Useful Links
Well-being
Brighton and Hove "Safe in the City"
Useful Information for Parents in Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove Food Poverty Advice
Brighton and Hove Food Project - accessing low cost meals
Citizen's Advice - Brighton and Hove
How to Find an NHS Dentist in Brighton and Hove
Urgent Care Information in Brighton and Hove
Childline: www.childline.org.uk / 0800 1111 (for children to call) your child can contact anytime - calls are free and confidential.
Online counsellor available 24 hours a day.
Dragonfly Anxiety Guidance Booklet
Days Out
https://www.thetrainline.com/trains/great-britain/family-train-tickets - A guide to booking family train tickets and saving money
Mental Health Support
If you are worried or concerned about your mental health or wellbeing or that of a friend Find Get Give has resources to help. From books, to apps, to videos, it provides you with details of local services. Check it out at www.findgetgive.com
Guide for parents / carers to support positive mental health and wellbeing:
- This has been developed by young people, parents and carers to help support positive mental health and wellbeing: https://ymcarighthere.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Parents_Guide-latest-version.pdf
Direct Emotional and Mental Health for Children and Young People support locally:
- For support and information for children and their families after the death of a parent or sibling visit www.winstonswish.org
- For confidential support and advice for young people struggling with thoughts of suicide https://papyrus-uk.org/
- For emotional support to anyone in emotional distress, struggling to cope, or at risk of suicide www.samaritans.org/branches/brighton-hove-and-district-samaritans/ Tel: 116 123
- For confidential support, advice and access to service if you are worried about a young person’s substance misuse visit https://www.socialsubcultural.com/ruok/ or call the consultation line on 01273 – 293966 Monday– Friday between 12 and 3pm
- You should also consider contacting your GP. They can provide advice, and where appropriate arrange support services for you.
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Duty: 0300 304 0061 (9am-5pm)
- Sussex Mental HealthLine: 0300 5000 101 (5pm-9am, weekends, bank holidays)
Texting services, apps
- The Mix provides support to under 25’s - from mental health to money, from homelessness to finding a job, from break-ups to drugs. Young people can get in touch and access support online, via social media or via the free, confidential helpline https://www.themix.org.uk/
- ChatHealth - is a secure and confidential text messaging service for young people, aged 11-19. It provides easy and anonymous access to a healthcare professional for advice and support. Monday to Friday, 9am – 4.30pm excluding bank holidays. If you live in Brighton & Hove, you can text 07480 635423.
- Childline: 0800 1111 / online chat
- Young Minds Crisis Messenger text YM to 85258
- youngminds.org.uk Apps: Calm Harm, Smiling Mind, Stay Alive, Anti Stress
Please download this document for more Mental Health support details in our area: Mental Health Support in Brighton and Hove
Internet Safety links
NSPCC: https://nspcc.org.uk helpline (for adults concerned about a child) 0808 800 5000
Thinkuknow: www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents - used in schools and a good place to start
Common Sense: www.commonsensemedia.org - honest reviews of games, apps and films by parents and children
Helping Kids Stay Safer Online: www.o2.co.uk/help/nspcc - the NSPCC joined forces with O2 to provide parents with the skills and tools to help keep children safe online
Whatsapp advice: https://parentzone.org.uk/article/whatsapp
Internet Matters: www.internetmatters.org - helping parents keep their children safe online
https://www.internetmatters.org/hub/guidance/whatsapp-safety-a-how-to-guide-for-parents
https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/social-media/
More useful web-sites can be found by clicking here or visiting this link: https://tinyurl.com/ycdbybtk
Most importantly, the internet is a wonderful creative and educational place – enjoy it and do keep involved in your child's online life.
General links
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/1-minute-maths#download
Year 1 links
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/levels/z3g4d2p
Year 2 links
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ (Caterpillar Ordering, Number Fact Families, Hit the Button, Dartboard Double and Half and the Toy Shop Money Game are particularly great games)
http://ictgames.com/ (Fairies in the Fog, Pay for It, Change Exchanger, Mummy Number Lines and 100 Hunt Plus 10 are great games)
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ (your child has a login for this website stuck in his/her reading diary)
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
http://ictgames.com/ (DJ Cow's Spelling Patterns and Tell A T-Rex are particularly good games)
Year 5 links
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/ (revision and explanations about grammar with quizzes to help you practise)
http://www.literacyshed.com/home.html (if you want something to inspire you to practise writing in every genre you can think of, then look here for some ideas to start you off…of course, ultimately it is down to your imagination!)
Maths
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=3 (lots of fun games and explanations about all the maths topics we cover)
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/index.html (some good general resources for all maths)
https://nrich.maths.org/primary-upper (try this for all sorts of puzzles and challenges)
Year 6 links
Maths
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button (10 minutes daily will greatly increase mental maths skills)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=GuessMyNumber (Working on the 4 operations for simple number problems)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=bingofractionsofamountsv3 (fractions games)
Literacy
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=spelling-grammar01 (to help with word classes)
https://gridclub.com/activities/comma-castle (practise using commas)
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=english/spelling (spelling prefixes and suffixes)