The Creative Calm

🌿 A Flourish Tip!

Before children can become confident at calculating, they first need to become confident with numbers.

Try spotting numbers during everyday life this week:

🚗 House numbers

🚌 Bus numbers

🛒 Prices in the supermarket

🍎 Counting fruit into the bowl

These little moments help build number sense naturally and without pressure.

Every small conversation about numbers matters. 🌿

Checkout Flourish SEN for further tips and details of forthcoming workshops.

🌿 Sunday Thoughts with Jacqui 🌿

As another week begins, I hope this little reminder brings you a moment of calm.

Your child is so much more than a diagnosis.

And if you're reading this today, remember...

You don't have to be a perfect parent.

You simply need to keep believing in your child.

Wishing every SEN family a gentle Sunday and a hopeful week ahead. 💙

P.S. I'm really looking forward to welcoming everyone who has booked onto tomorrow evening's FREE dyscalculia parent webinar.

Jacqui 🌿
If you'd still like to join us, there's still time to book:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992482761576?aff=oddtdtcreator

The biggest MYTH about dyscalculia....more maths practice.....
We need to understand how children with dyscalculia learn. More worksheets or repeating the same methods often leaves children feeling frustrated and lacking confidence.

When we understand how they learn, we can support them in ways that build confidence, understanding and real progress.
I'll be sharing more about this in my FREE webinar on Monday evening - I'd love to see you there!

Jacqui 💜
Flourish SEN

Booking ink below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992482761576?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you're a parent carrying worries about your child's future today, this is your reminder...

A diagnosis doesn't tell us what a child will become -it helps us understand how they learn.

As both a Specialist Teacher and an SEN parent, I've seen children achieve wonderful things when they receive the right understanding, support and encouragement.

Please don't lose hope.

🌿 Jacqui

FREE webinar:

"My child has dyscalculia- what does this mean for their future?":
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992482761576?aff=oddtdtcreator

"Will my child be okay?"

It's one of the questions I hear most often from parents of children with dyslexia and dyscalculia, as a specialist teacher and parent of a young adult with dyscalculia.

The good news is that a diagnosis doesn't define a child's future.

If you'd like some reassurance, practical guidance and hope, I'd love you to join my FREE online parent webinar:

"My child has dyscalculia - what does this mean for their future?"

on Monday 6th July at 8:30pm UK time (evening)

🌿 Booking link below:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1992482761576?aff=oddtdtcreator

🌿A gentle hour for SEN parents and carers.......just for you!

Still some spaces:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1988826459478?aff=oddtdtcreator

When was the last time you had an hour….just for you?

As a specialist teacher, former SENCO and SEN parent myself, I've spent many years supporting children and families with additional needs.
One thing I've learnt is that parents often spend so much time supporting everyone else that their own wellbeing comes last.

That's why I created Creative Calm.

Creative Calm offers gentle workshops for SEN parents and carers, using nature-inspired sensory and creative activities to help people pause, breathe and reconnect with a sense of calm alongside others who understand the realities of SEN family life.

🌿 No artistic experience needed
🌿 No pressure to share
🌿 Just a calm, welcoming space to breathe, create and relax

My next Mill Hill workshop takes place on:

📅 Tuesday 17th June
📍 Mill Hill Therapy Hub
☕ Includes refreshments

If this sounds like something you might benefit from, I'd love to welcome you.

Join our SEN group: Flourish SEN for regular updates.
Booking details below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1988826459478?aff=oddtdtcreator

🌿The Creative Calm - Mill Hill workshops for SEN parents & carers

Following the gentle success of the first Mill Hill session, bookings are now open for the next Creative Calm workshop on Wednesday 17th June at 9:30am.

Created by specialist teacher and former SENCO these workshops offer a calm, supportive space for parents and carers of children with additional needs to pause for a while.
An hour to reconnect with a sense of calm through nature-inspired sensory and creative activities.

Each workshop includes:

🌿breathing technique
🌿simple creative activities, inspired by nature
🌿quiet time for reflection
☕️complimentary hot drink

No artistic skills needed
No pressure to talk or share
Just space to breathe, create and relax alongside others who understand the challenges of SEN family life.

📍Mill Hill Therapy Hub
📆Wednesday 17th June @ 9:30am
💷£18

Join us to take an hour…..just for you….🙏🏻🌿

Comment "CALM" for further details.

Booking via EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1988826459478?aff=oddtdtcreator

Hi - I wanted to share a few moments from this week’s first Creative Calm studio workshop in Mill Hill, NW London. 🌿

I'm Jacqui and am a specialist teacher, former SENCO and parent myself. I know how much many SEN parents carry every single day — often without enough space to pause and breathe themselves.

The Creative Calm was established as a gentle, supportive space for parents and carers of children with additional needs to reconnect with a sense of calm through nature-inspired creative and sensory activities.

This month’s session focused on pebbles and shells, quiet reflection and simply slowing down for a while alongside others who understand.

Our next Mill Hill workshop at Mill Hill Therapy Hub will take place on:

📅 June 17th at 9:30am

More details will be shared soon, but please comment below with the word "calm" if you wish to have further details now🌿

Thank you - Jacqui🌿