Families
As a parent or carer you may have questions or queries from time to time , we understand this and we would love to hear from you!
Please contact us on:
parents@fourdwellingsacademy.org
If you have any safeguarding concerns please email -
safeguarding@fourdwellingsacademy.org
PLEASE NOTE - It is extremely important that you notify the school immediately of any changes to your address or telephone contact number(s).
Wellbeing
It can be easy to feel overwhelmed and stressed. These resources have been produced to help you manage the feelings you have and how you can support your children when they are feeling anxious about it too.
BEP Inclusion - Support for Parents: Anxiety
Kooth is a service to support young people’s emotional and mental health in Birmingham. You can speak to other young people or a trained counsellor. The new service was successfully launched on 16.4.20 for young people aged 11 up to 25. Kooth is linked into the wider mental health support from Forward Thinking Birmingham - www.kooth.com
For The Kooth Activities Brochure please Click Here
Young Minds
Talking to your child about Coronavirus and 10 tips from their Parents Helpline to support family wellbeing - https://youngminds.org.uk/blog/talking-to-your-child-about-coronavirus/
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB)
Birmingham’s mental health partnership for 0-25 year olds – There are resources to help with mental health concerns and a referral page for if you feel you would like further help - https://www.forwardthinkingbirmingham.org.uk/
Pause (FTB)
open Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 10am – 6pm, Wednesday: 12-8pm, Saturday & Sunday 11am-4pm. As a precaution and in line with national COVID-19 (coronavirus) guidance Pause, our drop-in centre in Digbeth has closed until further notice. To ensure that children, young people and young adults are able to access support trained practitioners will be available by emailing askbeam@childrenssociety.org.uk or calling 0207 841 4470. The operating hours are between 10am-6pm 7 days a week (please note local call charges do apply) https://www.forwardthinkingbirmingham.org.uk/services/13-pause
NHS Mental Heath (Adults)
Mental Health for adults - https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19
The Mix. An online support service for Young People. Webchat one to one support via themix.org – everyday 11am-11pm
Group chats – nightly support chats via themix.org.uk Sunday – Thursday 8pm-9:30pm
NHS Mental Health (Young People)
Young people’s mental health - https://youngminds.org.uk/
Information for parents and children on a variety of Mental health topics - https://www.cwmt.org.uk/
Beating Eating Disorders
Youth Helpline - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/support-services/helplines
Prevention of Young suicide
You can email, speak to or text someone if you are having thoughts about suicide or are worried about someone who is.
Open 9am until 12am - https://papyrus-uk.org/
Domestic Abuse
Advice for women and children experiencing domestic abuse at home - https://www.womensaid.org.uk/
Birmingham LGBT
Support for the LGBTQ+ community via telephone or email - https://blgbt.org/
Samaritans
The Samaritans offer a free ‘talk and listen’ service for people struggling with anything - call free 116 123 or visit their website - https://www.samaritans.org/
Childline
Chat on the phone, online or via email to a counsellor. The website also contains lots of information -
Mood Juice
Worksheets on mental health issues - https://www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk/mildmoderate/entry.asp
Aquarius
Supporting people of all ages affected by alcohol, drugs and gambling - https://aquarius.org.uk/
Al-Anon
Providing support to the family and friends of problem drinkers: 0800 008 6811 (10am-10pm) https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/
Place2Be
Guide to helping parents answer questions from their children and to support family wellbeing:
https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/2020/march/coronavirus-information-for-children/
CEOP Education
The National Crime Agency's CEOP Education team aim to help protect children and young people from online child sexual abuse. We do this through our education programme, providing training, resources and information to professionals working with children, young people and their families. https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
Educate Against Hate
Government advice and trusted resources to help safeguard students from radicalisation, build resilience to all types of extremism and to promote our shared values. https://www.educateagainsthate.com/
Looking after yourself, looking after your children
Support for parents to deal with mental health plus parenting KS3 children
Right_Help_Right_Time_Guidance_Feb_2020 (1).pdfHelpline-Postcards_Reading-Guide-for-Parents.pdfunderwear-rule-parents-learning-disabilities-english.pdfhome-alone-guide-keeping-child-safe.pdfcoping-with-self-harm-guide2 guide for parents.pdfParents-Pack (1).pdfChildren_coping_with_separation_d2.pdf
Share your views through Parent View
Parents and carers can give their views of our school at any time of the school year and at the time of a school inspection using an online questionnaire called Parent View.
When our school is notified of its next Ofsted inspection, parents will be invited to give their views about the school to inspectors using the Parent View online facility as this has replaced Ofsted’s paper questionnaire. Please make sure we have your most up-to-date contact details.
Please register with an email address and a password at https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk. Once your login has been activated, it only takes a few minutes to complete answers to 12 short questions about aspects such as bullying, the quality of teaching, level of homework, etc.
Your views are important in helping inspectors make a decision about our school, and to help us know what is going well and what could be improved.
If you do not have a computer or an email address or if you would like help to use Parent View, please come into school and ask at reception.
New Start
Four Dwellings Academy is a member of the NewStart Programme. NewStart is a prevention and early-intervention programme to promote mental health and emotional well-being in our school communities. Led by Birmingham Education Partnership and funded by the NHS, the NewStart programme aims to build resilience and well-being for young people through a school-based community development model.