Parenting Programme

‘You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.’ Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Now more than ever our children’s education, mental health and wellbeing is forefront in our minds, and in the news. Bootham’s Parenting Programme is a carefully chosen selection of truly inspiring, motivational and educated speakers; bringing advice and first hand experience on topics such as wellbeing, relationships, stress, social media boundaries, how children learn and more.

Autumn Term 2022

Martyn Beer (Deputy Head)

How can education help build a better world?

Beth Steer (Head of PSHE & Wellbeing)

How do we teach PSHE at Bootham?

An introduction for new families (and old)

Luke Highstead (School Counsellor)

Talking to your children about difficult things in the news.

Madeleine Bowley (Deputy Head Academic)

How do children learn?

Beth Steer (Head of PSHE & Wellbeing)

Consent, Communication and Contraception; Relationships Education and PSHE

Jacqueline Weeks

Spring Term 2023

Elaine Phillips (Bootham Trust Manager)

Bootham History (part 1) 1823-1914: The Power of Language

Madeleine Bowley (Deputy Head Academic)

Marking & Feedback: what works best?

Jacqueline Weeks

Beth Steer (Head of PSHE & Wellbeing)

Just Say No…? Substance Education in PSHE

Elaine Phillips (Bootham Trust Manager)

Bootham History (part 2) 1914-2023: A Century of Change

Madeleine Bowley (Deputy Head Academic)

How children memorise (and how you can help) – for Seniors & College

Deneal Smith

Meet the New Headmaster

Beth Steer (Head of PSHE & Wellbeing)

Wellbeing Beyond School

Chris Jeffery (Head)

Managing Stress

Madeleine Bowley (Deputy Head Academic)

How children memorise (and how you can help) – for Schoolrooms

Summer Term 2023

Deneal Smith

Meet the New Headmaster

Beth Steer (Head of PSHE & Wellbeing)

Wellbeing Beyond School

Chris Jeffery (Head)

Managing Stress

Madeleine Bowley (Deputy Head Academic)

How children memorise (and how you can help) – for Schoolrooms