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If you have difficulties in your family, or if you are worried about your children, there are people who can support you.

Early help is about giving information, advice and guidance to families. We want to help as soon as difficulties start. This is to prevent family worries growing into bigger issues.

We can help any family with a child or young person up to 18-years-old (25 for young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities). We also can help with the worries adults may have, such as finances or mental health, which may impact on the children.

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eep Learning Together is an evidence-based programme that supports the home learning environment. It helps parents and carers make the most of the learning and play opportunities in everyday life, so that children become confident communicators and learners, and are ready for school when the time comes.

The programme is designed to be used flexibly by trained practitioners with families in any early years or family support setting.  It is included on the DfE menu of Home Learning Environment evidence-based interventions for Best Start Family Hubs.

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The Peep Learning Together Programme helps parents, carers and practitioners make the most of the learning opportunities in everyday life, supporting their babies' and young children's learning through play.

Watch our 'What is Peep?' video to find out more about Peep groups, and to hear from Peep practitioners and families:

Research has found that the main influences on young children's outcomes are the quality of the relationship with their parents and carers, and what they do with their family, from birth (known as the Home Learning Environment). Early intervention makes a real difference. Our evidence-based Peep Learning Together Programme contributes to this, by helping:

parents and carers to improve their children's life chances, by:

developing sensitive and responsive relationships with their babies and children,

making the most of day-to-day learning opportunities - listening, talking, playing, singing, and sharing books and stories together,

recognising and building on their own learning potential and achievements,

babies and childrento become confident communicators and learners through play

practitioners to develop their work with parents/carers and young children

communities to narrow the attainment gap, which appears even before children reach school.

what is the peep learning together programme?

The Peep Learning Together Programme (LTP) values and extends what parents/carers already do to support their child's learning in everyday life. Peep is a strengths-based approach to working with families, focusing on doing with rather than doing to parents, in line with our principles.

> Click here to watch Fife's 5-minute video about how their Peep-trained nursery staff use Peep with families and their older toddlers and pre-schoolers

If you are already a Peep-LTP-trained practitioner, you can access the whole programme by logging in to the Members Area.

Practitioners from any sector can use the structured but flexible Programme once they have completed the two-day Peep LTP Training. This includes downloadable access to information, ideas and activities within 74 child development topics, each with session plans and parent handouts. The Programme covers five strands of child development, which it aims to improve by working with parents:

personal, social and emotional development

communication and language

early literacy

early maths

health and physical development.

> Look at an overview and examples of LTP topics and their downloadable resources.

what happens in a Peep session

Peep-trained practitioners share the Peep Learning Together Programme (LTP) with families through conversations and joint activities focusing on aspects of children's learning and development, underpinned by the ORIM learning framework. Peep sessions are for parents/carers and children together. Each session is based on a child development topic, which contains:

talk time, to discuss key ideas with parents and carers relating to the topic focus

songs and rhymes

books and stories

ways to put ORIM into action (Opportunities, Recognition, Interaction, Modelling)

play activities (during the session and/or ideas to try at home).

Peep sessions raise awareness and model how singing, talking, playing and sharing books and stories together help strengthen relationships and develop children's listening, talking and later literacy. Families also consistently report that Peep sessions are fun, increase their confidence (both adults and children) and provide an important source of ideas and support from the practitioners and other families.

Practitioners can decide the length and format of their Peep sessions and courses. On average, sessions last about an hour (generally shorter if online or 1-to-1). Practitioners often run Peep courses of between 6 and 10 weekly sessions, though some offer one or two taster or focused sessions (e.g. focusing on 'Transition into the setting'), while others offer sessions on a rolling basis throughout the year or term.

who the Peep Learning Together Programme is for and how it can be delivered:

Peep is relevant to all parents/carers and young children, and can be used for both targeted and universal work with families. The Programme was designed to be used flexibly by Peep-trained practitioners, to meet the needs and interests of their local families. Practitioners can decide whether to focus on any or all of the five child development strands, and with any or all developmental stages/ages: babies, toddlers and pre-school.

Peep can be used wherever families spend time - indoors, outside or online. Click the links below to find out more about some of the ways of using the Learning Together Programme:

The programme can be used as part of a multi-agency approach to working with families - Peep practitioners work within Health, Education, Childcare, Family Support, Early Help, Children's Centres/ Family Hubs, Portage/ Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), Adult and Community Learning, Social Care, Prisons, Youth work, Psychology, Libraries, Volunteering... You can read case studies about a wide range of delivery contexts.

> The Peep Progression Pathway offers formal recognition of parents'/ carers' learning based on supporting their child's learning and development through Peep, with nationally recognised units to cover three qualification levels for parents and carers as learners. This builds parental capacity and 'learner identity' which research shows makes further progression into volunteering, further learning or work more likely.

> The Peep Antenatal Programme is the LTP's sister programme, and supports strong parent-baby bonding and attachment relationships during the perinatal period, beginning in pregnancy.

> Download our Peep Learning Together Programme Overview leaflet and join us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram - all @peeplecentre.

> Find out more about Peep Learning Together Programme Training or about holding a training course for your local staff and colleagues.

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Starting School - Padlet to support transition into a new Nursery/Reception (EYFS)

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Starting School - Padlet to support transition into a new Nursery/Reception (EYFS)

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Welcome to the Read Write Inc. page on Oxford Owl for Home.

Read Write Inc. is a popular phonics scheme. Like all phonics schemes, it teaches children the sounds in English, the letters that represent them, and how to form the letters when writing. Read Write Inc. Phonics includes reading books written using only the letters they have learnt at each level (and a small number of separately taught tricky words). The children will quickly feel confident and successful.

Here you can find lots of free resources to support your child's learning.

Free eBooks | Videos | Set 1 resources | Set 2 resources | Set 3 resources | Kits and flashcards to use at home

Read Write Inc. Phonics

We have lots of free Read Write Inc. Phonics resources to help your child, including eBooks, practice sheets and parent films. We suggest you start by watching this film for parents: What is Read Write Inc. Phonics?

Speed sounds and Read Write Inc. Stages

If your child is learning to read at school with Read Write Inc. Phonics, they will be at one of the following stages:

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Guide for parents on their new journey into Nursery/Education

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Guide for parents on their new journey into Nursery/Education

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As a parent/carer, you are the first and most important teacher for your child. Whether your child is moving from home to a pre-school, childminder or school setting you should feel involved in these next steps. All children’s experiences will be different, but the important thing is to be able to help them to settle quickly and easily into their new situation. This is often called Transition.

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Community Kicks - Set up by NCFC and The Communities Sport Foundation

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Community Kicks - Set up by NCFC and The Communities Sport Foundation

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These sessions are free to attend and support children through sports. This is set up like a youth club and helps support children time to expand their social circle whilst being heathy and having fun.

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Abler Shop | Community Sports Foundation

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Kicks courses, sport activities and much more. Powered by Abler

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Connection before Correction- This is a great tool to help support your child when things may of gone wrong and they are cross or upset etc. This way of modelling how to deal with the issue at hand really supports the child's belief that you understand how they are feeling and are there to support and help them in that moment.

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This animation uses beautiful imagery to describe what we mean by our ‘Window of Tolerance’. Our Window of Tolerance is where we are at our personal best – where we can play, think, love and be loved. When we experience trauma and adversity – our Window of Tolerance narrows, and we become sensitive to stress. Here, we explore what this looks like in children and adults, and we also explore how you can support those of us who carry trauma in our nervous system. You will find lots more freely available resources, animations and information on our website; along with training courses aimed at supporting people who are carrying trauma and stress. Visit www.beaconhouse.org.uk

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Positive scripts to use when behaviour has escalated. 

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Positive scripts to use when behaviour has escalated. 

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Understanding communication

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Talk and play are the foundations of supporting your child's development. Here you will out why this is so important and ideas to help embed this in your everyday life.

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Find out how play helps speech develop and encourages communication with our library of resources from Speech and Language Therapists at Just One Norfolk

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Check out all of these fantastic games for all primary aged children.

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Dash and Blink: KS2 Modern Foreign Languages series

Help Dash to rescue and restore his trusty translator bot Blink, whose language banks are broken. Featuring characters voiced by Catherine Tate.

Explore the interactive scenes, build your own food chain and watch films about animals and plants from the BBC archive.

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Play fun and educational games for primary students. Explore the page to discover lots of science, maths, history and English games.

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Stories read out loud by famous actors, and they make the books come to life.

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's award-winning and Daytime Emmy-nominated children's literacy website, Storyline Online, streams imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors including reading children's books alongside creatively produced illustrations, helping to inspire a love of reading in children. Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, and educators worldwide.

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This is a fantastic website giving you lots of ideas and things to do with the kids during the school holidays. Check out the event calendar here:

Norwich and Norfolk family events – Norwich Mumbler

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Take the kids on a yoga adventure with these great cosmic yoga stories.

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YOGA | MINDFULNESS | RELAXATION FOR KIDS! Screentime that gives kids SUPERPOWERS! ⬇️ D O W N L O A D T H E C O S M I C K I D S A P P ⬇️ 🍏Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cosmic-kids/ 🛍️Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cosmickids 🖥️ Desktop (great for teachers!): https://app.cosmickids.com/ 📺 Roku: https://rb.gy/44r8d -------------------------------------------------------------------- Why watch on the App?

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Check out go noodle for family fun dancing and moving. 

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Check out go noodle for family fun dancing and moving. 

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Have a go, these dances and songs will have you on your feet, raising your heart rate and building up a sweat. Also the songs will be stuck in your head foe days :-)

Join Go Noodle for free

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Banana Banana Meatball Song | Songs For Kids | Dance Along | GoNoodle

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Ormiston Families- Supporting smiles and CAHMS

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Ormiston Families- Supporting smiles and CAHMS

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Support with child mental health

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Supporting children and their families to see a brighter future

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Music! Dancing! Learning! Bears! 🤸🏻‍♂️🐻👨🏻‍🔬💃 "Danny Go!" is a live-action educational children's show filled with music, movement and silliness. Created in 2019 by 3 childhood friends in Charlotte, North Carolina, the show inspires learning and off-the-couch exercise for kids ages 3 to 7.

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See if you can be the hero in this movement game.

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SUPER MARIO RUN Immersive Interactive Warm Up 🍄 | Level UP Parkour | Viral Interactive Game

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This is a fantastic course - Triple P is designed to be with parents on every step of their journey, providing help and guidance to families when they need it. It aims to create supportive family environments, and to prevent, as well as treat, behavioural and emotional problems in children and teenagers.

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Happier, healthier, less stressed children & families

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Set up your kids & teens for success & create a happier, calmer family life. 35+ years’ research proves Triple P works for most families & it can work for you too! You choose the strategies that fit your family’s needs. Do Triple P Online—the first online parenting programme proven to work—or Teen Triple P Online today!

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Please see this link for food bank voucher support or please contact Sam Bloomfield so she can arrange a voucher for you.

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Support- Parental separation or a change in the family home 

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Support- Parental separation or a change in the family home 

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Being a single parent can bring many rewards, and also new challenges. Whether you’ve just become single, or are about to be, or have been for ages, it’s good to inform yourself so that you can make the best decisions for your family.

Here we offer advice, support and information around some of the most common topics single parents ask us about. You can also chat with and meet other single parents  by joining the Gingerbread Community.

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Being a single parent can bring many rewards, and also new challenges. Whether you've just become single, or are about to be, or have been for ages, it's good to inform yourself so that you can make the best decisions for your family.

Here we offer advice, support and information around some of the most common topics single parents ask us about. You can also chat with and meet other single parents by joining the Gingerbread Community.

Use the filters to find information that suits your single parent journey. You can favourite content to come back to later by clicking on the heart outline. You will find your favourite content by clicking 'Saved Pages' at the top right of the webpage you're on.

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Free online information and advice for single parents - covering everything from benefits to managing a separation to family wellbeing.

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Social workers provide essential support to families by acting as advocates, providing resources, and creating safety plans to ensure children’s well-being and, whenever possible, keeping families together. They help by addressing complex needs like addiction, mental health, or financial instability, while fostering improved relationships, offering tailored advice, and connecting families with specialized services

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Kooth- Mental health support for children 10+

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Kooth- Mental health support for children 10+

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Kooth is your online mental wellbeing community. Access free, safe and anonymous

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Kooth is your online mental wellbeing community. Access free, safe and anonymous

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Colour Monster is used in school to help children express how they are feeling and then we can explore why. This book is great for the younger children.

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THE COLOR MONSTER (ANIMATED) #readaloud for children | #storytime | #animatedstories   #kindergarten

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Fantastic way to improve those English Skills. 

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Fantastic way to improve those English Skills. 

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Struggling with grammar, punctuation or spelling? The Karate Cats are here to help!

Chop a capital letter, fly-kick a full stop or smash a sentence in this fun game for KS1 learners. Head to the dojo to train with the very best Karate Cats and rank up to become an expert in these important English SATs topics!

Play the games to get treats, then swap them for more cats for your dojo. The harder you train, the more cats will come to visit you. Can you get the black belt and become a Karate Cat?

Featuring David Tennant as the voice of Sensei.

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KS1 English free game - Karate Cats - Spelling, grammar and punctuation - Improve literacy and comprehension - BBC Bitesize

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Improve your grammar, punctuation and spelling with the Karate Cats! Prepare for the Year 2 English SATs test. Suitable for primary school KS1 children and featuring the voice of David Tennant

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Zones of regulations- Feelings and emotions for older children (KS2 onwards) 

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Zones of regulations- Feelings and emotions for older children (KS2 onwards) 

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At School we use Zone of Regulations to help children understand where they are with their feelings. This supports children visually to then be able to understand their feelings further these feelings can then be linked to behaviours they may be displaying.

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How to introduce Zones of Regulation to Children - Kids Version - InfOT

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Information and resources for families on a range of health and wellbeing topics.

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Here you will find some great strategies to support with behaviour and also courses too.

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Children and young people's brains continue to develop and grow until they are around 20 years old. This development can take longer for some and may affect their ability to control emotions, manage behaviour and learn positive ways to communicate.

All behaviour has a purpose. It is a way of communicating needs and feelings, although it is not always easy to work out what that purpose is.

Watch out for patterns in the behaviour (keep a 'behaviour diary') - what do you notice makes things worse or better?

Try and predict situations and experiences that are triggers for your child. Avoid or distract if you can.

Put yourself in your child's shoes and try to understand why your child may be acting in the way they are. Are they tired? Overwhelmed? Hungry? Bored?

Remember you know your child best - you probably know the challenges, worries and experiences that cause them to behaviour in certain ways better than anyone.

It is easy to be unrealistic in the behaviour we expect from our children. Think back to when you were that age, talk to family and friends - it can be reassuring to find that the behaviour that is worrying you is common at their age.

Praise Advice Online Solihull Programme Positive Behaviour Strategies Looking After Yourself

Praise

Praise is one of the most important tools in a parenting toolbox. It is one of the best ways to help your child understand how you want them to behave. It can be easy to take the times when you child is behaving well and managing their feelings for granted.

Always try and point out when you see the behaviour you want in your child;

'You are playing so nicely with your sister.'

'Thanks for putting your bowl in the dishwasher.'

'You did really well to keep calm then.'

Your positive attention can be the best prize for your child. If you only point out the behaviour you don't want, your child may use this as a sure way of getting a reaction instead.

Try and find time to 'just be' with your child - story time, games, walks or watching TV together - really concentrate on enjoying each other's company. It doesn't have to be for long but will make your child feel valued and know they are important to you.

Advice

There is so much advice on managing children's behaviour it can be confusing. Friends, family and even strangers may make comments or give advice on the way your child behaves.

Times have changed and what we understand about children; their needs and how they develop has grown too.

Remember every child is an individual and different things will work for each child.

You know your child best. You can decide on the advice that you think might help your child and politely ignore things that you do not find helpful.

If you have spent a long time trying to help your child it can be exhausting and make family life hard for everyone.

Please remember that there are services to support you. Yours is not the only family who might struggle at times and you don't have to cope alone. You can call Just One Number to speak to a health professional or speak to your child's school or early years setting.

Online Solihull Programme

Dealing with difficult behaviour can affect your confidence as a parent. Understanding more about the roots of behaviour and how you can support your child can help. All professionals working with children in Norfolk are offered this training too.

As well as helping you understand development, the Solihull course talks about, play, styles of parenting, sleep, temper tantrums and communication. Learning is split the following sections:

Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby

Understanding your baby

Understanding your child

Understanding your child with additional needs

Understanding your child's feelings (a taster course)

Understanding your child's mental health and wellbeing

Understanding your teenager's brain

Understanding your brain (for teenagers only!)

Understanding your relationships

Sign up and complete the course for free

Positive Behaviour Strategies (PBS)

Families who have been referred to a specialist team for assessment of their child's additional needs may be signposted to the Positive Behaviour Course which is run by Family Action in Norfolk.

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak this programme has been amended and offered online. Although intended for families awaiting assessment and possibly diagnosis the strategies can be used with any child with additional needs.
Start the course

Looking After Yourself

It can be exhausting supporting a child when their behaviour is challenging you. Some days you will have more energy to cope than others.

Take any moments you can to rest or relax - it might be 5 minutes looking at a magazine or try some relaxation exercises.

Support groups where you can talk with parents facing similar challenges can be helpful. Find out about advice on finding a suitable group.

Ask friends and family for help if you can. Sometimes others might not feel able to help with your child because of their behaviour, this can be hard. Ask them for help with other things like cooking, laundry and shopping. This can at least take some of the pressure off you to manage everything.

Never smack your child. This does not work - it can frighten your child and will teach them that smacking is OK. They may then hit other children or adults.

Find out more about behaviour troubleshooting

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Why Is School Attendance Important? School Attendance Rules When Can My Child Be Absent? Poor Attendance

Why Is School Attendance Important?

Research has shown that children with good attendance are more than twice as likely to pass their English and Maths GCSEs compared to those whose attendance is below 90%. However if your child's attendance starts to slip the negative affect might increase because;

It is hard for children to catch up on work missed. This quickly affects their learning and leaves gaps in their understanding.

It gets in the way of building strong, positive friendships and makes them more at risk of spending time with bad influences.

It affects exam results and this means they have less choice about further education and careers.

They miss out on the structure and routines of school which are important practice for adult life.

They're likely to be less active and not get into healthy habits important for physical and mental wellbeing.

School Attendance Rules

Parents have a legal responsibility to make sure their children are in education from the term after they are five until the end of the June in the year they turn 16.

All children should be either registered at a school or registered as being home schooled.

If your child is registered at a school:

It is expected that children always attend school and arrive on time.

Any absences need to be agreed as being unavoidable.

If absences are frequent school will talk to parents to understand how they can help.

If you are home schooling

Your child's education must be seen to be good enough to meet their needs.

The Services to Home Educators Team will contact you to talk about how you make sure your child is getting a good quality education.

Find out more about home education
When Can My Child Be Absent?

Your child may be absent from school if;

They are too unwell to attend. You must inform school on the first day of illness of reason for absence.

They have special permission from the head teacher of their school.

Speak to your child's school if you are unsure about when they can return after they have been unwell.
Is my child too ill for school?
Poor Attendance

Schools must update the Local Authority about children who are often absent from school. They must do this whether the absence is authorised or unauthorised by the headteacher. Schools have a responsibility to investigate unexplained absences to make sure children are safe.

If you are worried about how much time your child is missing from school for any reason talk to school as soon as possible.

If your child has frequent absences, school will offer support to you and to your child to help them attend school regularly.

If your child has longer term health problems stopping them from attending school, they will help your child access suitable education in other ways until they can get back to school.

School will work with you to help your child attend school. If it is felt you are not helping your child attend as much as possible, schools can begin a process to prosecute parents.

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Resources for Children's Speech and Language

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Children's Speech and Language resources to download

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Here you will find lots of fun activities that are available to your children in the school holidays and after school. Some are free if you are in receipt of certain benefits and some are reduced prices.

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A beautiful story supporting anxious children who struggle to leave their parents, and delicately deals with family loss.

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The Invisible Suitcase: understanding grief and how to manage it | Child Bereavement UK

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Nelson's Journey | Child Bereavement Help for Norfolk |

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Nelson's Journey supports children and young people in Norfolk who've experienced the death of a significant person. We provide a range of resources and services, and accept referrals from families and professionals for those who may need our support. Since 1997, Nelson's Journey has helped thousands of bereaved children and young people in the county.

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Winston’s Wish offers free, accessible online grief support to children and young people (aged 25 or under) across the UK who are bereaved or facing the death of someone important. We also offer guidance and resources for the adults supporting bereaved children and young people.

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These resources are written using a 'trauma lens' and offer information, ideas and strategies from this perspective.

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Beacon House is passionate about developing freely available resources so that knowledge about the repair of trauma and adversity is in the hands of those who need it. Please feel free to use our resources in your home or work setting.
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As a specialist trauma service, our resources are written using a 'trauma lens' and offer information, ideas and strategies from this perspective. We know that there are other perspectives and overlapping experiences, meaning that 'one size doesn't fit all'. We are working to be as inclusive as possible and alongside this acknowledge that not everything we produce will be relevant for everyone.

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Support with :

Alcohol Advice

Children's rights advice

Domestic Abuse

Drugs Advice

Family Substance use

Health and Wellbeing

Housing

Smoking advice/stop smoking

Prison support

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We understand that everybody's experience is different. When you come to one of our services, we will personalise your care to help you achieve your goals.

If you're concerned about something and you don't know what steps to take, we have lots of advice and information that can help.

We're here to help with life's challenges, whether it's problems with drinking or drugs, or you're just looking to live a happier and healthier life.

When you come to a service for the first time, a friendly member of the team will greet you. Feel free to bring a friend or family member with you for support.

If someone was nervous to go to a service I'd say 'don't be fearful. Even if you need help for other issues like housing, the workers will do everything they can.'

Danielle works at our Bromley service

Read Danielle's story

Through volunteering, I see something in my future. I know I can still make something out of my life. I can make a difference in someone else's life.

Jose volunteers with us

Read Jose's story

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We're a national health and social care charity. We can help you with challenges including drugs and alcohol, housing, justice, health and wellbeing.

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How to tell a child that someone has died

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How to tell a child that someone has died

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Explaining to a child that someone has died

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Guidance on explaining to a child that someone has died.

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Local Family Hubs that parents can access-

Hellesdon family hubs - Facebook

North Walsham family hubs - Facebook

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Our family hubs approach supports parents and carers of children and young people from conception up to 19-years-old (25 for young people with SEND)

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Click on this link to take you to the supporting page. Links included examples below.

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Being a parent and the struggles we can come across.

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Being a parent and the struggles we can come across.

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Support for families inc children 0-5 years old- Early Childhood and Family Service (ECFS) - Norfolk County Council

Financial help- Financial help if you have children - GOV.UK

Best Start in Life - Best Start in Life

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Get help in a crisis

Get urgent help if you are experiencing a mental health crisis

Mental health crisis means different things to different people.

You may be distressed and want to harm yourself, or someone else

You may be hearing unpleasant voices, feel that people are watching you or that you are in immediate danger

It could help to tell someone you trust, such as a family member or a friend who can then help you decide what to do.
If you are supported by one of our services:
Check your care plan, and:

During office hours contact your care coordinator or the duty number for the team that is supporting you. If you don't have their details, visit NSFT's service finder.

Or call the urgent mental health helpline on 111 and select the mental health option. If you need a carer, friend or family member to call us on your behalf you will need to first provide your consent to the call handler.
If you need urgent help and you are not supported by our services:
Call 111 and select the mental health option to speak to the 24-hour urgent mental health helpline. If you need a carer, friend or family member to call us on your behalf you will need to first provide your consent to the call handler.

Please avoid visiting hospital A&E (Accident and Emergency) departments unless you have a life-threatening emergency. The number above can connect you to crisis services.

If you are with someone who has attempted suicide, call 999 and stay with them until the ambulance arrives.

If anyone is at serious risk of harm, call 999 and ask for the police.

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Get help in a crisis Mental health crisis means different things to different people. You may be distressed and want to harm yourself, or someone else You may be hearing unpleasant voices, feel that people are watching you or that you are in immediate danger It could help to tell someone you trust, such as a family member or a friend who can then help you decide what to do.

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Here you will find support with family crisis fund, grants and turn 2 us to check you are receiving all the relevant benefits etc.

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Grants for individuals | Norfolk Community Foundation

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Support for Parents

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At times, we all need a little help and support dealing with issues or problems in our life that are hurting our physical, mental, social or financial wellbeing. Getting help as soon as possible can prevent things from getting worse.

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Support with Autism and ADHD

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Supporting children and young people (aged 0-25) and their families. Read on to find out more about how we support families.

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Child Development and Additional needs. 

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Child Development and Additional needs. 

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Support with :

Toileting

Developmental stages

Supporting Development

Behaviour and Sleep

Babies needing extra care

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Find out more about childhood development and the additional needs of children here at Just One Norfolk - a service dedicated to children's health.

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Boost your maths skills with this great game.

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You have been chosen to train with the Karate Cats!

The elite team of Karate Cats have completed their training and are now competing to be maths champions!

Join them and earn the bronze, silver and gold cups in loads of maths topics in this new adventure.

These cats love to dress up, keep playing to find more costumes for the Karate Cats to wear.

Unlock challenge mode and impress Coach with a high score. Show off your new skills and become a maths-champion Karate Cat!

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KS1 Maths free game - Karate Cats - Primary school times tables, division, shapes, fractions - BBC Bitesize

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Improve your maths skills with the Karate Cats. Test times tables, division, shapes, fractions, addition, subtraction and more! Prepare for the Year 2 Maths SATs test. Suitable for primary school KS1 children.

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Brush up on your maths skills , select your age group and category and off you go.

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Brush up on your maths skills , select your age group and category and off you go.

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Primary School children love top marks as it is linked to the curriculum so they are able to improve their skills and have fun at the same time.

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A selection of free maths games which help young children understand place value or odd and even numbers. Playing these maths games can help children to understand this difficult concept of tens and units. Key Stage 1, elementary grade children can have fun with the odd or even number games which demonstrate how even numbers go in pairs and how numbers alternate with odd and even.

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Place Value and Odd and Even Numbers Maths Games

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Maths games to help chidren understand place value and odd and even numbers.

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Read Write Inc Sets 1, 2 & 3 Sounds | Learn Phonics | Learning to Read | British Teacher

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Read Write Inc. Phonics: Ruth Miskin on how to teach blending to children

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As parents we are not always sure how phonics work and they have changed a lot since we were at school. Here is a supportive video helping you understand the sound for each letter, so you can help your child with blending.

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If you have difficulties in your family, or if you are worried about your children, there are people who can support you. Early help is about giving information, advice, and guidance to families.

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These animations have been produced with the involvement of young people themselves, and are designed to help young people and the adults around them recognise the signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. They also suggest ways of coping with scary memories, explain the science around the best treatments, and answer any worries you might have about getting support.

What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

Many young people will go through trauma - where they felt very scared for themselves or for someone else. Sometimes, this can lead to mental health difficulties such as post-traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD). In this video you will learn about PTSD - what it might look like or feel like, the main symptoms, and where you might go if you need help or support.

What is trauma-focused CBT?

Trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapies are our best-evidenced way to help young people to overcome post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Learn about what trauma-focused CBT is and how it can help someone to face and overcome their traumas.

Coping with scary and distressing memories

When young people go through traumas one of the hardest things to deal with can be their memories of what happened. This video gives brief advice on what you can do to help cope with memories that are very scary or distressing, and where you can turn to for support.

Absolutely not: and other thoughts you might have about mental health support

After you've been through very frightening experiences, asking for help and getting mental health support can feel scary or overwhelming. Sometimes it might feel like there is no one that could possibly help. This video talks about getting mental health support after trauma, and why, even if it feels hard, it can be helpful.

Acknowledgements

The development of our PTSD resources for young people has been a true team effort. First and foremost, I want to sincerely thank the many young people who have contributed to these animations - from the ideas and scripts, through to animation style and voiceovers. Their contribution has been invaluable. I particularly want to thank the care-experienced young people who have guided this and many of my other projects. I am so grateful for their input.

We have also been incredibly fortunate to receive feedback from many leading experts in the child trauma and PTSD field. I am hugely grateful for the input of Prof Richard Meiser-Stedman (University of East Anglia), Dr Patrick Smith (King's College London), Prof Paul Stallard (University of Bath), Prof Bill Yule (Children & War Foundation), and Dr David Trickey (UK Trauma Council), who all inputted into the scripts. This project has largely been made possible by their pioneering work in the child trauma and PTSD field, and commitment to improving the lives of trauma-exposed young people. Many thanks also to the broader ADaPT Trial team, from which this project stems, including Prof John Macleod (University of Bristol) and Dr Timothy Clarke (Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust) for their edits, as well as to Dr Rosie McGuire and Davin Schmidt for their project coordination and input. Thank you also to our animator, Paddy Wright, for his patience, guidance, and commitment to the project.

Many thanks also to the UK Trauma Council for their support for this project. My particular thanks go to Holly Baine, Liz Lee, Beck Ferrari, Dr Ruth Roberts and Prof Eamon McCrory for their support and guidance, and to the many members of the UK Trauma Council who provided feedback on the scripts. Thank you also to Dušan Tomic for his creative input.

Finally, thank you to our funders who have been so supportive and encouraging of this project. This work was funded by the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) network, and particularly funding from ARC West, South West Peninsula ARC (PenARC), and ARC North East North Cumbria (ARC NENC).

Dr Rachel Hiller

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These animations have been produced with the involvement of young people themselves, and are designed to help young people and the adults around them recognise the signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. They also suggest ways of coping with scary memories, explain the science around the best treatments, and answer any worries you might have about getting support.

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Campaigning for change

We fight to change laws to make society safer for children. Our Wild West Web campaign has pushed for new regulations through the Online Safety Bill to make sure websites, apps and games are safe for children to use. But the draft Bill doesn't go far enough to protect children.
Help us end the Wild West Web

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Understanding online safety is tricky for all ages - we have advice and guides to help you learn about staying safe online as a family.

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Parents and Carers - UK Safer Internet Centre

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Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online

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Working with online safety experts, we're here to provide parents & carers with guidance, advice and support to keep children safe online | Internet Matters

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At school we follow the Support First Approach through Norfolk County Council. Please take a look at the process when talking about attendance.

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Welcome to Norfolk SEND Partnership. Norfolk SEND Partnership offer information and advice to children, young people and parents/carers about special

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Learn more from Just One Norfolk about how schools support children with special educational needs and what you can do to help your child.

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Norfolk SEN Network – Supporting parents of children with special educational needs

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Our Helpline is run Monday to Friday from 9am to 12 noon.

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Organisations who had a stand at our 2025 conference Activities Able2B CIC– is a community interest company set up to develop services that help improve function for children and adults with a disability. Across the Board -Community support for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND). Nancy Oldfield Trust – offers accessible […]

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Things to do for children and young people with SEND - Norfolk County Council

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Activities, things to do and a calendar of SEND events in Norfolk

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Things to do for children and young people with SEND - Norfolk County Council

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Activities, things to do and a calendar of SEND events in Norfolk

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Unleash your inner adventurer with our gravity-defying trampolines, epic air bags, and awesome party packages. Pick your play and jump in!

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Welcome to entitledto's free benefits calculator. To find out what you might be able to claim enter your details and you'll receive an estimate of your entitlement to benefits. If you work for an organisation helping people with benefits please see our

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Benefits Calculator - entitledto - independent | accurate | reliable | www.entitledto.co.uk

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Check what benefit entitlement you are entitled to. The entitledto benefits calculator will check which means-tested benefits you may be entitled to e.g. tax credits, universal credit, housing benefit ...

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We know money worries can be overwhelming. But you’re not alone. Turn2us offers straight-forward information and practical support to anyone struggling financially.

Learn more about specific benefits and other types of support you're entitled to.

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Turn2us is a national charity offering information and practical support to people facing financial insecurity. We help people gain access to welfare benefits, charitable grants and other support - online, by phone and face to face through our work in communities and the organisations we partner with.

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Keep the kids entertained throughout the school holidays with Tots2Teens! We have a variety of fun activities available each school holiday for all children.

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Tots2Teens | Broadland and South Norfolk