Healthy Start Food Vouchers are vouchers that can be used to buy healthy foods. They are for pregnant people and people who are responsible for children under 4. Healthy Start Food Vouchers can be exchanged for plain cows’ milk, plain, fresh, frozen or tinned fruit and vegetables, any type of fresh, dried and tinned pulses […]
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We all know the benefits of walking for our physical and psychological health. Walk to School week is a great way to get your little ones involved with walking for fun and exercise. Last year, almost 200,000 children across the country took part in Walk to School Week with this year looking to be bigger
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There’s nothing nicer than sharing a story with your little ones. A few moments a day to relax, visit new worlds and meet new creatures is a great way to expand your child’s vocabulary and help create a lifelong reader. This year’s theme is Myth, Magic and Mayhem. There’s lots of fantastic books for
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For more information about the scheme, please visit www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/applying-for-settled-status Download the HO_EUSS_Important_Information_Leaflet If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen, resident in the UK by 31 December 2020 and wish to remain after June 2021, you and your family members will need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living and working
EU Settlement Scheme following the changes in line with Brexit. Read More »
Many families experience illness and difficult times and other friends and family members may step in to support a child by looking after them for a period of time. Whilst this is a really great thing to do there are lots of things that need to be considered. If you are looking after a child
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This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. During the COVID-19 pandemic there’s been much more talk about looking after our Mental Health but it can be difficult to know what this means and how to start. We’ve all be encouraged to get out into nature where and when we can and many people have
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Message from Lewisham Maternity Services: “We have had to suspend our community breastfeeding antenatal classes until further notice. We are committed to ensuring that you still get the information that will help you make informed decisions and get the support you need to feed your babies. We have put together a written antenatal infant feeding
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The new Coronavirus act 2020 has huge implications for SEND provision now and into the future as it temporarily relaxes or removes duties on boroughs to provide support for those with SEND. This is an obvious worry as many parents who wonder how long these changes will last, it effects children’s ability not only to
Changes to SEN provision by the Coronavirus Act 2020. Read More »
The NSPCC has created a new webpage with information and advice for parents or carers who are worried a child or young person may be struggling with their mental health or has anxiety about Coronavirus. The webpage includes information on: talking about feelings and worries keeping in touch and balancing screen time ways to create
Talking to a child worried about coronavirus. Read More »
We’re in a complicated and uncertain time, and our colleagues at Triple Parenting understand that right now, more than ever, parents and families need support. They have produced this ‘Top Tips for Parents in Uncertain Times’ document that we think will be really useful for our families. Click on the link below to download Top
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