With so much really useful and practical advice and guidance around we thought you might find it useful if we collated a few together to share with you. We hope you find them helpful.
May Calendar – Action for Happiness
This Meaningful May Calendar has daily actions for May 2020 to help us respond to this global crisis with a sense of purpose and meaning.
Click here for further useful information from Action for Happiness
Top tips for bedtime = Parent Club
Many parents are reporting that due to the current COVID-19 situation they are seeing changes in their children’s sleeping patterns etc, Parent Club provides really useful advice and top tips – visit Parent Club and enter ‘sleeping’ to their search facility to view a host of options to explore.
What’s the Problem? – Stop it now
Being online with their friends, doing lessons etc. is the norm at the moment for our children – What’s the problem? – is a useful guide for parents about staying safe online and what to do if problems arise from ‘Stop it Now’
Click here to access
At Home with Ziggy toolkit (as highlighted in Education Scotland)
Road Safety Scotland’s free ‘Go Safe with Ziggy!’ road safety learning resource helps equip young children with the skills, knowledge and attitudes that will help them stay safe now, and in later life. Download the toolkit here.
Mindfulness – Information from NHS
NHS state:
“Paying more attention to the present moment – to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you – can improve your mental wellbeing”.
This useful page provides you with access to ‘mood self-assessment’ quiz, information on ‘mindfulness’ and links to other useful wellbeing information.
Click here to access
Care and Learning Alliance
We have created several different pages on our website which we hope families are finding useful. Check them out at:
Keep safe information for families during COVID-19 – quick useful links to both national and local services to support families
Click here to access
Play and Learning Ideas – lots of simple play ideas to do at home for children of all ages
Click here to access
Keep up to date with news from CALA services – our practitioners from each of our sessions are working hard to stay connected and continue to support their children and families. Each setting is posting messages and ideas.
Click here to access.
Child Protection – Information on how to keep children safe and how to share concerns.
Click here to access.
We were delighted to receive a grant for £1000 form North Highland Initiatives Community Support Programme to provide Playful Project Packs.