Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School

Parent Partnerships:

 Our strong relationships with parents support the children to achieve and make the best progress they can.

Teachers are always willing to discuss ways to improve your child's progress and emotional well being. 
 

Children have work they can do with parents at home. Staff are always happy to suggest other ideas.

Homework is carefully differentiated according to children's needs and reflects what is taught that week or is linked to the learning

Parent Useful Information:-

  

Parent Forum:

A parent from each Year group volunteers to become the class representative for the year. These volunteers act as the 'voice' of the year group parents at termly meetings with Mrs O'Connell (Headteacher), bringing parent's suggestions and questions to us and feeding back information. 

Representatives for 2023-24 are:

Reception - Mr Lee Pettit

Year 1 - Mrs Gemma Cunningham

Year 2 - Mrs Hockley and Mrs Knight 

 

Parent and Children's Wellbeing:

Supporting your child’s health and wellbeing

If your child:

Has difficulty coming into school

You are worried about their health, behaviour, progress

They have friendship issues

Your child is a young carer

There are difficulties at home which may be having an impact on your child’s wellbeing

Then your child’s class teacher is the best person to speak to and if they are unable to help they will be able to sign post you to people in school or external agencies who can.

Our SENDCo Mrs Kathryn Lloyd may be able to refer your child to the following agencies:

  • Speech and Language Team
  • CAMHS
  • Health visitors
  • Young carers
  • Living Stable lives
  • Links Family Services

 

If you have spoken to your child’s teacher and you feel that the matter has not been dealt with appropriately then you can speak with Mrs O’Connell our Headteacher who is on the playground each morning or who can be contacted via the school office on 01442 211963 or via email head@holtsmereinfants.herts.sch.uk

 

Wellbeing Support For Parents (310kb pdf)
Signposting Guide Colour (1,513kb pdf)
Parent Tip No 1 - Five Ways to Wellbeing (164kb pdf)
Five Ways to Wellbeing Poster (255kb)
Mindfulness Powerpoint
(694kb pdf)
Calm Down Kit (274kb pdf)
Mindfulness Session Feedback (284kb pdf)

 

Advice

Bereavement 

Bereavement help and advice 

Wellbeing  and advice

CHILDLINE:

www.childline.org.uk

KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE:

www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/

Guide for Parents – Keeping Children Safe.

www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule

Let’s Talk Pants

www.safeproject.org.uk/

SAFE! A website to support young people (8-18) who have been victims of crime

Action for happiness

https://www.actionforhappiness.org/poster-great-dream

Just talk Herts

https://www.justtalkherts.org/just-talk-herts.aspx

Healthy Young Minds

https://www.healthyyoungmindsinherts.org.uk/

EMOTIONAL WELLBEING:

https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-guide-to-support-a-z/

 For information on a variety of mental health topics including anxiety

E-SAFETY:

www.thinkuknow.co.uk

 

 

CEOP: Advice on staying safe when using a mobile phone, tablet or computer

www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents

CEOP: Support and safety information on how to keep your child safe

www.internetmatters.org

- Helping parents keep their children safe online

www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/young-people/resources-3-11s

www.kidsmart.org.uk/parents/

Safety advice including how to keep under 5s safe online

https://www.net-aware.org.uk/

A guide to social networks your children may be using.

https://parentzone.org.uk/parents

Free access to Digital Parenting, an online safety magazine to help with the “challenges of the digital age”

https://parentinfo.org/article/pegi-games-ratings

how to make sure a game is age-appropriate.

www.commonsensemedia.org/game

reviews – re: games played online.

Debt advice:

www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Money-worries.aspx

www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en

 

HAPPY LEARNERS. AIMING HIGH.