Welcome to this edition of the SEND News Bulletin. This week includes information on
- Meet the Director review and next steps
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Creative Buzz Activities
- Opera Holland Park Zoom workshops
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8-12 year olds: making music & stories for video games
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Contactless trails at Houghton Hall Park
- BDCPS: Playscheme in a Pandemic
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EPEC - Being a Parent of a child with ASD
- What's On
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Children's Centres SEND Support Coffee mornings
Meet the Director review and next steps
We really valued spending time with the parent carers who gave up their time to attend the Meet the Director sessions. These meetings were invaluable to us in understanding parents lived experiences. We are using this information to help us move forwards to develop local SEND Services.
Following the approval of our Written Statement of Action (WSoA) from OFSTED and the Care Quality Commission (CQC), our action plan is in place and we are working through this with SNAP Parent Carer Forum and other partners to ensure our services provided for our families, meet their needs.
We have jointly reviewed the Meet the Director meetings and believe now is the time to change these to ensure we are communicating clearly with you about how things are progressing. Moving forwards, we will be holding parent/carer sessions on the WSoA work instead of the Meet the Director sessions, to ensure we focus on aspects of the action plan and give you the opportunity to hear what we are doing to improve things and we want to understand from you if our approach is right for your families.
Creative Buzz Activities
A free programme of fun activities for children
A chance to take part in something different and get creative at home this Spring – all for free! Choose from a selection of live creative workshops – from circus to beat box and musical theatre – as well as professional shows by the UK’s best children’s theatre companies. There’s something for everyone!
All activities are suitable for primary school aged children.
The 2pm live Zoom workshop sessions have been designed with children with SEND in mind. These sessions will have smaller class sizes, will move at a slower pace and activities will be adapted accordingly.
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Opera Holland Park Zoom workshops
Opera Holland Park has announced six interactive Zoom workshops for Spring and Summer aimed at families with children aged 0-5 and those with SEND.
These are free to access and each interactive workshop will include a blend of music, movement, drama and storytelling.
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8-12 year olds: making music & stories for video games
If you have children in your life who are aspiring musicians or budding coders or who just love video games then Kaki_Hatchi might be a great Easter activity for them.
Our Inspiring Music team have funded 200 free spaces for Children in Central Bedfordshire to attend this five-day online activity.
Run by Conductive Music, the interactive sessions run from April 6th and last 90 minutes each. Children will be shown how story, coding and music form the ingredients of great video games. They will then learn how to mix these ingredients together to create an original game!
All five sessions will take place via Zoom video calls, and start at either 9am or 1.30pm. To book for free, visit the link below and use the following voucher code: inspiringMusic
Contactless trails at Houghton Hall Park
Houghton Hall Park have set up a free, contactless trail in the park for two weeks.
Mr Finniebakers Easter Factory Trail is aimed at children who have to find ten cute woodland characters (they are the Easter Bunny’s co-workers!).
The trail consists of 10 window stickers or aluminium signs with embedded QR codes, so players can scan the codes to unlock activities.
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BDCPS: Playscheme in a Pandemic
Bedford and District Cerebral Palsy Society has made a film which highlights part of their response to the challenges of coronavirus this past year and the difference it makes to families.
EPEC - Being a Parent of a child with ASD
What's on
A Parent’s Journey Through Autism: The Beauty in the Melody
 More events and workshops that are being held this month are on our Events Calendar including Carers in Beds workshops and webinars.
Have a lovely Easter break
Children's Centres SEND Support Coffee mornings
SEND Support virtual coffee afternoon every second and fourth Monday of the month,
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Dunstable Children’s Centre
If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8106/0300 300 8104
SEND Support virtual coffee morning every first and third Wednesday of the month,
9:30 – 10:30 am
Shefford and Stotfold Children’s Centre
If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8112
SEND Support virtual coffee afternoon every other Monday,
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Leighton Buzzard Children’s Centre
If you would like to book a space please call 01525 384368
SEND Support virtual coffee morning every first and third Thursday of the month,
10:00 – 11:00 am
Flitwick Children’s Centre
If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8111
SEND Support virtual coffee morning every first and third Friday of the month,
10:30 – 11:30 am
Houghton Regis Children’s Centre
If you would like to book a space please call 0300 300 8115
Super Kids Online – virtual support group for parents or carers with children who have SEND
Sandy Children's Centre - every other Thursday, 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Fortnightly catch ups and support online. A chance to speak to professionals from the CDC, Early Years Support Team, Speech and Language plus more.
To book a free place contact Karen on 0300 300 6009 or email karen.burton@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
Please visit the Local Offer for more information on activities, services, advice and support across Central Bedfordshire for children and young people with SEND or follow us on Facebook
We hope you have found the information in the bulletin helpful. We would love to hear your feedback and what you would like to see in future editions. Please let us know by emailing send.feedback@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk
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