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• INFANT MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 13-19 JUNE

  Mon 20 Jun 2022

  As no doubt many of you will be aware, this is Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. Pre-school education settings play an important role in fostering good mental wellbeing which is so important for children’s development, and I thought it timely to re-share a couple of resources developed which you might find useful to share with parents regarding the importance of supporting their child’s emotional development and well-being.

  
  The NI Mental Health Champion, Professor Siobhan O’Neill recorded a short video last year aimed at parents of young children (approximately age 0-4, although not age specific). She provides simple tips to parents/carers about what they can do to support their children's emotional health and wellbeing, and talks about how to encourage young children to express their feelings and the importance of self-care for parents/carers. She also draws on her experience as a parent of a young child – see link below.
  https://vimeo.com/559980425/bb7e83a938

  
  As we are approach the end of the school term it may also be useful to share a link to an adapted version of the PHA’s ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’ message, which focuses on young children and gives parents ideas of simple things they can do at home with their child linked to the Take 5 steps.

  
  https://gettingreadytolearn.co.uk/portal/parents/latest/article/Infant-Mental-Health-Awareness-Week/

• Parenting NI Workshops

  Fri 11 Mar 2022
  

• The Queen’s Green Canopy

  Tue 22 Feb 2022

  We are delighted to confirm our Jubilee tree planting has been uploaded to The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) map. Please see https://queensgreencanopy.org/map-education-hub/qgc-map/#/?id=2525 

  

• Reconnect with Nature

  Mon 11 Oct 2021

  GET INVOLVED! CELEBRATE PARENTING WEEK BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO PAUSE, RESET & RECONNECT WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, SCHOOL, FAITH GROUP OR DISCONNECT FROM THE LAPTOP AND RECONNECT WITH NATURE – THE LIST IS ENDLESS! WHY NOT PROMOTE AN EVENT OR ACTIVITY IN YOUR AREA OR HOST AN ONLINE COFFEE MORNING TO RECONNECT WITH OTHERS IN YOUR COMMUNITY OR ORGANISATION.  
  BE SURE TO USE THE #PARENTINGWEEK AND TAG US!  
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  SUZANNE ZEEDYK SEMINAR 28th October 10am - 12pm
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  RECONNECTING

• Vaccination Clinics

  Thu 16 Sep 2021

  Students (aged 16 and over) vaccination clinics continue at NWRC

  

• PHA Guidelines

  Tue 31 Aug 2021

  Flowchart for Close Contacts

   

  Guidance for Close Contacts

   

  Dear Parent / Guardian

   

  Please find attached guidance for PHA in relation to being in Contact with a positive case. Please note that if you child is identified as a close contact of a positive case that they must take a PCR test. I realise that this will be difficultly for many of our pupils but please not that if test not taken then your child must isolate for 10 days.

   

  If any cases I will be liaising with PHA and completing full risk assessments

   

  Regards Caroline 

   

  Mrs C Clements

  Principal

  Rossmar School

  Limavady

  BT49 9ET

  

• Regional Nutrition Information Sessions August

  Thu 22 Jul 2021

     

  

• Reconnecting Events for Adult Learning Disability Community

  Thu 22 Jul 2021

      

  

• Time to shine

  Tue 11 May 2021

  Zoom invite

  

• Text-a-Nurse

  Wed 24 Mar 2021

  Text-a-Nurse service has been launched to provide young people with a secure and confidential text messaging service to a school nurse for advice and support.

   

  The service is aimed at 11 to 19 year olds and will be delivered by the School Nursing Teams.  It is one of a range of resources to support the implementation of the Framework for Children and Young People’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing in Education.

  This new scheme will allow young people to seek advice about sensitive health issues without a face to face appointment. School nurses will provide help on a range of issues including, emotional health and wellbeing, alcohol and drugs, sexual health, bullying and general health issues.

   

  We hope through this non-judgemental, confidential text service young people will be empowered to ask those questions that they otherwise wouldn’t have the confidence to ask.

   

  A qualified school nurse will respond to the young people’s messages using the secure ChatHealth web platform. ChatHealth is an award winning service in the UK and is the first of its kind in Northern Ireland and will transform the way young people communicate with health professionals.