Information for Parents
Supporting your child's language development
This poster shares lots of useful strategies to support your child's early language development.
Parent workshops
Click here for information on some very useful parent workshops run by Contact. There are workshops about toileting, anxiety, sleep, speech and language, positive behaviour and more!
Learning through play
Click here to watch some helpful videos about learning through play. A series of short films containing 20 cheap and easy activities that families can do at home with their early years children. Translated in English, Urdu, Sylheti, Somali and Polish.
Helping your child develop literacy skills
Click here to watch some helpful videos about how to help your child develop their literacy skills. The videos contain fun activities families can do at home to support their child’s education in Early Years. Translated in English, Turkish, Somali, Sylheti, Urdu, Punjabi, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, and Portuguese.
Getting ready for reception
Click here to watch some helpful videos about how to prepare your child for reception. Although you won't officially have to think about this until next year, it will be useful to have a look at these 10 simple things parents can teach their child before they start reception. Translated in English, Urdu, Sylheti, Somali, Polish, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Turkish.
ERIC Website - Toilet Training
We know that lots of 3 and 4 year olds still need some support with toileting. If this is something you are struggling with, the ERIC website has lots of useful information for you. Click here. If you are concerned about your child's continence, please speak to the class teacher or the school SENDCO. We can support you with a referral for support.