7. School readiness
Ready to learn
- Preparing your child for primary school
- My first day at school - BBC website
- Oldham’s Children’s Centres
- 4-in-1 pre-school booster overview - NHS website
- Change4life - NHS website
Vitamins
- Vitamins for Children - NHS website
- Free Healthy Start Pre-paid card check if you qualify using the online application form or ask at your Local Children’s Centre. - NHS website
Healthy Start vitamins can be collected from Oldham’s Family Hubs / Children's Centres using your prepaid card.
Also available to buy if you are not eligible for Healthy Start
- Vitamins tablets for women (for expectant and nursing mothers) - £1
- Children’s vitamin drops - £2
- Oldham Right Start Children's Centres
Keeping your baby safe and well
Safe Sleeping (reducing the risk of cot death/sudden infant death) and Accident Prevention for babies and young children.
- Safe Sleep - Lullaby Trust website
- Never shake a baby - NHS website
- Babies cry – you can cope – with help from ICON - iconcope website
- Handle with care - NSPCC website
- Keeping Kids Safe - ROSPA website
- Safety around Dogs - RSPCA website