Cornwall Council

This week we are joined by Kim, Educational Psychology, and Amy, Primary School Teacher, who are both involved with the St Austell Festival of Children’s Literature to talk to us about the National Year of Reading and how we can support children’s reading for pleasure. They will also give us a sneak peek of the upcoming Festival! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today’s episode we are joined by Vicki, Education Lead, to tell us all about and exciting new support for parents and carers in Cornwall – the Kernow Education Advice Line. We will find out what this new Advice Line can support with and how parents and carers can get in touch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of our Child Development: From Birth to Adolescence series, Parenting Workers Amanda and Emma join us to explore the importance of self-care and emotional containment. Together, they discuss how looking after your own wellbeing helps you stay calm, support your child through big emotions, and create a sense of safety at home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

In the final episode of our Child Development: From Birth to Adolescence series, Senior Family Workers Lucy and Benn join us to discuss how we can stay involved and support young people during the later years of childhood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode in our series on Domestic Abuse services in Cornwall, we are joined by Abi and Sian to tell us all about the Family Domestic Abuse Support Advisors and how they can support parents and families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following the last episode on Domestic Abuse services in Cornwall, we realised that there were so many more questions we didn’t have time for. This week we are joined by Fleur from Barnardo’s to tell us more about the Change 4 U offer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s episode, we are answering a listener’s question about the support available for families who are experiencing or who have experienced domestic abuse. We’re joined by a wonderful guest to talk about the support on offer and how to connect to that support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s episode, we explore a topic that can be a common challenge for families: sleep. We look at why sleep is so important and how we can help children with bedtimes, getting to sleep and getting a good night’s sleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are joined by Jodie from YZUP with tips and advice about how to talk with your young person about drugs and substances, including where to go for more information and support. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s podcast, the parenting team talks to us about homework battles and how to support your children with their homework. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s episode topic was suggested to us by a parent who asked for top tips and strategies to support with potty training. To answer some Frequently Asked Questions about potty training, we are joined by members of the parenting and health visiting teams to offer some ideas and thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s podcast, we will start our new series all about child development to explore how physical activity helps children learn and how parents can support their children to integrate physical activity into their daily lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join us for an episode where we are joined by a special guest from the Educational Psychology team to tell us all about Mindfulness and how it can support both parents and children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined by special guests to talk to us about a really important topic: safer sleep. They will be talking to us about the importance of safe sleep and some of the key messages and recommendations for parents and carers to think about when planning how their babies will sleep, as well as how they can work with their little one’s early years setting to support safer sleep in the sett...

This week we are joined by special guests for a one-off episode with an update from the Say No to Hate conference in Cornwall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week is Children’s Grief Awareness Week, so this week we are joined by Polly from Penhaligon’s Friends and Sally from the Educational Psychology Service to talk about how children understanding of loss changes as they develop and how we can support children who have experienced bereavement, as well as looking after ourselves as parents through grief. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Today our guests are from a variety of teams who have been working together with schools to support children and families who have English as an Additional Language. We hear more about their work and how schools and parents can support children who have English as an Additional Language. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For today’s podcast, we are joined by a Children’s Rights Officer from Cornwall Council to learn all about children’s rights and how knowing about them can help us as a parents, as well as hearing about some great projects and resources that support parents, carers, children and young people recognise and support children’s rights and have their voices heard in Cornwall. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

In today’s episode, we hear all about the digital offer from Cornwall Libraries – all free resources that parents and carers can access including e-books, audiobooks, magazines and newspapers and much more… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In previous podcast episodes we have talked about how to support little ones in their language and literacy development, so this week we are joined by an Educational Psychologist to talk all about early maths development and how parents and carers can support their little one learning about numbers, shapes and patterns.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Friday 10th October, for World Mental Health Day, the National Literacy Trust are encouraging everyone to ‘Take 10 to Read’. Today, we are joined by Jo from the National Literacy Trust in Cornwall to tell us more about the campaign and to inspire us all the take 10 to read and boost our own wellbeing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the summer we were joined on a previous podcast by Kate from Headstart Kernow who gave us an overview of what Headstart Kernow offers, but there was so much more we could have talked about. So, this week we are joined by Ness and Claire to tell us more about Headstart Kernow and what they offer to families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this week’s podcast, we were sent a topic suggestion by a parent: ‘how to handle your child’s anger’ so this week, we are joined by Parenting Workers Lucy and Emily to discuss this topic and find out more about what anger is, how we help children regulate their emotions and learn about their feelings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this week’s podcast, we were sent a topic suggestion by a parent: ‘Saying no and how to deal with the backlash’ so this week, we are joined by Senior Parenting Worker Kyra to discuss this topic and get her thoughts on tips and strategies to say no and support children with their big feelings about hearing the word ‘no’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the final episode of the Nurturing New Beginnings series, we are joined by Cat, a Senior Parenting Worker for some top tips and strategies to support both parents and children with the transition back-to-school after the summer holidays. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.