Leicester City Council are delighted to announce that a range of free online parenting courses are available for all residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland from today.  

The Solihull Approach courses cover concerns that parents often face with children, from before they are born to early adulthood, including physical and mental health, understanding their feelings and how to build better relationships.

The courses include the same content as you would receive in a typical face-to-face parenting group run by health visitors. They are available in 108 languages, with voiceovers in English and Urdu. Each course has a number of different components, and they can be accessed at any time and any place.

The courses include:

• Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
• Understanding your baby
• Understanding your child - 0-19 years 
• Understanding your child with additional needs
• Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your teenager
• Understanding your teenager's brain
• Understanding your brain
• Understanding your child's feelings
• Understanding your child's mental health and wellbeing
• Understanding your relationships
• Further courses are currently in development, including a specific course for supporting children and young people with possible neurodevelopmental conditions.

Our Year 5 children have been learning how to make healthy lollipops in Cooking this week. The children used a variety of ingredients when making them. Well done Year 5!

Our Nursery children thoroughly enjoyed their Kimbles session!

The children found bouncing the teddy bears in the parachute very funny!

Our Year 5 children have been taking part in 'Bikeability' this week. The children have been learning about road safety and how to keep themselves and others safe when they are out riding their bikes. Excellent cycling skills Year 5!

This week it is Children's Mental Health week. Our wellbeing ambassadors introduced themselves to everyone during assembly on Monday. The children spoke about Children's Mental health week and their intentions for the future as ambassadors. 

Our Year 6 children thoroughly enjoyed their trip to the Warning Zone earlier this week. At the Warning Zone the children developed their skills and knowledge on personal and online safety. The children had a fantastic day! Well done Year 6!