Pastoral Team Blog

We understand these are challenging times. The strain that managing home learning, caring for younger children, working from home and running a household can put on a family is huge.

We, as a team, are here to support you. We will be making regular calls to families to keep in touch and see if there is anything we can do to help. We also welcome your calls and will work with you to support you and your family.

Take care and stay safe.

Contact details for the Pastoral Team:

Katie Smith (FLO) - 07395 965404 katie.smith@park-way.kent.sch.uk

Available: Wednesday 8:30am - 1:30pm, Friday 8:30am - 1:30pm

Karen Abrahams (Attendance and Welfare Officer) - 07395 965378 karen.abrahams@park-way.kent.sch.uk

Available: Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 3:30pm

Treasure Trails - downloadable from £9.99

Follow a self-guided TREASURE TRAIL through the winding backstreets and hidden corners of local villages and towns.

Alternatives to calm down

Calm down is a phrase that I’m sure as parents we have all used at some point. As an adult it is possible you have been on the receiving end of this too. Being told to calm down can have a very negative impact. Click here to explore some alternatives.

Letting your child identify their strength

To help children thrive, recognising their strengths is just as important as working on their challenges. Here’s a cool—and crafty—way to identify your child’s strengths and connect them in a paper chain, or a “strengths chain.”

Staying safe while online gaming

Online gaming can offer many positive experiences. It can give children and young people the chance to escape into a virtual world, to learn, and to connect with others. However, there is a risk of children and young people viewing inappropriate content in games and being contacted by adults seeking to exploit them. Click here for an activity pack for parents and carers to deliver to their children exploring how they can stay safe while gaming:

Starting School

Starting primary school can be daunting for you and your child, but it marks the start of an exciting new chapter. If your little one is due to start primary school in the autumn term and you're feeling a bit emotional about it all, here are a few tips.

ADHD

ADHD When your child has ADHD, what can you do at home to help?

Coronavirus Advice for Parents and Carers

Click here to download the leaflet from Kent Educational Psychology Service

Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Support

Click here to access a range of support available to young people and their families

More Activities

Click here for a booklet of links to activities

Online Safety at Home

Click here for links to age appropriate online safety at home activities from Think U Know.

Cheese and Pickle Parcels

Here is another fab recipe from our new TA, Mrs Dowdall, who will be working in Walnut Class.

Cooking Fun

Easy Healthy kids recipes If there is one thing I really like to do with my children, it is cooking. Anything that revolves around food has got to be a good thing. Some of my best memories are of my son, daughters and grandchildren making and experimenting in the kitchen; even if the result wasn’t as expected.

Health, Wellbeing and Personal Development

Click here for free resources to support wellbeing and personal development.

Fireworks

Science can be a lot of fun for all ages it can help children develop key life skills, including an ability to communicate, remain organized and focused, and even form their own opinions based on observation. I wanted to share with you an experiment my children and I have enjoyed doing as they grew up. They would become totally engrossed in what they were doing and there would be lots of fun and laughter.