Support for Parents
Hartlepool Support Hub
Click HERE to see a copy of the Hartlepool Support Hub that has been set up by Hartlepool Borough Council.
Y6 Transition to Secondary School
Click HERE to view the ‘Parent’s Guide to Transition’ to help you in supporting your child with their transition to secondary school.
Promoting Good Oral Health
Click HERE to view the St. Peter’s Elwick Oral Health Protocol which sets out our commitment to providing a high standard of oral health promotion, linking this to education and life skills to promote optimum health in all of our children.
Click HERE to view the Toothbrushing Programme leaflet.
Click HERE to see some facts about Fluoride Toothpaste.
Here are some useful links taken from Gov.uk –
- This toolkit by Public Health England gives more information on how to set up supervised tooth brushing programmes.
- This Children’s Oral Health healthcare e-learning is aimed at parents, early years healthcare workers, teachers, nurses, GPs and the public.
- The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry have created a series of oral health videos for children, in partnership with Dr Ranj, Hey Duggee and CBeebies.
- This NHS video on baby bottles and cups explains when to move babies from bottles to cups and why.
- This supervised tooth brushing video from Early Start Nutrition shows a session in action.
- Use this tool to find your local authority. Your local authority may be able to offer support to introduce supervised tooth brushing in your setting.
- The looking after your baby’s teeth NHS page explains how to brush and care for babies’ and young children’s teeth.
- This BBC article explains key strategies for showing a toddler how to brush their teeth.
- This healthy teeth video from HENRY looks at what we can do to help children grow up with healthy teeth.
- Dr Milad Shadrooh, known as The Singing Dentist, shares advice and answers to common questions about taking care of children’s teeth.
- PACEY’s oral health advice includes fact sheets for parents, and their nutrition spotlight encourages healthy eating habits.
- The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities oral health survey of 5 year old children 2022 and Public Health England’s oral health survey of 3 year old children 2020 include statistics about oral health in the early years.
CAMHS Training for parents & carers 2023
We have been contacted by Tees CAMHS Training Team with information for online training opportunities they have available for 2023 for parents & carers. Details and futher information can be found at: https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/services/camhs-training-teesside/
Click HERE to view some of the sessions available.
Parents and carers must request their own place on to the workshops, requests from professionals on their behalf will not be accepted.
The workshops will be ran virtually via Microsoft Teams and delivered by TEWV CAMHS Training and are available and free of charge to parents & carers of children and young people under 18 in Teesside (This includes: Stockton, Hartlepool, Redcar and Middlesbrough).
Hartlepool Borough Council Hardship Help and Support
We have received the following information from Hartlepool Borough Council regarding local food support and money advice services. You can collect a copy of the below leaflets from the school office.
Hartlepool Discounted Food Services
Childcare Choices
Below is some information on Childcare Choices that are available through HM Government which may be of interest to some of our families:
The link to the Childcare Choices website is: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
Any clubs, websites, agencies and organisations listed on this webpage outside of St Peter’s Elwick CofE Primary School are independent of the school.
