Personal, Social, Health & Economic education

Supporting your child in PSHE

Parents have a huge role to play in the development of a child’s personal, social and health education and we want to support them in this vital role. On this page we have collected together some sources of good advice and resources to help parents in this role.

At Sutton in Craven CP School we use SCARF resources to deliver our PSHE curriculum. On the SCARF website there is a page dedicated to supporting parents. You do not need a login for this. Please use this link to access the SCARF website and it's great content

General advice

The NSPCC provide lots of great advice for parents. There are many topics to explore such as babies & toddlers, mental health, online safety, relationships, support during hard times and growing up.

Another good source of information is emotionally healthy schools which covers a range of aspects of PSCE.

Mental Health

Both of these websites offer information to parents.

https://www.annafreud.org/

https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/

Another good source of support and information is the Trailblazer project in which we are involved. They run a parent support group for more details email mhstparentsupport@bdct.onmicrosoft.com

NYCC have a subscription to a resource which provides online parenting training, in particular about understanding your child. The website address is https://inourplace.co.uk/

Access code MYFAMILIES

In order to use it you need to have a North Yorkshire postcode, if you do not have one let us know and we will arrange access. No personal details other than postcode and age are collected.

Relationships

For EYFS and KS1 the NSPCC website has a good resource

Talk PANTS helps children understand that their body belongs to them, and they should tell someone they trust if anything makes them feel upset or worried. Access the NSPCC content is here

Another good source of advice for all ages is this Irish site. Given it is Irish some aspects of law around ages of consent etc are not true for the UK but the resources are very good. We have used the resources from here to teach Puberty to Y5, they have now also added to their resources a really good booklet about how to talk to younger children about relationships.

Safety

The NSPCC has some good general safety advice for parents

For Internet, social media and messaging safety look at our dedicated page

For physical safety we would recommend the Child Accident prevention trust https://www.capt.org.uk/

First aid advice is available from St John’s ambulance and Red Cross

Healthy Lifestyle

For Health the main resource is Change4life which includes healthy eating and physical activities.

Often a good way to talk with children about tricky subjects is through using stories. We have attached below some documents that suggest good books to use with children in challenging times.

Sutton In Craven Community Primary School