Welcome to The Place2Be

The Place2Be works with children, teachers and parents/carers too, providing therapeutic support to address social, emotional and behavioural problems.

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The Place2Be helps build children’s confidence and self-esteem, enabling them to cope with difficult life events, establish friendships and focus in class. This in turn makes school a happier place to be for all the children and the school staff.

To find out more about the work of The Place2Be or to make a donation please visit www.theplace2be.org.uk

AUTUMN 2011- SPRING 2012 NEWSLETTER

The Place2Talk.

We are getting close to Christmas and all children are now well established in their new classes.

Last week I introduced myself to all Year 1 classes. I particularly talked about The Place2Talk, what it is here in Wilbury for, and how they can get to have a session. As usual, I will brace myself for the uptake, and already my harvest of yellow slips on Monday morning has increased hugely.

A lot of the faces are already familiar to me, and I look forward to getting to know this new Year 1 and putting names to all the faces.

More than 300 children have already accessed The Place2Talk since September, bringing a host of issues from bereavement to friendships. I am always humbled by the trust children give to me, and am amazed how instinctively Year 1 children know what we are here for.

The Place2Be.

We welcome Abigail, Shirley, Nadine and Margaret to Wilbury as new The Place2Be volunteer counsellors. We also welcome back Clare and Georgina who return for another year.

Already 16 children are receiving long-term support with The Place2Be. We will be running to our capacity of 19 by early in the New Year.

I feel it is important to say that I am always approachable- just tell anybody at the school reception you want to speak to Jon at The Place2Be and we can organise a time to meet if you have any concerns around your children, or just feel you need a space for a chat. The Place2Be is a confidential service- we are here in the school to offer support and the more we can identify the children who need this support, the better service we can offer.

Turkish Language Parenting Course.

Semra, from CAMHS, is very kindly facilitating a Turkish Language Parenting Course at Wilbury. I am happy to have been part of organising this with Kay, our Inclusion Manager, but am also very happy to pass this on to Ferdiye Hassan, our PSA at the school, who has worked closely with Semra and the Turkish community at Wilbury to make this possible. 13 parents attended the first session and this will continue until Christmas.