While Mrs Vicars is on maternity leave Mrs Leppard our Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)will be covering all the pastoral care enquiries and sessions with the children.

Please contact Mrs Leppard via the school office.

Mrs Leppard

Pastoral Care

The aim of pastoral care work is to provide emotional and practical support to children who might be struggling with difficulties either at home or at school.

This could include difficulties at home, friendship issues, problems with anger or any issue that causes your child to feel unhappy in school or at home.

Our Work involves:

• Providing one to one support to children
• Working with groups of children on issues such as self-esteem, friendship, behaviour or social skills
• Working with teachers in ensuring good support in class
• Supporting parents with family difficulties through meetings in school and signposting to support in the local community.

How It Works

Any child in the school can speak to Mrs Vicars if they have a problem or worry at school or at home. They can do this by asking their teacher or approaching Mrs Vicars in school. There is a box outside Mrs Vicars room that children can put their name into if they want to talk about anything.

Parents or teachers can come to talk if they have a concern about a child.   You can arrange a time by calling in to the school office.

Drop-Ins

Mrs Vicars also runs a drop in Coffee Morning every Friday 8:40 am — 10.00am.

All are very welcome—come and join us for a cuppa & a chat!

I was delighted to start working at Sylvan in May 2013.

Previous to this for several years I enjoyed working with children and families in the local community in Brighton & Hove, supporting families in lots of different situations and working with children in foster care.

I am also currently finishing my qualification as a therapeutic counsellor and work with young people and adults accessing counselling in West Sussex.

I am in school on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays—please stop and say hello and feel free to arrange an appointment to talk about any specific concerns or worries you might have.  

Mrs Laura Vicars - Pastoral Care Worker