Year 6 Transition Packs are being delivered to the feeder primary schools and posted home for the ‘non-feeder’ pupils.

The packs contain the following information (electronic copies are also attached):

• Parent Privacy Notice
• Pupil Privacy Notice
• Consent Form pupils
• Consent Form parents
• School Shop Information
• School Shop Direct – Summer opening details 2020
• Uniform Requirements
• PE Kit Requirements
• Registration Form (complete and return ASAP)
• Covering letter from Mrs Millward

Shrewsbury Town in the Community is delighted to reveal that this Saturday afternoon (2 May 2020) we will be holding our first Head’s Up Live session on Facebook and YouTube.

Head’s Up Live will be an interactive live session hosted by Ryan Jervis OBE, with child and family psychologist and mental health expert Kay Brophy answering your questions and giving an insight into how we should all be looking after our mental health at the moment.

The live show will take on a round-table format, with Shrewsbury Town’s own mental health champion Omar Beckles talking about his experience and his own tips for protecting your mental wellbeing. Also appearing will be Shrewsbury Town Supporters Liaison Officer Mike Davies to offer his own input and experiences with how a football club and the community around it can act as a support question.

During the live show viewers will be able to comment, their questions will be answered by our guests, and those wishing to ask questions anonymously can do so by submitting them on the webpage – https://www.shrewsburytowninthecommunity.com/heads-up-live/

The discussions will be live on YouTube and Facebook from 3pm on Saturday 2 May

The Parenting Team is continuing their service of telephone consultations. Parents and carers can simply call the office on 01743 250950 or email parenting.team@shropshire.gov.uk to arrange a consultation at a time convenient to them. Professionals can also contact the office and arrange appointments for parents/carers if they have gained their consent to pass on their telephone number.

Taking the current situation into account the parenting team can support parents and carers with:

• managing difficult questions and worries from children due to the current situation
• managing challenging behaviour which might be a result of the changes to their everyday lives
• maintaining good relationships with children during this time
• suggestions on activities to do with children
• talk through and reflect on the online course content with a Parenting Practitioner

The online Understanding Your Child courses are also still available:

1. Clicking on the In Our Place website.
2. Then put the access code DARWIN18 in the box
3. Choose from the following courses:-

• Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
• Understanding your baby
• Understanding your child
• Understanding your teenager’s brain
• Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby: for women couples

Parenting Team: 01743 250950

Work days: Mon – Thu