Management Information Sheet
Return to School: Supporting pupils and parents/carers
The coronavirus outbreak may have caused significant mental health or wellbeing difficulties for some pupils and their families. It is important to recognise that while returning to school is important and will be reassuring for many, some pupils and their families will require reassurance and support. Below are resources that have been compiled to support your approach to this.
Resources to help support your parents/carers:
Customisable communication, recognising and normalising the challenge, with top tips for parents and signposting to resources that will support them to confidently transition their children back to school: Supporting your child to confidently return to school.
A hyperlinked PDF, containing lots of practical support to promote EHWB, to share directly with your families: Nurturing Wellbeing Handout for families.
Some helpful guidance to consider in promoting positive parental engagement during a pandemic: Guidance for schools on positive parental engagement.
Resources to help support your pupils:
Co-produced guidance from Safeguarding and Inclusion Team, with key consideration and signposting to resources to support an early response to identifying and responding to emotional health and wellbeing issues, including safeguarding disclosures: Managing pupil wellbeing and mental health as they return to school.
Two additional practical resources for use with pupils to support wishes and feelings: