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Parent Support and Local Information
We understand the importance of building links between home and school, empowering parents to voice their ideas and opinions, and communicating effectively with you to promote your child’s learning and educational experience.
Parent/carer engagement is important because working together has been shown to have a promising impact on the wellbeing, attendance, behaviour, sense of school belonging, intellectual development and attainment of children across a range of social and economic backgrounds.
We aim to strengthen parent/carers’ abilities to build resilience in your children and in yourselves – reducing risks affecting wellbeing and learning. As well as thinking about the children in your care, it is important to take care of your own mental health and wellbeing. This will help you support yourself and those you care about. Children react, in part, to what they see from the adults around them. When parents and carers deal with a situation calmly and confidently, they can provide the best support for children and young people.
Below are external links and services available to support children and families. Please take a look.
National Domestic violence
www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk/
Advice for Domestic Violence
www.gov.uk/guidance/domestic-abuse-how-to-get-help
Children who have witnessed Domestic Violence
www.nspcc.org.uk/what-is-child-abuse/types-of-abuse/domestic-abuse/
Young minds
www.youngminds.org.uk/my-child-s-feelings-and-behaviour/supporting-your-child-through-corona-virus
Supporting Children’s Mental Health
NSPCC
www.nspcc.org.uk/mental-health-parenting
NSPCC- Supporting Children with SEND
www.nspcc.org.uk/supporting-children-special-educational-needs-disabilities
Public Health
Local Food Bank
With rising living costs, especially fuel and accommodation, food is often part of the budget that gets cut. If you’re struggling to make ends meet, or get enough food on the table. please see below some links that may be able to support you and your family. We work with local charities within Bexley and in the past two years have been able to offer some families within our community vouchers to support with the cost of living.
Bexley Food Bank
https://bexley.foodbank.org.uk/
Family action
Fare Share- Fighting Hunger, tackling food waste