This term we are lucky to have the Lewisham Educational Psychology team visiting some of our Explorers or Little Explorers sessions. The Lewisham Educational Psychology team support parents and children across the borough with a number of issues such as: How to help your child with their schoolwork Manging Routines at home School issues including; […]
Written by Nicky Sanford for the Early Years Alliance. Nicky worked as an early years teacher for 15 years and currently works in a village pre-school. Have you noticed that if your little one throws two toys from their highchair and you only retrieve one they will ‘look’ for the other? This is early
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Autumn is a fantastic time to get out and about and explore with your little ones. Crunchy leaves, acorns and squirrels out collecting for Winter, there’s always something to see. Being outside helps your baby and child’s brain development and can help with our mental wellbeing, especially as the nights draw in. Learn more about
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Research shows that when fathers are involved with their children from the beginning their children do better socially and academically. A fathers early engagement is linked to, fewer behavioural problems and increased language development. Future Dads courses aim to help you: • Enhance your competence & confidence in your new role as a father
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We are pleased to be able to offer a range of sessions for families across the country. The sessions, courses or activities are to support the parents and carers of babies and children under five. Let’s Learn Together @ Home FREE activity packed 3 week programme offering loads of ideas on how to keep your little
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30 babies and toddlers go to hospital with a hot drink burn every day. In addition to this shocking daily figure the SafeTea campaign highlights that 60% of all under 3 paediatric burn attendances to Accident & Emergency Departments are due to a hot drink burn. These figures are even more disturbing when the vast majority
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As we begin the school year many parents are preparing their little ones for “big school”. One of the things parents begin to think about is how to help their children make and keep their first friends. Older children can also struggle to make and keep friends, but help is at hand. This article by
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At Early Years Alliance Lewisham Children and Family Centres we have actively shaped our universal offer around the 1001 days Manifesto for many years, to ensure that those vital formative first years are embedded in all our work with families to give them that best start in life. We use Five to Thrive as the
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Updated 10/11/2022 You may have heard on local news about the Polio infection being found in water in London. Due to Polio being found in the water the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that children aged 1 to 9 years old in London be offered a dose of polio vaccine, following
Childhood Polio Vaccination clinics at Lewisham Children & Family Centres Read More »
This article was first published September 2020 Hello all our families and friends I’m Donna an Early Years Practitioner and Henry Facilitator. I run Stay & Play sessions and other parent and child sessions at our Children and Family Centres. Let’s talk about tips on helping us and our children adjust to returning to school.
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