Parents and Carers

In this section:

General information

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• About Connexions
  
  
• Our publications – support for you and your son or daughter
  
  
• Contact Us/Find a PA
  
  
• Welcome from Jean Pardoe, Chief Executive, Connexions Nottinghamshire
  
  
• Services and Quicklinks
  • Connexions Direct - out of hours and confidential advice - for parents too!
  • Sortitonline.com for young people
  • Vacancies Online - real jobs and training for young people
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• Latest news from Connexions
  
  
• Kangaroo CD-ROM
  For Year 11 parents who would like a Kangaroo multimedia CD or Kangaroo Update sheets for your son or daughter (or just want to find out more about Kangaroo!).
  
  
• School/College Open Days 2007
  Not all schools or colleges were able to provide us with details of their open days and evenings at the time of publication. Please contact the schools and colleges directly for details.

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More online support for parents and carers

• Useful weblinks
  The best advice on the web on being a parent, carer or lone parent and supporting your son or daughter
  
  
• Looking for online information to support your child?
  Searching the web is made easy with Fetch! – all the best UK websites with information for you and your child.
  
  
• Aim Higher for Parents
  Information and useful weblinks for parents from Aim Higher Nottinghamshire.
  
  
• Safety on the web for your son or daughter
  
  
• Fuel for Living Recipe Booklet for 16-24s launched!
  The Department of Health’s 5 A DAY team has produced a new FREE recipe guide for 16 to 14 year olds – Fuel for Living – which provides simple and cost effective recipe ideas and tips to help young people build their cooking skills and boost their consumption of fruit and vegetables.
  
  
• Protecting your child from sexual abuse
  
  
• Contact a Family Dad's Zone
  Contact a Family has launched a Dad's Zone - a website that provides information and support to fathers with disabled children.
  
  
• Sortitonline.com
  Connexions Notts' website for young people, aged 13-19.

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Support for Year 9 students

• 'Options and beyond' - 2007
  The Connexions Nottinghamshire guide to support available to parents and carers of year 9 students.
  
  
• What Next at Year 9 - 2007/08 (PDF 1.0 MB)
  
  
• Year 9 Options Presentation
  A quick guide to Year 9 choices on Kangaroo and our websites.
  
  
• Destination statistics 2007
  What young people in Year 11 did next in 2007.
  
  
• What Next for Me 2008
  Support for students with learning difficulties (PDF 568KB)
  • What Next For Me Supplement
    Explains what Connexions does. Uses Makaton symbols. (PDF 700 KB)
    
    
• Vocational Learning
  Vocational qualifications explained for parents and carers supporting young people at school or college or with a training provider.
  
  
• Sortitonline.com
  Information for students in Year 9.
  
  
• Contact Us/Find a PA

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Support for Year 11 students

• Options @ 16 presentation
  This presentation outlines all the options for young people moving on from compulsory education in Year 11.
  
  
• What Next at 16 - 2007/08 (PDF 828 KB)
  
  
• Working with parents & carers
  
  
• Moving on: a guide for parents and carers
  If your son or daughter is currently in Year 11, this guide will help you support their next steps (PDF).
  
  
• Destination statistics
  What young people in Year 11 did next in 2007.
  
  
• What Next for Me 2008
  Support for students with learning difficulties (PDF 568KB)
  • What Next For Me Supplement
    Explains what Connexions does. Uses Makaton symbols. (PDF 700 KB)
    
    
• What Next Further Education 2007/08 (PDF 956 KB)
  Courses at schools and colleges in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
  
  
• Wheels to Work
  Moped leasing scheme aimed at helping young people or the long term unemployed to get over the initial problem of getting to work, training or education.
  
  
• Vocational Learning
  Vocational qualifications explained for parents and carers supporting young people at school or college or with a training provider.
  
  
• Kangaroo CD-ROM
  For Year 11 parents who would like a Kangaroo multimedia CD or Kangaroo Update sheets for your son or daughter (or just want to find out more about Kangaroo!).
  
  
• Sortitonline.com
  Information for students in Year 11.
  
  
• Contact Us/Find a PA

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Support for students after 16

• What Next for Me 2008
  Support for students with learning difficulties (PDF 568KB)
  • What Next For Me Supplement
    Explains what Connexions does. Uses Makaton symbols. (PDF 700 KB)
    
    
• What Next Further Education 2007/08 (PDF 956 KB)
  Courses at schools and colleges in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
  
  
• Wheels to Work
  Moped leasing scheme aimed at helping young people or the long term unemployed to get over the initial problem of getting to work, training or education.
  
  
• Higher Education: Student Support
  Information from the Department for Children, Schools and Families
  
  
• Sortitonline.com
  Information for students in Year 11.
  
  
• Contact Us/Find a PA

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