Parent webinars
Get ready to be inspired, empowered and equipped with the knowledge to be the best parent you can be…
At Parentkind, we support everyone in a parenting role. And let’s face it, that’s a challenging job. Tackling a wide range of topics, our webinars are designed to share insight on how you can support your child with a wide range of learning and life experiences, strengthen your understanding of education and school life, and foster solid parent-child relationships along the way.
During these interactive webinars, you’ll be able to engage with our experts, ask questions and connect with others on a similar journey — we believe in the power of community and the strength of sharing experiences and learning together.
Browse our webinars
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This session provides suggestions, insights, and easy exercise solutions to improve your fitness. It offers recommendations on simple equipment for those looking to invest, and reflects the different living, working, and family situations, as well as disposable time levels, of the audience. It concludes with a Q&A – a chance for attendees to get expert advice.
- Date: 24/01/2024
- Time: 7.30 — 8.15pm
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Rebecca Oldham, Shine Workplace Wellbeing
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This session will help you understand why fussy eating exists and how to address it with simple, practical steps.
- Date: 26/01/2024
- Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Jenny Tschiesche, The Lunchbox Doctor
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This webinar introduces parents to what metacognition is, why it’s so important for successful learning, and what can be done at home to kickstart the development of it in their children. Without having to be familiar with the curriculum or understand modern teaching methods parents will be able to have an impact on what learners can achieve in school using 18 simple ideas for changing the way they communicate with their children.
- Date: 30/01/2024
- Time: 7.30 — 8.30pm
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Liz Keable
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During this session parents will be introduced to tips and strategies to raise their child’s resilience, whilst understanding the importance of raising resilient children.
- Date: 06/02/2024
- Time: 10.00 – 11.00am
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Parenting NI
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This session aims to explore some of the common fears and misconceptions held by many parents with regards to the teaching of primary English. It will outline some popular teaching approaches used in the classroom and explain why children need a reason to write and the importance of speaking & listening. Parents will gain an understanding of the subject knowledge and skills acquired in writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar and will feel more confident in supporting their children to become successful young writers.
- Date: 09/02/2024
- Time: 12.30 – 1.30pm
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Lisa McLeod
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The online playground can be a tough environment for primary-aged children. Inspired by World Mental Health Day and Anti-Bullying Week, this webinar will explore how taking a behavioural approach to online safety can reduce online vulnerability and build digital resilience.
- Date: 28/02/2024
- Time: 7.30 — 8.30pm
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Caroline Allams, Natterhub
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This webinar covers the journey from diagnosis, through transitions and onto adulthood. You will learn about communication, sensory needs and behaviour, amongst other topics. The aim of the course is to provide useful information about autism and to signpost you to additional support networks that may be relevant to the person you are supporting.
- Date: 06/03/2024
- Time: 7.30 — 8.30pm
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Beyond Autism
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During this sessions parents will have the opportunity to feel empowered to manage stress and learn more about strategies and top tips for self care.
- Date: 07/03/2024
- Time: 10.00 — 11.00am
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Parenting NI
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Discovering that your child has special needs can sometimes make a parent feel scared and helpless. When a child has special needs, parents are often at a loss when it comes to behaviour management. Children may need special assistance to deal with the world around them, but also need to have structure and rules to feel safe and secure. In this session, we will discuss how and when to intervene when a special needs child is having a difficult time.
- Date: 11/03/2024
- Time: 7.30 — 8.30pm
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Gwendolyn Jones, Educating Matters
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In this informative and engaging session, we will look at how you can support your child’s mental health. This webinar is being facilitated by Louisa Rose, founder of Beyond – a charity dedicated to tackling the growing mental health crisis affecting young people in the UK.
- Date: 20/03/2024
- Time: 7.30 — 8.30pm
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Louisa Rose, Beyond
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This session aims to explore some of the common fears and misconceptions held by many parents with regards to the teaching of primary English. It will outline some popular teaching approaches used in the classroom and explain why children need a reason to write and the importance of speaking & listening. Parents will gain an understanding of the subject knowledge and skills acquired in writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar and will feel more confident in supporting their children to become successful young writers.
- Date: 22/03/2024
- Time: 12.30 — 1.30pm
- Location: Zoom (online)
- Facilitator: Lisa McLeod
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This is an opportunity to explore various approaches to handling conflicts and acquire essential communication abilities for managing emotionally charged conversations with individuals outside of your family.
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In the second webinar, we will touch on previously discussed strategies and explore more advanced techniques for enhancing learners’ metacognitive thinking skills. This session aims to equip parents with valuable insights into how learning occurs beyond essential communication. By sharing these ideas with their children, students will become more self-sufficient in their academic pursuits and take ownership of their progress.
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In this session, busy parents can learn how to enhance their time management skills. By doing so, they can better balance their family and home life. As a result, attendees will feel more organised in their daily and weekly tasks, which can lead to a calmer and happier family life with more free time.
Book a webinar
If your child’s school has a PTA with a Parentkind membership, enter the school postcode below and you’ll be directed to the webinar registration form.
Top questions
If you’ve got a query about our webinars or how we can support parents further, feel free to contact us.
Yes, the webinars are free. They have been set-up as a benefit for parents of PTA member schools — so not just PTA committee members — they are for any parent of a Parentkind PTA member school.
You sign-up via this page on the website. Fill in the fields, selecting your school and you will then be taken to the registration form in Zoom to complete the sign-up.
Only parents selecting PTA member schools will be able to complete the sign-up.
It may be that the webinar you are trying to sign-up for is fully booked. We have had to cap the numbers for sessions in order to make them feasible to facilitate. If you’d like to be added to a waiting list for a particular webinar, please email [email protected].
There is currently no alternative option for non-PTA member schools to pay to attend. The webinars are a benefit for parents of PTA member schools.
The parent webinar page is on our website and doesn’t require a PTA login or any kind of account. Anyone can access the page.
The webinars won’t be recorded, so there is no option for parents to receive a recording after the event. We encourage attendance on the day to make for an interactive session.
We are in the process of booking a few additional parent webinars with a partner organisation. These will be run on weekday mornings and the dates are still to be confirmed.
Please email the team at Parentkind on [email protected].
No, you don’t have to have your camera on, although, if you can, we encourage it as this makes for a more interactive experience.
