February News- Lockdown continues

Last week children in school and at home enjoyed engaging in activities to mark children's mental health week. This year's theme was 'express yourself'. We hope you enjoyed engaging in activities with your children and we hope they were able to explore new ways to express themselves. 

We hope you all took advantage of the snow this week for a welcome break from screens to enjoy the outdoors. I'm sure there were lots of very excited children. 

The teachers and teaching assistants have been working hard to establish remote interventions to enhance and support the children that are unable to return to school. If you are contacted by a member of staff and offered an intervention please take up the offer as they have been designed to address gaps in your child's learning. 

If your child is able to please encourage them to join the morning remote check- ins with their teacher. It is a good way to keep regular contact and an opportunity for them to see some familiar faces. However, we do understand that for some children this can induce anxiety and prove overstimulating. If this is the case please make the class teachers aware. 

As we know lockdown and home schooling can be very stressful and impact on the whole family. Just One Norfolk have some good advice and strategies that may be useful if you are experiencing stress.

https://www.justonenorfolk.nhs.uk/emotional-health/parents-emotional-health/coping-with-stress

Family Voice are holding a virtual afternoon tea session. This will provide an opportunity to chat with other parents and carers informally. Details below:






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