Parent and Carer Notices

Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational and Phyiotherapy Update - May 2021
Barnet Education and Learning Service in conjunction with NHS North and Central London Commissioning Group have recently issued an update for parents and carers regarding therapy services supplied through special school settings. Click here to view a copy.

SEND Newsletter - Spring 2021
Barnet Education and Learning Service have just published their latest special education newsletter. Click here to view a copy. (Opens in a separate website)

Barnet Directory of Family Support - Winter 2020/2021
Lots of useful information for parents and carers in Barnet - includes health support, food bank directory and COVID-19 Winter Grant Scheme. Click here to download the brochure.

Autism Advisory Team Parent Hotline
Barnet Autism Advisory Team now have a hotline to support parents of autistic children/YP living in Barnet. The aim of this hotline is to discuss concerns with social communication, emotional regulation and education by suggesting strategies and/or access to other services. We can support parents specifically around the following; emotional regulation, setting up schedules and routines in the home, communication, and support for home education.
This is not an anonymous hotline and information will be shared with relevant professionals as necessary.
The hotline will be in operation 10am to 11am, Monday - Friday, from 20 April, 2020
The phone number is 020 8359 3167. Phone calls can last a maximum of 20 minutes.

Covid-19/Coronavirus - Barnet Local Offer SEND Resources and Information
Barnet Local Offer has created a number of resources on its website from the Specialist Inclusion Services:
Home Learning-Useful Information for Parents/Carers
Resources from Specialist Settings
Barnet Autism Advisory Team Top Tips

Coronavirus - A book for Children
Axel Scheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo and author of many other award winning books for children, has teamed up with Elizabeth Jenner, Kate Wilson, Nia Roberts and Professor Graham Medley to create Coronavirus: A Book for Children from Nosy Crow Books. FREE DOWNLOAD HERE.

Invitation to participate in Post 16 Autism Education Research
We are inviting you to support our new project on Post 16 Education. This project is is being run as part of a collaboration between Oak Lodge School, Oak Bridge and the Centre for Research in Autism Education (CRAE) at UCL Institute of Education. Click here for more details.

New Online Payment Service
Oak Lodge has introduced a service known as School Money to make online payments for school meals and trips. Click here to see the user guide

EU Settlement Scheme
All schools have been asked to remind parents about the EU Settlement Scheme and how it may affect them when the UK leaves the EU. Any EU, EEA or Swiss citizen who wishes to continue living in the UK after 2020 must apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. This will not apply to Irish citizens, whose right to live in the UK will not change.

You can access further information by following this link:
https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families

Internet Safety at Home
The internet and social media can be challenging spaces for children and young people to explore and we do sometimes hear reports of incidents that may have affected our students. Please click here to access the Headteacher's letter to parents concerning safe use of the internet and social media.

New Safeguarding website for parents - Parent Info
The government has recently launched a brand new website to support parents. The website has being developed with ParentZone and CEOP, the police command responsible for child exploitation and online protection.

Parent Info is a collection of articles, tips, expert advice and resources designed to help parents keep up with what their children are doing on-line. For example, the site currently includes information about staying safe on minecraft, mental health, and building online resilience.