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We will also be electing members of our Trustee board for the coming year, so if you fancy helping us run our charity and becoming a volunteer, then this is the perfect opportunity for you! If you would like to apply to become a Trustee, please email info@tlpcc.org.uk for a form. There will be a buffet at 7.15pm and the meeting starts at 7.45pm.  We look forward to seeing you!

We are really passionate about the services we provide for you. Family life can be challenging and accessing support and reliable sources of information at the right time can be a problem, so we are developing a range of on-line resources to answer some of your most frequently asked questions. We want to ensure that our resources are locally relevant and helpful, please let us know what you think. Thank you https://thelloydparkcentre.typeform.com/to/cTUMYj

Research shows that by paying close attention to your child’s signals and cues, getting to know their interests, and responding to the different ways they communicate is crucial for healthy brain development. A bit like a lively game of tennis, ‘serve and return’ interactions can really help your child to learn and grow (Harvard University: Centre on the Developing Child). Children are ready from birth to form social relationships with their caregivers. Responding to your child will encourage more communication and helps promote speech and language development. The back and forth interaction develops social skills and the ability to control their own behaviour; this will help your child to feel secure, form relationships and feel happy and good about themselves. Helping children to follow their interests is motivating, exciting, helps them to expand thinking, explore ideas and develop problem solving skills. Children really enjoy the attention and lots of ‘serve and return’ interactions like a lively game of tennis will help prepare your child for more formal learning in the future. Top Tips Respond to your child when they communicate; when they babble, coo, giggle, look at things, point, use single words and start to form sentences Respond using eye contact, facial expressions, body language, repeating what your child says or extending their ideas Give your child choices and try to plan activities around their interests.

The Lloyd Park Children’s Charity believes that play is the best way to promote learning and development in a child’s early years. Children are skilled learners, and watching them play in an exciting and stimulating environment quickly demonstrates this. How will this promote my child’s learning and development? Children will use play to explore and make sense of their world; you may observe your child re-enacting or planning for a major event in their life (such as going on holiday or having a new sibling), this often helps them explore their feelings and the feelings of others. In their play, children demonstrate symbolic behaviour (in which items or actions are used to represent something different), they mimic skills they are yet to master, and copy the people around them. They can be seen writing, performing, shopping, using tools and utensils, and testing out different jobs and other roles. Your child will use play to test out ideas, experiment, draw conclusions, learn from mistakes and make choices and decisions. They can compare themselves to others and start to develop a sense of their own identity. Top Tips Provide opportunities, and support for your child in their play Think about your child’s interests and major events and plan activities around these topics (e.g. after a trip to the doctor, your child may enjoy using roleplay to re-enact their experience) There are lots of free or low-cost resources, look around your house for safe play items. If you are planning a holiday, your child may enjoy packing bags and flicking through travel brochures. After a shopping trip, you could recreate a mini supermarket; your child may enjoy selling, buying or packing groceries Help your child to use all of their senses; play can involve touch, taste, sounds, smell and sight. #LearningandDevelopment #Play

Pauline Thomas, CEO Dear parents, We are excited to announce the launch of our new and greatly improved website. The updated site includes changes in navigation with drop-down menus for both mobile and desktop versions and has been specifically designed to make it as parent- and user-friendly as possible. The content has been completely overhauled; you will now find pages dedicated to timetables across the borough, information on childcare and nursery services we offer, upcoming events, a variety of blogs and information on the work we do as a charity within the local community and the different ways you can support us. We hope you enjoy the changes and if you have any feedback please do let us know on Facebook or Twitter. Pauline Thomas, MBE