Children's health & wellbeing

ERIC - Children's bladder and bowel charity - help and guidance for parents and children around toileting issues

The Sleep Charity - Information and support for families about sleep and establishig good sleep routines.

Lowestoft Food Bank - Information and help for all families/carers in Lowestoft.

Emotional Wellbeing HUB - provides information, advice, and guidance to families and young people in East and West Suffolk, who are worried about the mental health of a child or young person aged 0-25 years, or if you're a young person experiencing emotional wellbeing difficulties.  

Ormiston Families - Working with families, supporting those who have been affected by mental health, bereavement or offending.

Homestart -  Expert staff and trained volunteers work alongside families just like yours to give non-judgmental, compassionate and confidential support.

Uniform Bank - Lowestoft uniform bank available for our area.

INFOlink - Suffolk community directory of local services for families and carers

Try these links to find a variety of interesting, fun and useful websites

to support your child’s learning and development at home:

Little Wandle - Information and resources for parents around our phonics scheme used in school

Hungry Little Minds Campaign  – simple activities to support your Early Years child’s development

Talk 4 Writing Home School Booklets, Batch 4 – the latest collection of resources to support reading, individualised from EYFS to Year 6 Greater depth

Talk 4 Writing Home School Booklets, Batch 3 – supporting phonics and reading, individualised from EYFS to Year 6 Greater depth

Mindheart Supporting & Reassuring Children Around the World  – a book for children explaining COVID-19 in 18 different languages

Mathematics Mastery Website – great activities to embed mathematics skills

BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons – fun daily activities across the curriculum

Online Classrooms for all year groups via The Oak National Academy — Check out this online classroom!

Tasc Ideas Booklet –  creative problem solving activities

Padlet: Streams and Content – ideas to support the wider curriculum

Padlet: Give It a Go! – for children who are interested in the arts

Children's Activities

https://www.mathschase.com  – a great game for practising times tables!

http://www.cosmickids.com/ – get fit with yoga whilst listening to amazing stories

http://scratch.mit.edu/ – If you enjoy computer games, you’ll love this game design site!

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1 – Great page for the younger ones.

www.singup.org – Enjoy a sing song? Check out this great site.

www.literacyshed.com – A useful site for reading and writing. Plenty of resources for both teachers and parents.

https://www.khanacademy.org/ – Khan Academy is a free online learning tool for you or your kids. Work on a variety of subjects (Art, Business, Maths, ICT) and track your progress.

Art & Design Websites

http://www.education.com/activity/arts-and-crafts/ – Check out this array of fantastic Art and craft activities.