Family Links
Come along to our parent workshops, available to Woodford Green Prep parents and carers.
If you would like to join the waiting list, please complete the registration form below indicating which course you would like to attend.
Parenting Puzzle Workshop is a 5 week course starting January 2022.
The course covers strategies that help when dealing with some of the common issues parents encounter at home and allows time for discussion and sharing ideas in a supportive environment.
The course costs £20 for 5 sessions. Please complete and submit the form at the bottom of the page to register for the next course. Places are limited and will be awarded on a first come first served basis. For further information please email y.cairns@wgprep.co.uk
Parenting Puzzle Course Outline
| Week 1 | Introductory Session |
| Week 2 |
Building blocks: The Four Constructs The Art of Listening and How We Communicate |
| Week 3 |
Praise and Criticism Child-led play |
| Week 4 |
Boundaries Time to Calm Down Stress Brings Distress Handling Anger |
| Week 5 |
Choices and Consequences Behaviours to ignore Nurturing Ourselves Strategies Revisited |
The Nurturing Programme
Course starting Thursday 2nd March 2.30pm - 4.45pm
The Nurturing Programme for parents is a 11 week course which runs during the Spring/Summer term.
The course covers strategies that help when dealing with some of the common issues parents encounter at home and allows time for discussion and sharing ideas in a supportive environment.
Join us at our introductory session Week Zero to find out what the course is about, have a chance to ask any questions and enjoy tea and biscuits!
The course costs £50 for 11 sessions. Please complete and submit the form at the bottom of the page to register for the next course. Places are limited and will be awarded on a first come first served basis. For further information please email m.kallis-georgiou@wgprep.co.uk
The Nurturing Programme Course Outline
| Week 0 | Introductory Session |
| Week 1 | Introducing the Programme; Building Blocks: The Four Constructs; Giving Praise |
| Week 2 | The Question of Discipline; Time to Calm Down |
| Week 3 | Family Rules; Rewards and Penalties |
| Week 4 | Personal Power; Self-Esteem; Choices and Consequences |
| Week 5 | Feelings…and what we do with them; Communicating Clearly |
| Week 6 | Kinds of Touch; Nurturing Ourselves |
| Week 7 | Ages and Stages in Children’s Development; Helping Children grow up |
| Week 8 | Helping Children Stay Safe; Issues around safeguarding |
| Week 9 | Time to Play; Behaviour to Ignore; Problem Solving |
| Week 10 | Continuing the Family Journey; Celebration |
‘The Family Links course has been a life changer. Informative, fun, and eye-opening, I have gained invaluable knowledge and tools that have all improved family life pretty much immediately. The facilitators fostered a wonderfully warm and safe environment, which was so important given the content. I feel empowered to be the best version of myself with the children and the ripple effect of this is vast! I will forever be grateful for having had this course and would not hesitate to
recommend it to anyone.’
