Calm Cats

09/09/2025

What do you think about this proposal?

To restrict EHCP’s to pupils “whose needs sit across all three sectors” with other levels of plan created for those with one or two needs

Report calls for education, health and care plans to be split into three tiers of support

09/09/2025

Oh dear Bridget, I really think it is you who needs to go on some courses to learn everything you don’t know about education. The real problems behind children not being in school, ‘behaviour’, what neurodivergence is, what special educational needs are and how they create barriers to learning in our current education system. The list could go on love.

How about you STOP BLAMING PARENTS and quit your job, you’re really not at all qualified for it!

Bridget Phillipson is considering proposals for parents of truanting pupils to undergo speed awareness-style parenting classes to combat spiralling rates of school absence

Click the link in comments to read more

06/09/2025

FACT!

At every age and stage, including adults!

So why aren’t we prioritising this in educational settings? Strategies can be easily woven into the school day and even linked to curriculum teaching.

If you want to but don’t know how, we can help by training staff and providing enriching learning opportunities to your children.

Calm Time with Calm Cats classes promote and teach exactly this in educational settings and for families in the community.

DM me for more information 💛

05/09/2025

*NEW*

A WEEKEND class for younger children parents.

We’re passionate that the younger children experience and learn these skills the better. And when done so along side their grownups it’s a double win.

Sessions will be 1 hour long.
Availability will be limited to 10 parent/child places (although if you would like to bring additional children/adults we can work something out)

We are finalising the details but after our successful summer clubs we expect this to be popular.

If you are interested in hearing the final details first, pop your name in the comments and I will add you to our waiting list.

Exciting!💛

04/09/2025

We’ll be running one whole day holiday club in October half term… which day would you prefer?
Tuesday 28th or Thursday 30th October?
Let me know in the comments (as I can’t find the poll option🤷🏻‍♀️)

03/09/2025

And anyone else in between!

Learning is not a ‘one size fits all’ no matter what our outdated education system tries to tell us.

Learning takes all shapes and sizes, places, indoors, outdoors, with and without a curriculum, stood up and sat down, whilst moving and still, with elaborate resources and with none. In small groups, big groups and individually, by teachers, by parents, by other children and adults… the list could go on!

Whatever learning journey you and your children are embarking on this September we wish you all the best 💛

03/09/2025

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This is just a reminder to all those kids, past and present, to all those parents who know this to be true. And for all those in positions of 'authority' trying to whitewash over the fact that this is the truth for so many. Too many.

You are seen here. You are heard here. You are understood here. And we will not stop fighting to make the change.

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

03/09/2025

Starting the day with some little notes of positivity and encouragement ✨the help with the apprehension of the first day back.

👊🏻You’ve got this!
💛You are loved
❌Mistakes are great and help you learn
💯You are enough just as you are
😓You can do tricky things
🥰 Believe in yourself

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02/09/2025

This is just an example but it’s a good one for balancing both our children’s needs and ours.

It forms the structure of our afterschool routine at Calm Cats HQ but it doesn’t always happen in that order and isn’t the same for both children as their school days and sports commitments look very different to each other.

What does your after school routine look like? I’d love to hear yours in the comments!


*tipsforparents