Your Child's Wellbeing

At Burlington Infant and Nursery School we make every effort to meet the wellbeing needs of our children and families.

Transition to new school or class

As September approaches, children and parents will start to think about the upcoming changes of joining a new school, or moving to a new class as they progress through Infants. These transitions may pass smoothly or they may cause children to ask questions and feel a little apprehensive.

Here are some useful documents to help you prepare for the transition, whether your child is joining our Nursery, starting in Reception or moving up to a new year's classroom:

Introduction to Nursery for new parents starting in September 2023

New to Nursery Parent Information Evening presentation

Introduction to Reception for new parents starting in September 2023

New to Reception Parent Information Evening presentation

Welcome to Year 1 for our current Reception parents whose children will join Year 1 in September 2023

Welcome to Year 1 presentation for parents

Welcome to Year 2 for our current Year 1 parents whose children will join Year 2 in September 2023

Welcome to Year 2 presentation to parents

Information sheets for Nursery and Reception new starters:

Getting the most out of School

Speaking and Listening

Information sheets for any child going through transitions, at school or otherwise, as well as new starters:

Preparing for Change at School

Your Child's Wellbeing

Information sheets to help you with your child's physical wellbeing and health

Common Childhood Illnesses

Headlice

Night Time Wetting

Sleep

Here is some useful information on sleep for primary school aged children. It is important to adopt healthy sleep routines to manage the early morning starts for school days.

Sleep Workshop presentation and voice recording

Sleep Workshop slides

Washing your Hands

Washing your hands is one of the best ways to protect yourself and others from illnesses such as food poisoning and flu. The NHS have created a helpful video to show children how to wash their hands.

Video on How to Wash Your Hands

NHS Information

If parents would like advice on how to manage a minor illness such as diarrhoea and vomiting, they can consult a pharmacist. For urgent but non-life-threatening medical conditions, parents can contact NHS 111, either online for children over five years old and via phone for those under five.

Behaviour Workshop for Parents

Please find attached resources to help parents/carers manage difficult behaviour from their children. There are 4 sections to this pre-recorded workshop. You can view these as a pdf below:

Behaviour Workshop for Parents, Part 1

Behaviour Workshop for Parents, Part 2

Behaviour Workshop for Parents, Part 3

Behaviour Workshop for Parents, Part 4

To access the voice over and other links throughout the presentation, please visit the link below and download the presentation in Powerpoint if possible.

Link to Behaviour Workshop for Parents, Part 1 to follow along with

Link to Behaviour Workshop for Parents, Part 2 to follow along with

Link to Behaviour Workshop for Parents, Part 3 to follow along with

Link to Behaviour Workshop for Parents, Part 4 to follow along with

Information sheets to help you with your child's emotional and mental wellbeing

Zones of Regulation slides for parents

Here is a link to some slides from the presentation that our Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner gave to our parents. It includes some helpful tips for helping children to talk about and regulate their feelings and emotions.

Encouraging Good Behaviour

Praise and Reward

Self Worth

Emotional Wellbeing

Parenting and family relationships

Evidence shows that there is a close association between childhood wellbeing and positive family relationships and for this reason we offer ten week, Family Links parenting courses to our families. These are run by our Inclusion Leader and Family Outreach Worker who are then available, on site, to support our families in moving forwards.

Please have a look at our Positive Parenting page where our Family Outreach Worker shares some parenting tips.

Positive Parenting