A page about me

The sheet

A page in your child’s own words for a new teacher: what they enjoy, what they find hard, what helps and what doesn’t. The second page is for you, before you start.

To fill in together · A4, two pages · Two pages · PDF, 52 KB

How it helps

A new teacher learns about a child from records and first impressions. A page in your child’s own words says what they enjoy, what they find hard and what helps, so the teacher can get it right sooner, and your child knows they have had a say.

How to use it

Read your page first. It stays at home, and says what to leave off.
Before term, fill in your child’s page together. They can write, draw, or tell you and let you write, and their words go down as they say them. Start with what they enjoy and are good at.
Read it back to them before it goes, because nothing goes on it without their agreement.
Give it to their teacher before term or in the first week, with a line from you, and send a copy to the SENCo if your child has SEN support. Make a new page next year.

How to get this sheet

This sheet comes with a subscription. It is also yours with its chapter, if that is the chapter you read free, or if a teacher or therapist sends it to you. School staff and therapists signed in to their shelf can print it too.

It goes with Neurodiversity, and the Conversation with the School and The Move to Secondary School.

Free to print

These are free to anyone, with nothing to sign up for.

Every sheet, marked free or with a subscription, is at theparentbook.com/printables.

The rest of the library

The Parent Book is a library written by therapists: chapters on the situations parents bring to our therapy rooms most often, quick tips for tonight, things to do together, and every sheet to print. One subscription opens all of it, from the day you join.

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If you need help right now

If you or your child is in immediate danger: 999 · Go to your nearest A&E · 24/7.
If either you or your child is in a mental health crisis: NHS 111 · England, Scotland and Wales: call 111 and choose the mental-health option. Northern Ireland: call Lifeline on 0808 808 8000 · 24/7.
If your child is under 19 and needs to talk to someone themselves: Childline · 0800 1111 · 24/7 · www.childline.org.uk.
If you are worried that a child is being harmed or is at risk: NSPCC Helpline · 0808 800 5000 · Mon-Fri 10am-4pm by phone; email 11am-4pm, seven days a week. An email sent when the service is closed is not received. · email help@nspcc.org.uk · www.nspcc.org.uk/about-us/our-services/nspcc-helpline · If the NSPCC service is closed and the concern cannot wait, call the police on 101. You can also contact the child’s local out-of-hours children’s social care, social work or social services team. If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
If you would prefer to text rather than speak: Shout · Text SHOUT to 85258 · 24/7 · giveusashout.org.
If you or someone you are worried about needs someone to talk to: Samaritans · 116 123 · 24/7 · www.samaritans.org.

If you need help right now

Published by Kensington Square Therapy. Company No. 16707111. Written by therapists registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). This page is not therapy, and not a substitute for professional support. The full library is at theparentbook.com.