pm - 20:00pm - Coffee Evening Session via ZOOM

Liverpool City Council have asked us to draw families' attention to the message below.  It relates to the fuel vouchers that were recently issued to designated families.

Here’s the link to the PayPoint website for a store locator they enter their postcode:

https://consumer.paypoint.com/

Where shops who are designated sites refuse to cash vouchers, families can select option if they have an issue with a retailer or they can visit larger retailers in their area – supermarkets for example.

PayPoint have notified their retailers about our exercise and they should have enough cash in their floats to accommodate demand.

Dear Parents and Carers,

We would like to invite you to an admissions and appeals information session. The session will be led by James Power, Schools Admissions Manager, Liverpool City Council. James will outline the admissions and appeals process with a focus on admission to Reception and Year 7. There may be an opportunity to ask questions but this will depend on numbers.

The session will be delivered via zoom at 10am on Tuesday 21st September. There will be Arabic, Somali and Czech support available should interpretation be required. We do hope that you can join us for what will be an informative session. Registration is required. Details are as follows:

You are invited to a Zoom meeting.

When: Sep 21, 2021 10:00 AM London

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYocuCppjkpEtx_nHt4aLm44jDBqVzbcVpx

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Kind regards

Gill Rowlands

EMTAS Manager

School Improvement Liverpool

Flu Immunisation 2021

Back in July, we advised parents/carers that the Flu Immunisation Team requested families to give online consent for receipt of the immunisation this year if at all possible.  Health Officials strongly advise that children be immunised annually.  Only a relatively low number of families have given online consent and we have been asked by the NHS to provide the link again, that families can use to provide online consent for the nasal spray immunisation:

https://forms.merseycare.nhs.uk/flu-vaccination

If you are unable to provide online consent, please request a paper copy of the consent form from school that can be completed and returned to give consent for you child.

Thank you.

Thrive- Parenting Training Programme

Additional dates for 2021/2022

THRIVE is a NEW exciting parenting programme for Liverpool, the Thrive approach training is available for both professionals and parents starting February 2021.  It is a six-week course to introduce you to fundamentals of the Thrive approach and how it works in practice. This training is free of charge.

Have you ever wondered what’s happening when your child?

• Won’t listen?
• Answers back?
• Has a tantrum?

Come on this course to find out about:

• How our brains develop
• How your right brain talks to your left?
• Why play and creativity are so important to you and your child
• How to support your child at times of change and difficulty
• Everyday trigger times and how to keep calm
• How to be a behaviour detective
• Thrive in your community

Learn about the amazing growth of your child’s brain through childhood to adulthood and help support their emotional development. The course will run for six sessions that will last for approximately one and a half hours.  The sessions will be structured yet informal sessions that will allow time to interact with other parents and carers, ask questions, get help and practical suggestions to use with your child.

TO BOOK YOUR PLACE ON THIS TRAINING PROGRAMME PLEASE EMAIL EMMA ROSS (Emma.Ross@liverpool.gov.uk) TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON THIS TRAINING PROGRAMME. 

Thank You

Parenting Programme:

It is a six-week course to introduce you to fundamentals of the Thrive approach and how it works in practice. This training is free of charge.

Have you ever wondered what’s happening when your child?

• Won’t listen?
• Answers back?
• Has a tantrum?

Come on this course to find out about:

• How our brains develop
• How your right brain talks to your left?
• Why play and creativity are so important to you and your child
• How to support your child at times of change and difficulty
• Everyday trigger times and how to keep calm
• How to be a behaviour detective
• Thrive in your community

Learn about the amazing growth of your child’s brain through childhood to adulthood and help support their emotional development. The course will run for six sessions that will last for approximately one and a half hours.  The sessions will be structured yet informal sessions that will allow time to interact with other parents and carers, ask questions, get help and practical suggestions to use with your child.

The courses are run by Jane Pepa the Headteacher of a special school for social emotional mental health and a Thrive practitioner, trainer and over 7 years’ experience of using the Thrive approach in both mainstream and special school settings.

TO BOOK YOUR PLACE ON THIS TRAINING PROGRAMME PLEASE LOGIN TO THE EARLY HELP DIRECTORY.  (THERE ARE MORE DATES ADVERTISED ON THE DIRECTORY)

https://ehd.liverpool.gov.uk/kb5/liverpool/fsd/coursebookings.page?query=THRIVE&start=8+February+2021&end=8+February+2022&available=1&type=&protected_only=0&e=results

When logging onto the Directory if you follow these steps: select practitioners/Workforce Development Events/ Multi Agency events/ this will then bring up a search button if you enter THRIVE then select the group you would like to attend, you will be asked to fill in a booking form (name, contact and organisation information) you will then receive a booking confirmation to confirm your booking.

I will be adding more dates onto the EHD shortly, so please keep an eye out for more options.

Liverpool’s Parenting Coordinator has produced this new digital Parenting Newsletter with information on services available for you and your family across the city.  Your council and partners have services to support families in all areas and hope that you find the information you need in here.

If you have any questions please contact parenting@liverpool.gov.uk

https://sway.office.com/avkD1sTEJh6AVSgw?ref=Link

We have been asked by the NHS to make the link below available to parents/carers to give electronic consent for the flu campaign in the next academic year.  It will simplify their service if families can provide electronic consent rather than submitting consent in writing.

https://forms.merseycare.nhs.uk/flu-vaccination

It is vital parents and carers actively monitor what their children are viewing online in order to protect them and also to ensure their child’s own behaviours are appropriate.

Parents and carers are advised to watch the following short videos created in New Zealand:

Keep It Real Online - Pornography

Keep it Real Online - Bullying

Keep it Real Online – Grooming

Keep it Real Online – Parental Controls and Supervision

Parents and carers should also ensure ‘parental settings’ are in place not just on smartphones but also on any device that connects to the internet.

Merseyside Police recently shared the following message  with the whole community:

“We would strongly advise parents to be satisfied that they know who their children are engaging with, be that via social media or through gaming on Xboxes and PlayStation and want to raise awareness of the importance of setting parental controls on computers, games consoles and electronic devices to keep children safe, so they are not exposed to potentially harmful and inappropriate material online.”

Guidance about parental controls can be found here:

Internet Matters - parental controls

NSPCC – parental controls

The NSPCC have partnered with O2 to provide 02 Guru where parents can seek further practical advice.

Other online advice for families can be found here:

NSPCC online safety resources and guidance particularly for families.

UK Safer Internet Centre resources including guidance for young people, parents/carers and school staff.

Childnet online safety activities that you can do from your home.

Internet Matters starter tips to keep kids safe online.

UKSIC & Facebook Release a New Guide for Schools using Apps

UKSIC Social media guides

Further guidance for professionals including resources for children can be found here:

Sharing nudes and semi-nudes: advice for education settings working with children and young people

London Grid for Learning: Safeguarding during remote learning and lockdown

London Grid for Learning online resource centre

‘Think You Know’ Online home activity packs ‘Think You Know’ professionals resource bank

‘Think You Know’ Jessie & Friends: online safety education for 4-7s’

‘Think You Know’ Band Runner game and website for 8-10s

Due to the current situation with the pandemic and the increase in positive cases again in the Liverpool City Region, the Year 6 Transition Day which had been scheduled for 7th July 2021 has unfortunately had to be cancelled.

I would urge all parents to check the website of the secondary school to which their child is transitioning to see what information is there regarding transition.

Some schools are forwarding information to us and when this happens we will also post on our website.

Stay safe.

Mr Doyle

Please see the message below,

The Marine Society and Sea Cadets (MSSC) are going to be offering FREE boating sessions to hundreds of children, aged 9-14, at our boating station in Crosby over the summer holidays, from 26^th July to 29^th August. Our aim is to encourage a love of the water and give children opportunities that they would not otherwise receive and haven’t experienced before.

We accept children from all backgrounds and are especially interested in supporting those from low income backgrounds with free opportunities from around the Liverpool area. They will get the opportunity to gain boating qualifications and if they wish to continue developing their skills, we will happily help them find their nearest Sea Cadet unit to join.

Attached is a poster, timetable and joining form link that can be completed by parents and we look forward to meeting your amazing pupils this summer. For the first week we can only take half day bookings for an individual, after that the children can book for whole days.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Link to Joining Form

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=tUqAmEEnlkOLz4hJw_8EvrKdNfxggzlGmGgnTjpSdJVUM1dOUEg3TjhYWTZJUUpNWThYOVZFTEdRUy4u

James Crawford
Growth & Development Worker 
Marine Society & Sea Cadets 

The National School Breakfast Programme has launched its breakfast at home area on the Family Action website, where you will find lots of information and advice on providing a low cost, nutritious, daily breakfast at home.

See www.family-action.org.uk/BreakfastAtHome

Please see the link below which contains information on the European Union Settlement Scheme:

https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/research/european-childrens-rights-unit/campaigns/eu-settlement-scheme/

and may help you when making your application if you are eligible.

For those parents with children under 5.

Liverpool City Council in conjunction with Liverpool Adult Learning Service will be starting a 6 weeks Welcome to Play course starting  zoom sessions in May.   Please see the information below if you wish to access this new innovative play online course. 

How do children learn through play?

We have 20 places on the Welcome to Play course via zoom for parents and carers with caring responsibilities of under-fives beginning on Thursday 13th May for 6 weeks. Sign up and get an 'art picnic' full of creative resources. A wonderful course full of fun and creative ideas for playing together.

Delivered weekly by Dr Denise Wright, a creative play specialist and Chris Cavanagh, Liverpool's parenting coordinator.

This course is free and is only for parents/carers with Liverpool post codes. 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/welcome-to-play-tickets-150714524199 

Kind regards

NSPCC,

Following the troubling testimonies of sexual harassment and abuse documented on the Everyone’s Invited website, we’re here to help.
Our new helpline will support children and young people, and offer guidance to adults and staff working with pupils, so please share the contact details throughout your school community.
The helpline can be contacted on 0800 136 663, or by emailing help@nspcc.org.uk.

Information for parents/carers: Free School Meals –

 

Given the current economic position and number of increased redundancies, some children may become eligible for FSM after school has closed for the summer.  See below  for advice on what to do if families become eligible for FSMs during the summer holiday period. 

 

If your circumstances change and you think your child is eligible for free school meals after school has closed for the summer break you can apply for FSMs using the link below

 

https://liverpool.gov.uk/communities-and-safety/emergency-planning/coronavirus/schools-and-education/free-school-meal-vouchers/

 

If you are eligible, you will receive a notification confirming this.  During school’s summer holiday period, you will be sent vouchers by Liverpool City Council on a fortnightly basis.

The Red Cross have new resources that families may find useful activities to be completed over the summer.  Please see links below.

Two children engaging with the kindness calendar with their dad

Father and son talking at home

Talking to children about race and racism 

Drawing through stories