Parent Support Advisor

Hello Pennycross Parents!

My name is Lynn Pashby and I am the Parent Support Advisor here at Pennycross Primary School.

I am trained in Parent Support work, community mental health, and autism awareness and counselling.

My work days are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 8.30 am and 4.30 pm and I can help with referrals to outside agencies (such as school nurse), accompanying to meetings, completing forms or come in for a cuppa and a chat! No problem is too big or too small.

I am happy to meet with you at school or elsewhere if preferred

I can also be contacted on the school landline 01752 705137 or by email on lpashby@pennycross.plymouth.sch.uk

My door is always open!

I look forward to meeting you very soon.

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE!

As your Parent Support Advisor, I thought I would give you some guidance as to how I can support you going forward.

My hours will be 8.30 am – 4.30 pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday each week where I will be on the school premises.

I can be contacted on the school phone which is 01752 705137 and by email on lpashby@pennycrross.plymouth.sch.uk. I can also communicate via Zoom or Microsoft Teams if preferred.

If conversations are difficult through the other means of communication, I am able to offer face to face meetings in my office during my normal working hours to no more than two people at the same time from the same family ‘bubble’, however these are by appointment only and social distancing will be in operation. I am not able to offer hot or cold drinks and the use of the toilet in school is discouraged to avoid cross contamination.

Look forward to meeting you soon!

Future Courses and workshops

Card Making - 3 weeks

Starting on Wednesday 14th November 9:00-11:15am, finishing on Wednesday 28th November

Places available

Christmas Wreath Workshop 9:00-11:15am

Wednesday 12th December

Places available

More information to follow

If you have any used stamps please bring them into school .

There is a collection box at Reception for Jeremiah's Journey.

Many thanks,

Sarah Hill

Christmas Card Making

Halloween Floristry

The Beauty Lab workshop on Wednesday 10th October was very well attended as you can see by the photos below.

The Floristry course was attended by 7 parents this morning 19th September 2018. Have a look below at the wonderful displays they made. They enjoyed it so much that we hope we can have a few more courses on this in the future.

Keep an eye out for further dates.

The Mindfulness course has now finished. Please have a look at some photos below

English skills (15 weeks) has now finished. Thank you to those parents that kept coming week after week and to Lorraine the tutor.

The Spanish course has now finished and was enjoyed by everyone who attended. Have a look at the photographs which have been taken below.

The glass decorating workshop held on 13th July was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Have a look at the pictures and finished products below

The button Jewellery workshop on 15th June was well attended and everyone seemed to enjoy it.

The knitting course has now finished and the certificates will be with those that attended the course shortly

Well done to all those parents that completed the Maths Functional Skills course that took place from November 2016 - March 2017. The tutor was thrilled with your results and I believe you will be presented with your qualification certificates from On Course in the near future.

The food choices for a healthier lifestyle course that run for 5 weeks in January proved to be very interesting with parents learning some new cooking skills.

The 3 sessions of Wizz Bang Pop held in July was very interesting. You can see parents completing their experiments below.

Pictures of our cupcake workshop below along with the certificate presentations

Here are our parents enjoying their very last session of the Patchwork Parenting Course, and some pics of them with their well earned certificates. A big thank you to Lester Yeo their tutor.

We recently held a Festive Crafts Workshop which everyone enjoyed. Photographs below

Parents completed their Jewellery making and Numeracy courses and some of them were presented with their certificates in the celebration assembly in front of the school.