Health, Care & Wellbeing

If your child is unwell or has a serious accident whilst at school, the following procedures will be followed:

1. A member of staff will initially look at the child. A second or third opinion will be sought if the original member is unsure.
2. Parents/carers will be contacted.
3. If the parent is unavailable, second contact points will be tried.
4. If a second contact is unavailable, other contacts, where possible, will be asked to leave a message for the parent.
5. Provided the child is in no apparent distress, he/she will be kept under supervision in the office until such time as contact is made with a nominated responsible person.
6. In an emergency an ambulance will be called. However, the hospital could refuse to treat the child unless the parent/carer is present.

The School may only administer medication 48 hours after it has been prescribed by a doctor and if it is required 4 times a day. All such medication must be delivered to school by a parent/guardian and must be clearly labelled with the pupil’s name, the dosage and exact instructions as to administration. Parents complete and sign a consent form.

If your child is sick please keep him/her at home for 48 hours before returning him/her to school.

Some useful parent information regarding Strep A can be found here.

Occasionally head lice may be suspected. On these occasions a member of staff will discreetly check a child’s hair. Parents are telephoned to collect and treat their child if head lice are detected. For advice on treatment, click here.

The School Health Service provides confidential advice and support about health matters to school age children and their families. To contact the school nurse telephone 0300 247 0122 or an appointment can be arranged through the school office. Drop in sessions are also available around Harlow.

For more information regarding services available please click here.

There are various systems in place in school to enable pupils to talk:

• Class Discussions: During PSHCE (Personal, Social, Emotional Health & Citizenship Education) and throughout the school day.
• 1:1 with a Trusted Adult: Pupils are encouraged to talk to their Teacher, Teaching Assistant, Midday Assistant or any other trusted adult in the school about anything that is concerning them.
• Learning Mentor Arranged Sessions: It may be appropriate for a pupil to meet regularly with the Learning Mentor for an agreed period of time.
• Counselling: Professional age-appropriate counselling is available in school for pupils with significant emotional needs - please arrange an appointment with our SENCO if you would like to discuss this.
• The Maze: Our Learning Mentor runs lunchtime drop-in sessions for any child who would like the chance to have a chat. 

Please click here for further information.

Bullying of any kind is unacceptable and will not be tolerated at our school. At our school the safety, welfare and well-being of all pupils and staff are a key priority. We take all incidences of bullying seriously, and it is our duty as a whole school community to take measures to prevent and tackle any bullying, harassment or discrimination.

Please see our Anti-Bullying Policy for more details.

Fawbert & Barnard’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment.

Mrs Ovonlen is the Designated Safeguarding Lead in the school. In her absence, Mrs Caroline Derriman, Mr Jack Downey, Miss Molly Sansom, Mrs Lee De Howes and Mrs Jay Hutchinson are the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads.

Schools are required to report any obvious or suspected case of child abuse, which includes non-accidental injury, neglect, emotional, physical and/or sexual abuse, to Social Care.

This procedure is intended to protect children at risk and schools are encouraged to take the attitude that ‘it could happen here’ and where there are grounds for concern, it is better to be safe than sorry.

The school's Child Protection Policy can be found here.

Please ensure that all children are fully supervised - including siblings not of school age - when you are collecting children or visiting the school. Children in the Year 1 and 2 area should wait with their parents on the playground.

Climbing Equipment

Children and siblings are not allowed to use the climbing equipment in the Foundation Stage area, meadow or on the school field without supervision. The school will not be held liable for any accidents that may occur.

Fences and Gates

Please do not allow your child to climb on any fences or gates around the school. Children are taught they are not allowed to press the grey buttons which open the gates. Please support us with this.

Ponds

The school has an environmental area at one corner of the field near the Year 1 classroom. In this area there are three ponds. The area is secured so that children can not play unsupervised near them.

Over 95% of pharmacies in England now provide the NHS Pharmacy First service which supports people in certain age groups who need help with:

• Earache (aged 1 to 17 years)
• Impetigo (aged 1 year and over)
• Infected insect bites (aged 1 year and over)
• Shingles (aged 18 years and over)
• Sinusitis (aged 12 years and over)
• Sore throats (aged 5 years and over)
• Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women (aged 16 to 64 years)

If your child or you have symptoms that suggest you may have one of these conditions, you can walk into a pharmacy and be offered a consultation with a pharmacist in a private consultation room. Your GP surgery can also refer people to a pharmacy for the service.

Pharmacists will provide advice and, if clinically necessary, offer an NHS medicine to treat the condition (these medicines are supplied free of charge to children under 16 years, with the normal NHS prescription charge rules applying to people aged 16 or over). They will then send an electronic message to the GP surgery, so they can update their patient records.

Should the pharmacist be unable to help, you will be directed to your GP surgery or other health professional as appropriate.

If your child or you have symptoms that suggest one of the above conditions, why not give the Pharmacy First service a try?

• Watch the Animation on Pharmacy First
• Think Pharmacy First Website

Please see below a variety of support available to families.

Food Bank

The School are in partnership with the Harlow Food Bank and can supply food parcels for those in need. Please speak with a member of staff on the gate or e-mail us for further details.

Kids Eat Free

Please see the attached flyer listing places where children can eat free over the summer holidays.

Bounty Club

The Bounty Club is a low-cost outlet of short-life fresh food that has been operating for around 5 months. Up to 100 households a day are now taking advantage of supporting their weekly shop with a £2.50 bag of items worth around £25 that they pick up from wholesalers daily.

This is helping those who used the Foodbank to loosen their dependency on the service (or preventing others from needing it) at a time when money is short to most of us.

Users can go to the Bounty Club once a week. A household cannot use the Bounty Club and the Foodbank in the same week. It needs no referral. Click on the link above for further information.

Cost of Living Help

Please see the attached guidance which has a lot of information of where you can seek help.

ACL Courses

Sessions to help you with the cost of living. All are free and open to all the family

Essex ActivAte - Holiday Activity and Food Programme

Essex County Council, in partnership with Active Essex are pleased to provide Essex ActivAte holiday clubs that are free for low income families who are eligible for benefits based free school meals and for working families who are struggling financially and who would benefit from this holiday support. Every club offers fun physical activity, a range of enrichment activities and every child attending will get a nutritious meal. The offer also includes specialist SEND provision and mental wellbeing hubs across the county.

Details will be issued each half-term to those that are registered with the school.

The National Healthy Schools Programme is an exciting long-term initiative which is making a significant difference to the health and achievement of children and young people. The National Healthy Schools Programme supports the links between health, behaviour and achievement; it is about creating healthy and happy children and young people, who do better in learning and in life.

Children and young people in our Healthy School tell us that they feel healthier, happier and safer. Parents tell us that they feel more involved in their child’s health and learning and often feel better themselves.

The impact of the programme is based on a whole-school approach to physical and emotional well-being focused on four core themes:

• Personal, Social & Health Education
• Healthy Eating
• Physical Activity
• Emotional Health & Wellbeing

The whole school approach involves working with children, parents, school staff, governors and the whole school community to provide a solid foundation from which developments and improvement are embedded in a systematic way. These processes contribute to the physical and emotional development of all members of the school community.

We were thrilled to have our Healthy Schools status revalidated and would like to share the pre-recorded congratulations message from Adrian Coggins (Head of Wellbeing and Public Health) on behalf of Essex County Council and the Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service (see the link below). 

This service provides information and resources that can improve health and wellbeing for all. Their campaigns are interactive with real-life practical learning examples, including web links to resources that can be used at home.

They have also produced a guide for families entitled "Let's talk a common language and understanding of emotional wellbeing and mental health".

They are also offering parents 30 minute virtual appointments to discuss their Child or young person’s current emotional wellbeing challenges, offering strategies to support them, signposting to online services and recommending services that best support children and young people. 

Please see link below for the YouTube video produced by Essex Child & Family Wellbeing Service for parents of our incoming Reception Year cohort. The video is also available to view from the ECFWS website.

Supporting Children, Young People and Families Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health on their Return to Education

The following links have been provided by Essex County Council:

The Essex Wellbeing Service will be providing navigators to help you find the right support for pupil’s and their families emotional wellbeing and mental health needs on the return to education. This is an early intervention offer to provide additional support to education settings on top of what you will already be offering.   The Essex Wellbeing Service has developed a navigator service to both signpost and provide a triage service depending on the needs of your pupils and their families.

To access the Essex Wellbeing Service navigators, phone this number: 0300 303 9988. This is accessible from the 8^th March 2021.  Families can use this directly, or request support from school/setting staff. There will be promotional materials available to share this vital information with families.

Recovery and Return to Educational Settings suite of resources has two further webinars for families:

• Part 1: Looking After Yourself (28 mins)
• Part 2: Looking After Your Family (39 mins)
• Essex Local Offer: Coronavirus Support Wellbeing and Mental Health

Please share these links with your families to provide them with some helpful advice and information to support their emotional wellbeing and mental health.

The Essential Living Fund is available for families who need emergency help with heating, water, food, bills and other essential household items. Families can call 0300 7900 124 (8:45am-5:00pm).

National and local research findings are indicating that social, emotional and mental health needs continue to be a priority and concern. There are four themes that we have prioritised:

• Essex’s social, emotional and mental health pillars of support
• Disordered eating
• Self-injury (self-harm)
• Loneliness and isolation 

We will be providing helpful succinct information in a poster format about how to support children, young people and families in these areas. 

The Essex Family Support Service, part of the Essex Child & Family Wellbeing Service, helps families with children age 8 to 19 and low level needs to feel more resilient and happier. Referral by a professional or families themselves, families@community360.org.uk, 01206 505250.

List of on-line training sessions available for Essex Parents and Carers. All are free.

PSHE Association have produced a Quick Start Guide to Introducing RSE and Episode 2 of their ‘Ask the subject specialist’ series that you may find informative.

Relationship and Sex Education Workshop

Created especially for Essex parents and carers, of Primary school aged children.

Talking to young people about their sexual health can be a challenging experience. In this training, we draw on our 55 years of expertise of talking to young people about their sexual health and provide a comprehensive overview of the information that you need to know.

Our Education and Wellbeing Specialists will explore;

• How the new legislation will impact on your child
• What it means for primary school students
• What is taught and why we teach it
• How you can continue those conversations at home

There will be time reserved for questions and how Brook can provide further support.

Parents primary session is 18^th July, 6-7pm: Booking Link.

Below is helpful link which has lots of information, workshop notifications and help for people with Autism.

• What's on at PACT

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch. 

Web: PACT for Autism
Email: info@pactforautism.org.uk
Facebook: Visit Our Page Here
Twitter: Follow Us Here

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Fawbert and Barnard’s Primary School is committed to develop provision for young carers and their families. In December 2020, Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School had received the Bronze Young Carers Award. 

Our Young carers lead at Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School is Mrs Lee De Howes, Learning Mentor. 

We will capture the commitment by widening our provision, building on the needs of the young people and better meet young carers’ needs by reviewing Fawbert and Barnard’s Primary School provision for young carers with a view to ultimately achieving best practice. 

How we will achieve this:

• The whole school is committed to meeting the needs of young carers so that they can attend and enjoy school in the same way as other pupil/students and achieve their potential. 
• Appointing a designated Young Carers’ School Lead with responsibility for young carers and their families. Pupils and families will be made aware of the identity of this lead and how to contact them to access support. 
• The school only shares information with professionals and agencies on a need to know basis in order to support pupils and their families. 
• Fawbert and Barnard’s Primary School will actively seek feedback and ideas from young carers and their families to shape and improve support. 
• The school has an effective referral system and strong partnership in place with relevant external agencies, including referral to Young Carer agencies providing key workers who will work with young carers and families. 

We will strive to achieve best practice for students and families in our school in order to provide them with the best chance of success in their future. 

Helpful Links:

• YoungMinds

ACL Adult Learning Courses

Please see the latest booklet with adult learning courses available through ACL. The Community & Family Learning Team offers free sessions and courses for parents and carers.  Flyers can be found below. Their mail address is aclfamilylearning@essex.gov.uk, please feel free to contact them if you cannot find the course/session you are looking for or have questions, etc.

ACL Community & Family

At ACL, we recognise that parenting is a journey filled with both joys and challenges. To support families along the way, we are pleased to offer a selection of free Parenting and Family Support Courses designed to help parents/carers feel more confident, connected, and empowered.

Below, you will find details of our upcoming courses that may be of interest. We have also attached flyers below.

Rainbow Services

Rainbow Family Contact Centre is a registered charity who are offering a safe environment to enable contact between children and their non-resident family member/s. They have recently taken over Freshwaters Child Contact Centre. They provide a safe, neutral meeting place where children can meet with parents, grandparents or siblings that they have been separated from because of family breakdown. They operate one session a week on a Saturday morning, providing Supported Contact. If you would like further information on their services, the Contact centre office is open every Tuesday, telephone 01279 881378.

National Sleep Helpline

That can help parents and children to learn more about their sleep and develop better bedtime routines. Sleep is essential to brain function, by helping children to sleep better, we can help them to succeed in school.

Ready Steady Sleep

See the ASD masterclass flyer for information on a free online Autism & Anxiety Sleep Masterclass taking place on Thursday 3 April 2025 at 8:00 pm via Zoom.

Please see below a link to the Red Cross who have developed a FREE resources marking Restart A Heart Day.

• First Aid Champions