We could not be any prouder for our parents and carers who gave up their Saturday to learn something new to support their child’s emotional wellbeing.
The Story Massage Programme combines the benefits of positive touch with the fun and creativity of words – whether as story, rhyme or song. Ten simple massage strokes form the basis of the programme. These strokes have a name, such as The Circle or The Sprinkle, and an easy to recognise symbol making it fully accessible for all ages and abilities.
We now have all our staff who were trained alongside 6 colleagues from Dykehead Primary School In November 2018, to deliver this programme with our children. And cannot wait to see how the parents will use this at home.
Over the course of the year the programme has been steadily embedded into our approaches, with the children readily asking for and giving story massage either from a practitioner or their peer.
Alongside our Mindfulness Parents Programme we are now going to be offering bespoke sessions for parents and carers who can come
on a weekly basis and practice their learning with a key member of staff and their child.
And not forgetting our newest staff recruits who again give up their Saturday to ensure that they are keeping up to date with their own learning and development.
