Published on: 19 March 2025
Families with three-year-olds preparing to start nursery are being welcomed to a series of drop-ins to help make sure their little one is ready to take their first step into education.
The Speech and Language Team from South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust will be on hand to meet parents and carers at the sessions.
They will be there with colleagues from the Trust’s 0-19 Service and its Sunderland Community Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services.
The events are hosted by Together for Children through its Family Hubs. Thery are also backed by Growing Health Sunderland, as well as the Trust’s Supporting and Improving Emotional Wellbeing Service.
The sessions will look at helping make sure the three-year-olds are toilet trained and can do tasks such as fasten their own coat.
They will also give parents and carers a chance to speak to experts if they are worried their child might struggle to settle in at nursery.
The events also offer a chance for children to play and have fun while adults chat.
They will be held at the following dates, times and locations, with more information available from the contact number listed:
- Monday, March 24, from 1pm to 3pm at Bunny Hill Family Hub. Call 0191 561 8126
- Wednesday, March 26, from 9.30am to 11.30am at Thorney Close Family Hub, Thorney Close Action and Enterprise Centre, Thorndale Rd,. Call 0191 561 4127
- Monday, March 31, from 10am to noon at Coalfield Family Hub. Call 0191 561 6625
- Tuesday, April 1, from 9.30am to 11.30am at Rainbow Family Hub, Elliott Terrace, Concord, Washington. Call 0191 561 3995.
- Wednesday, April 2, from 11am to 12.30pm at Winnibell Family Hub, Lombard Street, East End, Sunderland. Call 0191 561 2850.
