✨ Happy Birthday, Cathy! It was Cathy’s birthday last Sunday — we hope you had a lovely day celebrating!

✨ Welcome, Jo! We’re really pleased to welcome lo to the team. Jo has joined us as a volunteer and will also be picking up some work with us as an Associate Assistant Educational Psychologist. It’s lovely to have you as part of the team, Jo!

✨ We had two coaching days for the team last week, which gave us a great opportunity to come together, catch up and go through all of our projects. Katie delivered some really useful sessions around sensory communication to the team.

✨ Watch out for new announcements regarding our exciting projects coming soon 👀

✨ Over the summer holidays, we had a new logo created for our Specialist Teacher, Vic. We now have a gorgeous new wreath design that we’ll be using across Vic’s documentation. We think it looks lovely!

✨ We’re excited to have launched a new Psychology Administrator vacancy as we continue to grow our team. If you know anyone who may be interested in the role, please do share the advert with them. We’d really appreciate you helping us spread the word!

✨ Our next ELSA training programme is coming up, starting on 7th October. – Equip your staff with the skills and confidence to make a lasting difference to the emotional wellbeing of children and young people. Places are limited, contact the office to book a place.

✨We’re really excited to be working with an alternative provision called Side Step, supporting young people experiencing EBSA. The work will focus on helping young people to build skills, confidence and resilience, with the aim of supporting them to increase their school attendance.

✨Get in touch to find out how Waite Psychology can support your school.

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✨ Ruby’s Worry – Tim Percival✨

Ruby is a little girl who discovers a worry that follows her everywhere. At first, she keeps it to herself, but eventually she realises that talking about her feelings can help make things feel a little lighter.

We love this book because it provides a simple, child-friendly way to explore big feelings and the importance of talking to someone when something is troubling us.

Books can be a wonderful starting point for these conversations — helping children find the words for feelings that can sometimes be difficult to explain.

A small conversation can make a big difference.

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This is a gentle and beautifully illustrated story about worry, anxiety and the thoughts that can sometimes feel much bigger than we are.

The story offers a lovely way to help children begin talking about difficult feelings and understand that it’s okay to share what’s going on inside.

We particularly love the message that worries don’t have to be faced alone. Sometimes, simply having someone listen, talk things through and help us make sense of how we’re feeling can be an important first step.

A thoughtful book for opening up conversations around emotional wellbeing in a gentle, accessible way. 💛

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Are you a Psychology graduate or undergraduate looking to gain valuable experience within an Educational Psychology service?

We’re looking for a Psychology Administrator to join our friendly team at Waite Psychology Ltd.

✨ Part-Time (22.5 Hours per week) over 3 days per week – Term Time Only
📍 Location: Scorton, Lancashire
🚀 Start: As soon as possible during Autumn Term 2026
📩 Closing date: 28th September 2026

📚 Great experience for those considering Educational Psychology or a related career

Opportunities to support projects, research, training, communications and work alongside our EP team.

Interested? Send your CV and personal statement to: info@waitepsychology.co.uk.
Psychology Administrator

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After keeping this under wraps, we’re so excited to announce that Waite Psychology Ltd has been nominated for the Manchester & North West Prestige Awards 2026/27 – Educational Psychology Specialists of the Year! 🏆

We honestly can’t quite believe it. 🥹💕🎉✨

To be recognised in this way means so much to us. Every assessment, report, training session, school visit, and conversation is driven by our passion for supporting children, families, and schools, so receiving this nomination is incredibly special.

A huge thank you to our amazing team, the schools, families, and professionals we work alongside, and everyone who continues to support Waite Psychology. We truly couldn’t do what we do without you. 🫶💛

We’re so excited to see what happens next and feel incredibly grateful to have been nominated. 🥰

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Pirate Peril – Emily Hawkins

Another book from the spin to survive series… It’s a fantastic way to encourage children to become more engaged with reading while developing problem-solving, decision-making and comprehension skills along the way.

Perfect for children who love adventure, mystery and being in control of the story!

A great choice for reluctant readers too, as the interactive format makes reading feel like an adventure rather than a task.

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Frozen Mountain – Decide Your Destiny – Emily Hawkins

Another book from the spin to survive series… this book keeps children engaged from the very first page! Frozen Mountain is an exciting interactive adventure where you decide what happens next!

Using the built-in fortune spinner, readers make choices throughout the story, creating a different adventure each time they read. Packed with snowy challenges, unexpected twists, and exciting decisions, it’s a fantastic way to encourage reluctant readers and build confidence through choice and participation.

Perfect for:

Reluctant readers

Building reading confidence

Developing decision-making and problem-solving skills

Encouraging imagination and independent reading

A brilliant choice for children who enjoy adventure, mystery, and interactive storytelling.

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Sessions can be tailored to individual schools and cover everything from strategic SEND development to complex pupil needs and statutory processes. If you would like further information, get in touch.

✨Jen had her first radio interview on BBC Cumbria this week, which was a great experience even though daunting at first Jen did absolutely amazing.

They explored why some children’s TV characters can seem frightening even to adults!)

If you’d like to have a listen, you can catch Jen’s discussion from 1 hour and 10 minutes into the programme.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002y2j0

✨Katie’s has been super busy over the last couple of weeks delivering various different training sessions – we are hoping to plan more Executive Functioning sessions as we believe this can be really useful for schools and we have had great feedback.

✨Keep your eyes on our socials for exciting news being announced later this week 👀

✨The last few weeks of term are always incredibly busy, with reports, transition meetings, sports days, end-of-year events, and preparing pupils for the summer break. It can feel like everything happens at once!

As one academic year comes to a close, it’s also the perfect time to start thinking ahead to September.

If you’re planning your SEND provision, considering support for individual pupils, developing an Integrated Inclusion Base, looking for staff training, or would simply like to discuss how we can support your setting in the new academic year, we’d love to hear from you.

A little planning now can make all the difference for a positive start in September. 💛

Get in touch to find out how Waite Psychology can support your school.

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