{"id":5960,"date":"2020-03-24T14:55:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T13:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/?p=5960"},"modified":"2020-03-24T14:55:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T13:55:46","slug":"guidance-for-parents-and-carers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/2020\/03\/24\/guidance-for-parents-and-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Guidance for Parents and Carers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Guidance for parents and carers in the event of school closure due to Coronavirus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your child will be learning from your response to the current situation. Seeing you staying calm and resilient will be crucial to helping them cope with the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>It is very important to maintain structure and routine for your child whilst schools are closed. The following 10 tips may help you to maintain your child\u2019s health and well-being.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Set times for getting up and going to bed for your child.<\/li>\n<li>Have regular times for meals.<\/li>\n<li>Build in time for fresh air and exercise as far as this is possible.<\/li>\n<li>Structure your child\u2019s day so that they have a variety of activities and break times.<\/li>\n<li>Create a menu of activities that your child can do during the day.<\/li>\n<li>Make a daily plan of activities and share these with your child the night before so that you and your child know what is happening the next day.<\/li>\n<li>Review the day\u2019s activities and talk about what they have done. A sense of accomplishment is important for children and young people.<\/li>\n<li>Make Monday to Friday different from the weekend by structuring the activities along the same timings as a normal school day.<\/li>\n<li>Decide when and for how long your child will have access to electronic devices and for what purpose.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain contact with friends and family through technology.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember that your child will be learning from your response to handling this situation. Seeing you staying calm and resilient will be crucial to helping them cope with the circumstances. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guidance for parents and carers in the event of school closure due to Coronavirus &nbsp; Your child will be learning from your response to the current situation. Seeing you staying calm and resilient will be crucial to helping them cope &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/2020\/03\/24\/guidance-for-parents-and-carers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12305,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5962,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960\/revisions\/5962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/MuirStreet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}