Local Information and Events
The SEND Trainer
Please click here to go to the website of the SEND Trainer.
SEND Christmas Sports Sessions
RFC Community Trust are running a free SEND multisport holiday camp on the following dates:
Monday 21st December 10:30 – 14:00
Tuesday 22nd December 10:30 -14:00
Wednesday 23rd December 10:30 -14:00
The camps are free but there are limited spaces on the course details on how to book are on the attached poster.
Challenging Behaviour Foundation
Please click here to read a newsletter from the Challenging Behaviour Foundation and click here to visit their website which has information that you may find interesting and is relevant to many of us who deal with behaviours that challenge.
Addington Association Christmas Raffle
To purchase tickets for the Addington Association Christmas Raffle, please follow the link to our JustGiving page:
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/addington-christmas-hamper-raffle-2021
Tickets are £1 each. We will email anyone who donates with their ticket number(s). The draw will take place at the virtual Christmas Carol Concert on the 14th December. So that we can confirm ticket numbers it is absolutely vital that anyone entering remembers to add their name and tick the share details box so we can contact you!
Promise Inclusion November 2020 Newsletter
Please click here to view the Promise Inclusion November Newsletter.
Kooth Wellbeing Service – Free Online Counselling support for young people
Kooth offer free online counselling support for young people and are available to support young people. Please click here to view a digital poster. The service is available over the holiday season and even on Christmas day which can be particularly hard for some young people.
Cinderella Pantomime
Please click here to view a flyer and here to view a poster about an interactive virtual Cinderella Pantomime.
CAN Network
Please click here to view the latest letter from the CAN Network.
Family Workshops
Please click here to view details of virtual courses being offered for families of SEND children.
Reading Christmas Drama Workshops
Reading Rep are offering FREE special Christmas themed drama workshops for neurodiverse children and young people on 21 and 22 December - please click here for further information.
Reading SEND Local Offer
Please click here to see information being shared by Reading SEND Local Offer on Facebook.
Operation Bletchley: The virtual codebreaking mission… Christmas in Berlin
Please click here to view information about Operation Bletchley: a virtual codebreaking mission which can be completed over the Christmas holidays.
ADHD and Demand Avoidance Course
Please click here for information about an ADHD and Demand Avoidance Course.
Free Online Courses
Please click here for information about free online courses being offered by Wokingham Adult Education. Courses on offer include Managing your child's anxiety and supporting anxious teenagers.
Demand Avoidance Online Course
Online Behaviour Course
Kidz to Adultz Disabled Living
Please click here to read the latest Kidz to Adultz Disabled Living newsletter
Reading Families Forum Online Coffee Morning 11.11.20 and Zoom call for young people with SEND on 12.11.20
Please click here to view information from Reading Families Forum about an online Coffee Morning on 11.11.20 at which they are inviting families to give their experiences as carers attending the Royal Berks Hospital. Please click here for information about a zoom video chat for young people with SEND on 12.11.20.
Looking after your Mental Health
Please click here to view information about how to look after your mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak and click here to view the November 20 Action for Happiness Calendar (Action for Happiness info@actionforhappiness.org).
Wokingham Library Online Code Club
On Saturday November 7, Wokingham Library are running a Code Club for children aged 9 to 12 who would like to learn to program. The sessions are currently running on the first and third Saturday of each month, using Microsoft Teams. Please click here for further information.
Online Sleep Information Sessions
Please click here to view information about online sleep information courses.
Promise Inclusion (Mencap) Newsletter
Please click here to view the Promise Inclusion October newsletter.
Disabled Living Virtual Exhibition
Please click here for information about a Kidz to Adultz Virtual Exhibition being held by Disabled Living from 9-13 November.
HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORT SURVEY
Please click here to view a copy of an email sent to parents inviting them to complete a Home to School Transport Survey at the request of Wokingham Borough Council.
Reading Families Forum Online Meetings
Reading Families Forum are offering online video meetings (rather than their usual coffee meetings) on 23rd October and 11th November (please click links for further information).
Transition from Child to Adult Services
Please click the following link to view a document Transition from Child to Adult Services by Dimensions which gives some advice and information.
Neurodiverse Drama Holiday Courses – October half term
Please click here for information about two FREE neurodiverse drama holiday courses being offered during October half term.
SEN Basketball and Multi Skill Camp at Half Term
Please click here to view a flyer giving details of a Reading Rockets SEN Basketball and Multi Skills Camp being held during October Half Term.
Wokingham Children’s Free Book Festival Online
The Wokingham Libraries are running an online Book Festival during the weekend of 17 and 18 October. They have some top authors talking about their books, inspirations, illustrations and writing techniques. This is a free event. You can sign up for sessions at the following link:
www.wokingham-tc.gov.uk/bookfest
The first 100 attendees signing-up for each session will also get the option of a signed bookplate from the author.
Saturday Art Clubs at Activate Learning Colleges
Activate Learning are currently accepting applications to their Art & Design/ Fashion & Business Saturday Clubs. Please click the following links for information about:
Fashion Business Saturday Club
New Brigands Mixed Ability Rugby
Please see attached flyer about New Brigands Mixed Ability Rugby. The Brigands are a newly formed mixed ability rugby team formed under the umbrella of IMAS (International Mixed Ability Sport) hoping to compete with other IMAS rugby teams locally and nationally.
Training is for 17 year olds and over on Thursdays from 6.30-8p.m. and Saturdays from 11a.m. until 12.30 p.m. We are developing a Mens contact rugby team, as under RFU rules mens and womens rugby are separate. Women can do non contact training with us, but not take part in matches. We do aspire to developing a women's team, so we would love to hear from both men and women.
Anyone interested, as a player, or as a supporter, please get in touch on the following numbers: Kate Stonehouse - 0755 709 8994/Colin Stonehouse
Reading Families Forum – Coffee afternoon 23.10.20
Please find attached flyer giving details of a virtual coffee afternoon being held by the Reading Families Forum on 23 October.
Kidz to Adultz Newsletter
Please click here to view the Kidz to Adultz September Newsletter
Promise Inclusion (Formerly Mencap)
Please click here to view the Promise Inclusion (Formerly Mencap) September newsletter.
Home to School Transport and Travel Assistance Consultation
Please click here to view a letter from Wokingham Borough Council. They are reviewing and consulting on their home to school transport and travel assistance policies and the letter gives information about how you can give your views.
Car Boot Sales in Woodley Town Centre
The planned Boot Sale on 20th September in Woodley has bee postponed to the following week, 27th September. The Car Boot Sale will then continue to run for the remainder of 2020 on every second and fourth Sunday of the month
Th exact dates are as follows
Sunday 27th September 2020
Sunday 11th October 2020
Sunday 25th October 2020
Sunday 8th November 2020
Sunday 22nd November 2020
Sunday 13th December 2020
Parenting Special Children
Parenting Special Children are asking parents to complete a survey (click for information) about the service they provide to children.
Letter from SEND Voices Wokingham
Please click here to view a letter from SEND voices Wokingham 15.9.20
Promise Inclusion (Mencap) August Mailing
Please click here to read the Promise Inclusion (Mencap) August Mailing
Supporting Children and Young People's Wellbeing over the summer
The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families have produced some information to help support young people over the summer holidays:
The #SelfcareSummer Primary pack is full of fun activities designed to help children look after their mental health and wellbeing while enjoying themselves. It also signposts them and their families to additional support if they need it. The #SelfcareSummer Secondary pack helps young people to create their own individual self-care plan for the summer holidays based on strategies which other young people have found helpful, and also signposts to additional support if they need it.
Parenting Special Children
Please click here to view information about online events and courses being run during the summer holidays by Parenting Special Children
Woodley Town Council Newsletter
Please click here to view the July 2020 Woodley Town Council Newsletter.
Promise Inclusion (formerly Mencap) newsletter
Please click here to read the June 2020 edition of the Promise Inclusion newsletter.
Disabled Living Magazine
Please click here to read the latest edition of the Kidz to Adultz Disabled Living Magazine
Information from the Learning Disability Partnership Board (CLASP)
Please click the following links to read information from the Learning Disability Partnership Board (CLASP):
Learning Disability Partnership Board (CLASP) news June 2020
Royal Berkshire Hospital Coronavirus Testing – This is an easy to read document for people with learning disabilities that explains what will happen if you need to go the Royal Berkshire Hospital ‘drive-thru’ for a Coronavirus test.
NHS Test and Trace Easy Read Posters - Poster 1 - Poster 2 - Poster 3
Stay Hydrated – and easy to read document
Parenting Special Children
Please click here to view information from Parenting Special Children. This includes information about online events this week and going forward.
Sensory Festival – 11 and 12th July
Please click here to view information about an online Sensory Festival for parents and practitioners. The event is focused on those with SEND, autism, and complex needs. There will be informal video presentations, online workshops, and question and answer sessions.
Children’s Summer Technology Camp
Please click here to view information about a Summer Technology Camp being held from 27th -31st July 2020 at Hemdean House School.
Parenting Special Children
Please click here to view information from Parenting Special Children, including free events online via Zoom
As more children are now returning to school, this video explains some of the measures that have been put in place to keep everyone safe at Addington
Promise Inclusion (MENCAP) May 2020 Newsletter
Please click here to view the May 2020 Newsletter from Promise Inclusion ( formerly MENCAP)
BBC Bitesize for SEND Students
BBC Bitesize has advice for parents of students with SEND and this includes advice about wellbeing and home-schooling.
Free Digital book about the Coronavirus
A free digital book for children has been released which explains about the Coronavirus and is illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler. Please click here for further information.
Promise Inclusion (MENCAP) April 2020 Newsletter
Please click here to view the April 2020 Newsletter from Promise Inclusion ( formerly MENCAP)
Promise Inclusion (MENCAP) March 2020 Newsletter
Please click here to view the March 2020 Newsletter from Promise Inclusion ( formerly MENCAP)
Library Online Events
Please click here to view information from local libraries about events they are holding online.
Wokingham Active Kids and Adults
Please click here to view the 2020 brochure for Wokingham Active Kids and Adults.
Golf “Feel Inspired” Sessions
Please click here to view a flyer giving information about Golf sessions for girls and boys with SEND aged between 8 and 21.
Bike Bonanza Session – 15.4.20
Wokingham Borough Council will be running an Easter holiday family Bike Bonanza in Woodley on Wednesday 15th April – see poster attached and the link: https://myjourneywokingham.com/events/easter-bike-bonanza-at-woodford-park-15th-april-2020/
This is a free, drop-in event – there is no need to book. We will have our team of Bikeability instructors there to help children who are learning to ride and there will also be cycle skills sessions and a bike obstacle course for those who can already ride. (Children need to bring their own pedal bikes for these sessions.)
Reading Families Forum Meeting 25.3.20
Please click here to view information about a meeting on 25.3.20 being held by Reading Families Forum for parents with SEND children.
Vegan Market
Woodley Town Centre are holding a Vegan market on 15.3.20. Please click here to view further information.
Scarlet Fever
Please click here to view a letter giving information about Scarlet Fever
Bobicats Disability Football
Please the links below for information about:
Bobicats disability football sessions
Bobicats football tournament - 10.5.20
Promise Inclusion (Mencap) Information
Please click the links below to view information about the following:
Thinking Ahead Workshop 30.4.20
Singing Hands Event – 3 May 2010
Stepping Stones DS is a local charity who provide a variety of services and activities for children with Down Syndrome. They are holding a Singing Hands event on Sunday 3rd May to raise funds for their charity: please click here for further information.
Educational Apps for Parents
Following a competition to find the best educational apps for parents to engage young children in learning at home, a panel of experts has approved 6 with a focus on early literacy, language and communication.
The 6 apps - published on the Hungry Little Minds website – are part of the government’s drive to help parents make informed decisions about the use of technology in creating positive learning environments at home and are also recommended by the Department of Education.
Addington Association Family Quiz Night - Friday 20 March 2020
Please click here to view information about a Family Quiz Night on Friday 20 March.
Advice about Coronavirus - updated February 2020
Please find attached updates about Coronavirus.
CAN Network Newsletter
Please click here to view the February 2020 CAN Network Newsletter.
Annual Review and Home School Transport Training
Please click here for information about Annual Review and Home School Transport Training being held on 26 February.
Involve AWARE Event - 24th March 9.30am to 3.00pm
The Involve AWARE campaign (Awareness With Action Reduces Exploitation) has started. They are sending out social media posts via a number of public platforms in the lead up to an event they are holding the 24th March at Newbold College in Binfield (please click here to view flyer and here to go to the link to sign up). The event will be free and open to any member of the public. They are hoping to have guest speakers on all topics they are focusing on, which include: County lines, Child Exploitation, Modern Day Slavery, Domestic Abuse, Human Trafficking, Domestic Servitude and Knife Crime. The primary purpose of both the media campaign and the public event is to increase general awareness of exploitation and positively impact on those affected by these forms of often hidden harm.
Wokingham Adult Education Courses
Please click here to view a flyer giving information regarding a course about Education Administration and click here to view other Wokingham Adult Education current courses
Dimensions Transition Leaflet
Please click here to read information about transitions from Dimensions.
Promise Inclusion Information
Please click the links below to view information about the following:
Promise Inclusion are recruiting, please click here for further information.
Caterlink are Recruiting
Reading Families Forum Fun Day - 7 March 2020
Please click here to view a Flyer for a Fun Day on 7 March 2020
Thumbs Up Club - Bookings now open for Easter holidays
Thumbs Up Club Bookings are now open (from 01/02-15/02/20) for the Easter holidays. Please click here to view information from Thumbs Up Club about how to book spaces.
Wokingham Library Events - February Half Term
Please click here to view information about February Half term events running across Wokingham Borough Libraries for children.
Addington Association Challenge Update
Please click here to view a letter from the Addington Association.
ASSIST Autism Workshops
Please click here to view a flyer giving details of Autism specific workshops being offered by ASSIST from February to June 2020.
Children’s Mental Health Week – 3-9 February 2020
Children’s Mental Health Week is from 3rd – 9th February 2020. Visit the Children’s Mental Health Week website for further information.
The campaign is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the importance of children and young people’s mental health.
Museum of English Rural Life
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) is organising a photography day for publicity materials for our schools and family events programmes. We are looking for families to participate on Monday 17th February (during the school holidays). We need about 20 primary age children (6-11 years old) and several adults. Please click here to view flyer for more details.
If you and your children would like to be involved, please contact Rhea Douglas at the Museum of English Rural Life (r.douglas@reading.ac.uk). The parent/guardian must accompany the child at all times and may themselves be photographed when we do photos of family activities. We ask all participants (or parents) to sign a photography permission form. We will do our best to plan the day so that the children also have some fun! There will be some craft activities, object handling, and dressing up!
SEN Basketball and multi-skills camp 21.2.20
Please click here to view a flyer about an SEN Basketball and multi-skills camp being held on 21.2.20.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2020 Information from Wokingham Borough Libraries
In Support of Holocaust Memorial Day January 27, 2020 all Wokingham Borough Libraries will have materials on display along with information booklets and books to borrow from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust.
A booklist for young people is attached and there is a wealth of information available to use on the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust website, https://www.hmd.org.uk/take-part-in-holocaust-memorial-day/schools/
TVAP Talk
Thames Valley Adventure Playground (contact details: Tel: 01628 628599, Email: elly@tvap.co.uk
www.tvap.org.uk) have shared details of the following event which may be of interest to parents/carers:
TVAP Carers and Parents talk by Afasic at TVAP on Saturday 1st February 2020 10.30am-12pm.
The helpline manager will talk about:
- Tips for parents and carers
- How to access help
- About SLCN, and speech, language and communication disability in general
- Who Afasic are and what support and information they offer
Reading Families Forum Coffee evening – 11 February 2020
Please click here to view a flyer about a Coffee evening being held on 11 February 2020 by the Reading Families Forum.
DJ Gary
If anyone watched the Greatest Dancer on Saturday, they may have recognised DJ Gary! He is then off to the Oscars again! - click here to view a press release
Cold Weather Advice
The Met Office have issued a Level 2 Cold Weather Alert. Please see attached leaflet issued by the NHS, giving advice about staying well in cold weather.
Woodley Town Council
Please click here to view the Woodley Town Council January 2020 newsletter and here to view their Agenda for their next meeting on 29th January.
Information from Learning Disabilities Partnership Board
Optalis Wokingham Soup Evening – 26.2.20
Rose Buddies Three Frogs quiz nights poster 2020
The Night Owls events – save the date
Transforming Care Partnership – Easy Read flyer
Transforming Care Partnership – Workshops for families
Further information from Learning Disabilities Partnership Board and partner organisations
Wokingham Active Kids - February half term and Easter holidays
Please click here to view information about Wokingham Active Kids holiday camps.
TVAP Christmas and New Year opening times
Please click here to view the Christmas and New Year opening times at Thames Valley Adventure Playground.
CAN Network
Please click here to view the December 19 newsletter from the CAN Network.
Information from Wokingham and Bracknell Mencap/Promise Inclusion
Please click here to view the Wokingham and Bracknell Mencap/Promise Inclusion December 19 newsletter and here to view a flyer about a Carers lunch.
Food Share at Christmas
Please see attached poster about a Food Share scheme in Bracknell for the homeless and anyone struggling.
Disabled Living Newsletter
Please click here to read the latest posts from the Disabled Living website.
Optalis Out and About - January 2020 brochure
Please click here to view the Optalis Out and About January 2020 brochure.
Christmas Tips for people with Autism
Please click the links below for tips for helping people with Autism cope with Christmas:
Sleeping Beauty Pantomime - Kenton Theatre, Henley - 17.12.19
Please click here to view poster for the relaxed performance of the Sleeping Beauty Pantomime being held at Kenton Theatre, Henley on 17.12.19
Sleep Workshop
Please find attached flyer giving information about a sleep workshop being held at The Avenue School in January. This workshop is aimed at parents with children aged 10+ who have additional needs.
Woodley Town Council Events 2020
Please click here to view a list of events being held by Woodley Town Council in 2020.
Notices from Learning Disability Partnership Board/CLASP – December 2019
Please click here to read information from the Learning Disability Partnership Board.
Cinema Screenings at Loddon Valley
New for 2019 Loddon Valley Leisure Centre are running some family Christmas film showings:
Elf – 21st December 1pm start (click to view poster)
White Christmas - 22nd December 2pm start (click to view poster)
Tickets are £5 – and if bought now are on a 2 for 1 offer!
The links for tickets are below:
White Christmas
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-movie-white-christmas-tickets-83985269201
Elf
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-movie-elf-tickets-82579713145
Information from Wokingham and Bracknell Mencap/Promise Inclusion
Please click here to view the Wokingham and Bracknell Mencap/Promise Inclusion November 19 newsletter.
Wokingham Active Kids Christmas Holiday Camp
Please find attached the Activity Programme (click here for week 1 and here for week 2) for the Wokingham Active Kids Christmas Holiday Camp at Loddon Valley Leisure Centre.
Business Enterprise Christmas Products for sale
Please click here to view information about Christmas Products which our Business Enterprise team are offering for sale.
Autism and Anxiety talk – 3.12.19
Please click here for information about a talk being held on 3rd December at Reading University about supporting children with autism and anxiety.
Reading Families Forum
Please click here to view a flyer about a coffee evening being held by Reading Families Forum (a voice for families of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities) on the evening of 17th December 2019.
Sun newspaper tokens
Please collect Books for School tokens from the Sun newspaper printed daily between Saturday, November 23, 2019 and Saturday, January 18, 2020 and send into school. Please click here for further information. We need 3,500 tokens to get our free pack of books. Thank you for your help.
Jack and the Beanstalk Multi-Sensory Pantomime
Please click here for details of Multi-Sensory Pantomime performances being run by the Head2head Theatre group.
Coral Reef – Accessible Sessions
Coral Reef are trialling for 3 months a monthly Special Needs session beginning in November (Pool and slides (individuals and families) and Spa (over 18's)).
Please click here for further information and ticket prices.
Wokingham Winter Carnival – Sunday 24 November 2019
Please click here to view the programme for the Wokingham Winter Carnival.
Reading Rockets SEN Basketball
Please click here to view information about Reading Rockets Basketball sessions for children and young people with additional needs.
Free Football Tickets
On Sunday 17th November, Readin
