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School Report
Life Education has been a regular visitor to schools in the Westminster area for a number of years. Jack O’Neil, Head Teacher at one of the schools said:
"There are a lot of external influences on children these days through TV and advertising. What I like about Life Education is that it can actually combat some of the negative publicity that affects children. They’re surrounded by the learning experience and it has a lot more power than some of the external advertising.
"The quality of the Educators is incredibly high and they are able to establish a fantastic rapport with the children. The programmes are memorable because you’ve got professional delivery with top quality resources, which in fact the school couldn’t afford to buy."
You may like to see what Jack and others have to say about our programmes. To do so, download our film clip here (2.4MB).
Our Work with Parents  more stories
Parents of pupils at Kibworth Church of England Primary School in Leicestershire were invited to watch their children perform, in class assembly, presentations on the themes of health and wellbeing. The presentations helped parents to experience and understand some of the key messages around teaching children how to look after themselves in both a physical and emotional sense.
“Attendance from parents was high. The Life Education teacher worked closely with us to discuss ideas for the assembly theme and provided the resources and support we needed to make the event a success. After the assembly the parents had the opportunity to take part in a Life Education workshop and were also offered the chance to participate in a seven-week parenting skills course later on.”
Susan De Gaye, Head Teacher,
Kibworth Church of England Primary School
Download a film extract here (2.8MB).
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Parents' Stories
Participants on one of our 7-week parent’s courses in Bradford expressed concern that drug dealers were using the waste ground that their children used for playing as a drop off place for drugs but didn’t know what to do about it. The Educator facilitating the group knew the community police officer for that area, reported it immediately and the situation was dealt with the next day. This incident resulted in the development of a closer relationship between the school and the community police officer.
A parent on the same course in Keighley, West Yorkshire, felt that she wasn’t coping with her nursery-aged child. She felt she had totally lost control, was very upset and wanted her child taken into care. She spoke to the Educator who was facilitating the parenting course. The Educator liaised with the staff at the nursery who felt they were able to support the parent by allowing her to come into the nursery to learn strategies used by the nursery which were working well with her child. The nursery staff and parent then agreed a behaviour plan that could be used both at home and at nursery. By the end of the Life Education parenting course, the parent reported that she was coping a lot better and feeling much more positive.
As part of the health and well-being section of the parenting course, school nurses and health visitors are asked to attend. A trainee school nurse attended as part of her placement. She felt that the course was such a good learning opportunity that she attended the rest of the course.
A participant on a course in Leicester had adopted two reception-aged children two months before the course had started. The children had not settled well with their new family and their behaviour was extremely challenging. At the end of the course, however, the participant approached the Life Education Educator who was facilitating and said that the course had been life changing for him and his family. Both he and his partner had used strategies taught on the course for managing behaviour and building relationships and had noticed huge changes in the child’s behaviour. The children had also begun to express how pleased they were to be with their adopted family.
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