Useful Links
Powys Family Information Service
Get help with school costs
The Welsh Government is offering help with school costs – find out about the support your child may be eligible for, as well as additional funding available for their school.
Your child may be eligible for the following support:
Action for Children Cymru Mental Health Showcase
Action for Children Cymru Mental Health Showcase Tickets, Thu 25 Jan 2024 at 16:00 | Eventbrite
If you would like to attend the event please email: Tonnau@actionforchildren.org.uk and let us know which date you’d like to attend – thank you
A chance to explore the school and community, child and young person mental health projects and resources across Wales lasting around 30 minutes with 15 minutes for questions and queries at the end.
Help is available
DYK around 1 in 5 women and 1 in 10 men will develop a mental health concern, such as #anxiety or low mood, during the #perinatal period. Also help availble to help your children. New programme Space for Perinatal Wellbeing can help you improve #wellbeing and feel better.
Relationships and Sexual Education (RSE)
The Welsh Government believes that all young people should have the right to access information that keeps them safe from harm. This includes learning about healthy relationships, keeping safe including online, and being confident to raise issues with responsible adults. Here are some useful links for parents around the new RSE curriculum in Wales.
https://hwb.gov.wales/api/storage/24d21ea4-fe27-470b-8e39-7d2b7f227737/220804-rse-leaflet-en.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHoO-1WPJ-I
Books Counci for Wales
A wonderful wealth of information about books in Wales, international authors and ideas to help make reading fun for children, click here
Incredible Years Courses
IY courses are starting in September. Have a look Click here
Community Information
Here are some details of some activities and opportunities available locally, including the eligibility checker for families to check if their address is in the new Flying start expansion area. Click here
Powys Term Dates
National Tests – Information for Parents/Carers
For lots of useful information about the Wales National TestsClick here
Useful tips for reading with your child
The School Beat Parents Page
For information on The School Beats please click the link.
The NSPCC ‘PANTS’ Program & Song
Here is the link for the NSPCC ‘Pants’ Program & Song.
CEOP Online Safety
Children at a young age are always on the internet. Here is a link to teach them how to use it safely.
Information for parents on keeping children safe on line.
More information about online safety click here
School Crime Beat Protocol
Please find information about the School Beat Parent Protocol here
Children in Wales – Rights of the Child (Early Years)
Useful informantion about
Children in Wales – Rights of the Child
Parent Talk
Down-to-earth parenting advice you can trust – Action for children
Anxiety
If your child is feeling anxious , here are some advice and tips to support them.Click here
The Sleep Charity
Having a sleep issue is surprisingly common. At any given time up to 40% of adults and 50% of children (this rises to 80% with a SEND diagnosis) have difficulties with their sleep. Yet in a recent survey, almost 60% of adults felt there was a lack of support for sleep issues. Sleep problems can leave people feeling isolated and lonely. If you’d like support with sleeping issues, click the link below.