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Powerful ways that all foster carers can support children's learning
… moral support, taking an interest, valuing and caring
about
education and helping with homework. Foster carers can: Talk to the child
about
their progress at school Set routines around completion … including how well home learning is going As the child
about
one thing that they have learned during the day Ask …
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Staying Put Guidance
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About
the guidance This guidance is based upon the …
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Previous projects
… by Fostering Attainment and Achievement. Read more
about
Fostering Achievement Fostering Community Champions in … including 36 foster carers and 12 young people. Read more
about
Fostering Community Champions The Fostering Network was … their full potential - to help them 'walk tall'. Read more
about
Walking Tall …
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Foster carers as key workers
… should have received an email from Social Care Wales
about
how to get the card to unregistered social care … Social Care Wales’ website details further information
about
the social care worker cards . The Fostering Network … foster carers to be recognised as key workers. Read more
about
our campaign here . …
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Reading together: why does it matter?
… such as pointing to the text as it is read aloud, talking
about
the story and encouraging children to join in were … own reading development. Yet reading together is not just
about
children first learning to read. Reading aloud to … the delicious language, or, when the time is right, talk
about
the underlying messages in the text. Coping with …
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The Diamond Model in action – a Capstone foster carer describes how she used the model to benefit her son
… was thought not to be in his interest although we did talk
about
it during reviews. After the social pedagogy course I … to accept the ‘no’ but to explore this a bit and to talk
about
contact with my son’s therapist. Her view was … would have been so easy to sit in my comfy chair and think
about
his mum as the person who has harmed my son a lot. This …
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People not policies make the difference
… During my time at secondary school (when I was
about
to be fostered for the second time) I remember being … sitting in lessons and while other children were worrying
about
having the latest trainers or getting the new Oasis album (yes I am that old!) I was worried
about
where I was going to sleep that night, or which one of …
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Head, Heart, Hands - March 2016
… project was empowering the young people to make choices
about
what they wanted to learn and was underpinned by social … the sessions allowed the young people space to talk
about
difficulties they were facing. They said it was a safe … and developed their social skills. One young person spoke
about
her life in care on the ‘Children in Need’ television …
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News Story
Call for more foster carers in England
… PEOPLE ACROSS England are being encouraged to think
about
whether they could become foster carers, as part of … , explore the different types of fostering and learn
about
the road to fostering . Foster Care Fortnight … fostering before, or those who have been thinking
about
offering a child a stable, loving home, will take this …
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Walking Tall into Bute House
… Walking Tall activities with the First Minister, speaking
about
their hand puppets, the foster homes they had designed … the #WalkingTall group to Bute House last night to talk
about
what matters to young people in foster care. Thanks to all for a fun night.' Find out more
about
the Walking Tall project. …
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