Mental Health and Wellbeing are an essential tool to help your child (and all of us) to feel safe, confident and successful.

At Queen's Park Infant Academy we know that life can be complex, and there are so many things that may impact on your mental health, or that of your child. 

Most of you will have seen or met Mrs Parker. Her job is to support you and your family while you are part of the Queen's Park Infant Academy family.

If you have any worries, or changes in your circumstances that may affect your child, she is happy to listen and offer support. We know the smallest things, like losing a family pet or a friend moving house, can feel big to a young child, and Mrs Parker and the Rainbow Room are a safe space to work through feelings and emotions.

Useful Links and Information

You may find some of the links or information below useful.

Information from the School Nursing Team

Do you have concerns  about any aspect of your child’s health or well-being?

If so, our School Health Nursery Nurses are available to provide you with information, advice and guidance in relation to a number of issues such as:

• Emotional wellbeing including anxiety about returning to school
• Friendships
• Healthy eating, weight management and physical activity advice
• Parenting
• Bed-wetting and toileting
• Hearing
• Behaviour

If you would like to speak to a School Health Nursery Nurse, please email us at dhc.snadmin.hub@nhs.net providing us with your telephone number as well as your child’s name and school, so that we can call you back .  If you would prefer an Attend Anywhere video appointment online instead of a phone call, please let us know.  This will need to be booked in advance.   We will do our best to call you back within two working days.

For more information and guidance, please visit the Dorset HealthCare website at  www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk and search for the School Nursing webpage

IMPORTANT:  If you have an urgent medical concern, you will need to speak to your GP or ring NHS 111

Healthier Families

Healthier Families is a fabulous website which is packed with family friendly information and ideas about making health food choices.  It has lots of recipes, interactive quizzes and fun family challenges to help you all eat well and move move.

Click here to link to their website https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/

It's so important children maintain a healthy diet, it plays a vital role in how children develop physically and mentally.

Here is the Eatwell Guide from Public Health England, showing what a healthy balanced diet looks like.