On Wednesday 24^th April, we held our annual Riverside Family Conference.  All families were invited to our St Paul’s Cray site and we had 43 attendees. The day included an introduction to The Riverside Way (the “why” we do what we do), followed by presentations from a selection of Riverside School staff.

Topics included: Our curriculum framework; Understanding our sensory world; Belonging; and Moving on. Following lunch, provided by pupils from The Riverside Lounge, families had the opportunity to meet other families and we opened the hall to a large number of “Professional table talks”. These gave families the opportunity to find out about a range of services on offer in the area and a list of these organisations included:

• Bromley Local Offer  www.bromley.gov.uk/localoffer
• IASS Bromley  www.bromleyiass.org.uk
• Bromley Mencap www.bromleymencap.org.uk
• Bromley Well  https://www.bromleywell.org.uk/
• Bromley Speech and Language https://www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk/explore-our-services/childrens-speech-language-therapy/
• Bowel and Bladder  https://www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk/explore-our-services/children-and-young-peoples-bladder-and-bowel-service/
• Dentist www.bromleyhealthcare.or.uk
• Family Link www.familylinkcharity.com
• Bromley Down Syndrome Support group www.bromleydssg.co.uk
• LSEC www.lsec.ac.uk
• Ambient www.ambient.org.uk
• Choice Support  www.choicesupport.org.uk
• Shared Lives www.sharedlivesplus.org.uk
• Day Space www.dayspace.org
• Livability Nash College www.nashcollege.org.uk
• Livability New Steps www.livability.org.uk/service/livability-next-steps/
• Need 2 Change

"It is a great event packed with lots of information and content that is relevant to families with pupils with complex and additional needs. I would definitely recommend all the family to come and see. It is an eye-opener for me, even the information I knew already, it shines more light on them and I saw them at a greater length. Thank you so much for organising the event. I am so pleased that I didn’t miss it".

Click the links below to access a selection of our presentations from the day.