Handy resources and links for parents

• Supporting learning, not homeschooling from ASCL
• NSPCC - supporting families to ensure child safety during coronavirus lockdown
• Juggling work and supporting learning - a teacher's top tips
• Ways to keep your child reading up while schools are closed - by National Literacy Trust
• Teachers in NI share their ideas to support home learning
• Working from home, learning from home. This blog shares the experience of one parent who finds herself in this position and how she is trying to learn from the experience to support others.
• How we can support ourselves and our relationships in a pandemic.

• Childline has information for children and young people on coronavirus. 
• There are lots of resources from Young Minds for children on looking after their mental health.
  Parents concerned about a child or young person under the age of 25 can call their Parents' Helpline on 0808 802 5544.
• Mind has a coronavirus hub for children and young people, with information and support to help young people cope. They also have information for parents and carers of young people aged 11-18 who are worried about their child's wellbeing, and want to know how to support them.
• Welsh Government have created a young persons' mental health toolkit - an online resource with digital tools designed specifically to support young people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.

• 10 tips to help if you are worried about Coronavirus from the NHS
• Mental wellbeing while staying at home from the NHS 

• Childline has experienced an unprecedented demand for its services since schools have closed. Bases across the UK have remained open with staff and volunteers available directly via chat and voice calls. Children and young people under 19 can speak to a counsellor online, free on 0800 1111 between 9am and midnight or via message boards.
• The NSPCC helpline continues to be there for adults who have a concern about a child or young person. This is critical now more than ever with most children not in school and therefore less visible outside of the home. We’re calling on all adults to be alert and report concerns. For advice and support, call 0808 800 5000 Monday – Friday 8am-10pm or 9am-6pm weekends or email help@nspcc.org.uk 
• If you have any concerns about a child in Northern Ireland visit Safeguarding NI for details on where to call depending where you live

• Internet Matters – all you need to know about staying safe online.
• Net Aware - NSPCC in partnership with O2
• Common Sense Media - a great way to find out the appropriateness of films, book and, games as well as lots of other relevant information
• NCA-CEOP Thinkuknow Education Team have created these home activity packs to support your child's online safety at home
• The Department of Education NI Safer Schools app gives parents/carers invaluable information and support to help keep their children safer online
• New keeping safe online guidance is now available on Hwb for:
  Primary learners
  Secondary learners
  
• Guidance on live streaming for children and young people, parents and carers

• Read the latest in England here
• Read the latest in Northern Ireland here
• In Wales, parents should check information on criteria, how to apply and current services on their local authority website

England

• Consultation launched on 2021 exam replacement

Wales

• Qualifications Wales – guidance for teachers, students, parents and carers 

England

• Online educational resources for schools and parents to help children to learn at home 

Wales

• All things education in Wales Covid 19 related
• Online resources for blended learning

Northern Ireland

• The Education and Training Inspectorate
• Department for Education NI
• NI Direct - general information and support for parents

• Five ways to work well from home (BBC)
• Make room for fun by Queen's University Belfast

• NSPCC site for lots of information including talking to children who are worried about coronavirus
• Our Safer Schools app with lots of handy information

• Business in the Community Northern Ireland
• Aware NI have great resources for parents and children
• Ready for Anything is an award winning children's resilience programme delivered across Northern Ireland
• This page from Education NI provides a list of resources that you may find useful as you assist your child with learning during the period of school closures due to Covid-19 (coronavirus) and will be updated over time.

Welsh Government

• New guidance will help Wales stay safe and stay learning while dealing with coronavirus impact
• Five ways Wales is leading the way in delivering digital education services
• School admission appeals - this guidance explains the school admission appeals process during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Supporting your children to use Welsh language at home
• Latest understanding of Covid-19 in respect to children and education

Children’s Commissioner for Wales

• Coronavirus – Information Hub for Families and Children

Local Authorities in Wales

Here are the direct links to the specific advice on how parents/keyworkers can access childcare at their schools. Some authorities have guidance on how they are supporting free school meals provision, etc. and lots of other info.

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
https://www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk/en/resident/emergencies-crime-prevention/coronavirus-covid-19-latest-education-information/

Bridgend County Borough Council
https://www.bridgend.gov.uk/news/food-parcel-scheme-features-nutritious-breakfast-and-lunch-items/

Caerphilly County Borough Council
https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/Services/Health-and-wellbeing/Coronavirus/Council-services-during-Coronavirus/Schools-and-community-adult-learning

Carmarthenshire County Council
https://newsroom.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/2020/10/kcs-covid19/keep-carmarthenshire-safe/#.YAV5JHb7Spo

Ceredigion County Council
https://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/resident/coronavirus-covid-19/

City and County of Swansea
https://www.swansea.gov.uk/residents
https://www.swansea.gov.uk/covid19schoolsandcolleges

City of Cardiff Council
https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Your-Council/Strategies-plans-and-policies/Emergency-Planning-and-Resilience/coronavirus-information/Pages/default.aspx

Conwy County Borough Council
https://www.conwy.gov.uk/en/Resident/Coronavirus-Covid-19/Coronavirus.aspx

Denbighshire County Council
 https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/resident/community-and-living/coronavirus/coronavirus.aspx

Flintshire County Council
https://www.flintshire.gov.uk/en/Resident/Schools/Schools-Home.aspx

Gwynedd Council
https://www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents/Emergencies/Coronavirus/Covid19.aspx

Isle of Anglesey County Council
https://www.anglesey.gov.uk/en/Residents/Emergencies/Covid-19-Coronavirus-information.aspx

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
https://www.merthyr.gov.uk/coronavirus

Monmouthshire County Council
https://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/services/planning-for-emergencies/coronavirus/

Neath Port Talbot Council
https://www.npt.gov.uk/22404

Newport City Council
http://www.newport.gov.uk/en/Council-Democracy/COVID-19-coronavirus/Coronavirus-COVID-19.aspx

Pembrokeshire County Council
https://www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/resident

Powys County Council
https://en.powys.gov.uk/coronavirus

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
 https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Resident/EmergenciesSafetyandCrime/InformationforResidentsCoronavirus/NEWCoronavirusCOVID19latestinformation/CoronavirusCOVID19latestinformationandadvice.aspx

Torfaen County Borough Council
https://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/AboutTheCouncil/Homepage-Stories/COVID-19-Coronavirus.aspx

Vale of Glamorgan Council
https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/our_council/press_and_communications/latest_news/Coronavirus/Coronavirus-Updates-2020.aspx

Wrexham County Borough Council
https://www.wrexham.gov.uk/coronavirus