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The government is asking people for their views on a green paper setting out measures to improve mental health support for children and young people.
The green paper focuses on earlier intervention and prevention, especially in and linked to schools and colleges. To add your voice to the consultation process, please see the link below. You may wish to share this information more widely with parents/carers and where appropriate, pupils.
Vélo Birmingham & Midlands is launching the Vélo Schools 100 Challenge. Taking place in April 2019, school children from across the Midlands are invited to take inspiration from the riders taking on the 100-mile Vélo route on Sunday May 12 and to take on a 100-mile challenge of their own!
There is a flyer attached to this, giving more details about the event.
The Reading Den is a specialist books, stories and resources for parents, carers and children based at Chelmsley Wood Library. The Chelmsley Wood Reading Den is provided by the Solihull Library Service, in conjunction with Solar, the emotional wellbeing and mental health service for children and young people in Solihull. For further information, please see the poster and leaflet attached below.
With Christmas approaching, you may want to share the following links with parents and carers. The Information Commissioner recently published an article looking at the risks of using smart toys (some of which have cameras and microphones recording the environment and the child’s play).
Which? Magazine have surveyed a range of internet connected toys and found that, without appropriate safety features, they may pose a risk to children’s safety.
