We warmly welcome all parents to the first SEND coffee morning of this academic year.
Wednesday 20th September from 9 am-10.30 am.
Rebecca Romanovsky (Speech and Language Therapist) will be running a session called,
An Introduction to CYPIT Speech and Language Therapy.
We will be hosting our Term 5 SEND coffee morning on Wednesday 17th May from 9am-10am.
We are pleased to announce that Jenna Redmond, Autism Advisor for families in Reading, will be our guest speaker.
We look forward to seeing you then.
The SENCO Team
We warmly welcome families of children with SEND to our fourth SEND coffee morning of this academic year.
Wednesday 22nd March from 9am-10am.
We hope to see you there.
Kind regards,
The SENCo team
Dear Families,
Many of you may already be aware of the fantastic series that Chris Packham has made about autism called ‘Inside our Autistic Minds’. For those of you that have not seen any of the programmes yet, they offer an incredible window into the minds of some autistic young adults. This includes a video describing sensory overload and insight into mind of brilliant and articulate non speaker. The series in available of BBC iPlayer now.
Warm regards,
The SENCO Team
The Educational Psychology Service and Primary Mental Health Team have been running regular half termly virtual parent workshops on helping your child with fears and worries.
The aim of the programme is to teach parents cognitive behavioural strategies so they can use them with their children to overcome their anxiety. It is based on the book: ‘Overcoming your child’s worries and fears’ by Cathy Cresswell and Lucy Willetts. The group will be a 2.5 hour online workshop – a “whistle stop tour” of key principles for parents.
There are two further sessions planned for the summer term:
Sessions will be via Teams. There is capacity for around 4 – 10 participants each session.
If parents are interested, they should email Wilma Williams and include: their name, email and phone number (for contact – they will be emailed a Teams link) and their child’s age and school. Please also state which of the dates for the course they are able to make, and whether you have a preferred date – so we can allocate spaces.
The local authority are very pleased to be able to share our new workshops around Autism and Mental Health, which will commence in February 2023.
Please see flyers below.
Autism Social Anxiety – Compass 2023_
Self Esteem with Autism Compass 2023
Supporting You to Support Autism – Compass 2023
Understanding Autism and Mental Health – Compass 2023
We warmly welcome families of children with SEND to our third SEND coffee morning of this academic year.
Friday 3rd February from 9am-10am.
This is a relaxed session where parents and carers of children with SEND will have opportunity to meet and mingle. Younger siblings are welcome to attend this informal session. Mrs van Schie and Mrs Mullaney will be present.
We hope to see you there.
Kind regards,
The SENCo team
Hands on Science – Christmas 2022
Come and join us in the Baylab [Baylab | Bayer global] for a hands-on science activity session. If you have children between the ages of 7 and 13, we will be looking at the science behind such Christmas gifts as bath bombs, lip balms, candle and homemade snowflakes and then putting our knowledge to the test as we make some.
We welcome children with SEN, but they must be accompanied throughout the session by a parent or carer.
Where: Baylab, Bayer plc, Green Park, Reading RG2 6AD
When: Morning Session: Thursday 22nd December 9.30am – Midday (12.00)
Afternoon Session: Thursday 22nd December 1.30 – 4pm
To book your place, please contact the Baylab team on baylabinfo@bayer.com with the subject line “Hands on Science Christmas 2022”