Parent Partnership

September Family Matters Courses

Please see below information from York Family Matters about their courses and events starting in the autumn term.

Welcome back!

We hope you and your family have had a good summer!

September and the return to school seems to come around too quickly for some. For others, the return has not come soon enough!

However you are feeling, Family Matters York is here to help support you by giving you ‘Time Out’ to reflect on both the good and slightly more challenging aspects of family life. We offer FREE parenting and couples support to help you make small steps of change in your relationships. As a result of our courses & events, 92% parents said they felt more confident in their parenting and 78% parents noted improvements in their relationship with their child.

There is still time to sign up for our courses starting next week!

Why don’t you sign up TODAY for a course or event? We hope that you too will experience improvements in your relationships and find support in knowing that you are not alone!

Sign up today and get those dates in your diary!Family Matters York

Parenting Support

Wednesday Mornings
9.30 -11.30am (5 weeks) starting 13th September
@ Woodthorpe Primary School Children’s Centre, York, YO24 2RU
(in partnership with SBAT)

To sign up click here  
For information flyer click here
Or contact Jen for more details : jenwootten@fmy.org.uk; 07393 147259

Thursday Mornings
9.30 -11.30am (5 weeks) starting 14th September
@ The Barnabas Centre, Jubilee Terrace, York YO26 4XP

To sign up click here  
For information flyer click here
Or contact Jen for more details : jenwootten@fmy.org.uk; 07393 147259 

Parenting event (one session only)

Finding it hard to know how much screentime is too much? Worried about the content available to your children in the digital world? Concerned about the impact of gaming & social media on your children’s well being?
Learn and share with other parents as we navigate this tricky issue together.
Join our Parenting event to discuss your concerns and learn some helpful tips for your family.

To sign up click here  
Or contact Jen for more details : jenwootten@fmy.org.uk; 07393 147259

Couples Support

Wednesday 20th September
7.30 – 9.30pm 
@ Cornerstone, Millfield Lane, York, YO10 3AP

To sign up click here
For information flyer click here
Or contact Emma for more details : emmamarshall@fmy.org.uk; 07491 910239

Sessions available all year round at a mutually agreed time.

To make an enquiry click here  
For information flyer click here
Or contact Emma for more details : emmamarshall@fmy.org.uk;  07491 910239

 

E-safety Advice for Families – Stay Safe Online this Summer

How to Stay Safe Online this Summer

With the school summer holidays only a matter of days away, many parents and carers will already be planning outings and activities to keep their young ones entertained. In between those special summer moments, though, there are also likely to be occasions when children happily invest a whole afternoon in Among Us or spend most of their Monday on Minecraft.

As young people’s screen time almost inevitably increases over the holidays, parents like to feel confident that their child will stay safe while they’re exploring the digital world. So we’ve produced a #WakeUpWednesday poster with some simple solutions to help children avoid frequent online pitfalls and enjoy a more positive experience when they go online this summer.

Read on to access your free guide…National Online Safety

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This guide is from National Online Safety.

E-safety Advice for Families – Anime

What Parents and Carers Need to Know about Anime

In this modern age, we’re privileged to be able to experience art from other cultures at the press of a button. A popular example of this is the Japanese animation style known as anime – a creative, unique style that you might recognise from classic 90s animations such as Ghost in the Shell. With recent releases like Cyberpunk: Edgerunners dominating online discussion for months, anime is bigger now than ever.

Although anime appeals to all generations in the West, its largest demographic by far is that of children and young people. However, as our #WakeUpWednesday guide explores, this doesn’t mean that all anime is age-appropriate, and parents and carers are heartily encouraged to make themselves aware of the kind of content their children could be exposed to.

Read on to access your free guide…National Online Safety

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This guide is from National Online Safety.