Please see the following Parent flyer for hints and tips that can be used for home education along with advice and support for mental health and well being.
SEND ParentCarers Wellbeing Letter
Author: Miss Thorneycroft
Value of the Month- April
Our value of the month for April is Freedom
What is Freedom?
- Rights and responsibilities
- Self-expression
- Freedom of speech
Suggestions for parents to work with children at home:
- Together, talk about people in history who were being ruled by someone else and wanted freedom, e.g. Moses and the Israelites, slaves in the US before the Civil War; Hanukkah; Nelson Mandela.
- Discuss with your child about historical slavery and modern day human trafficking.
- Discuss with your child about the Syria Refugee Crisis.
- Different Rules of Law around the world. Discuss with your child democracy in Britain and how this may be different from countries around the world.
- Freedom of self- expression. Discuss with your child the importance of their identity and being able to express themselves. Explain that people living in Britain are able to express themselves how they choose; as long as it doesn’t break the law (Individual Liberty).
- Discuss inner freedom– having positive thoughts. What does inner freedom feel like? When do you feel most free? What kinds of thoughts make you feel free? Constrained?
Free PE workouts from home
Join me every day next week for a home workout 😀
Starting Monday 23rd March I’m going to be hosting a free workout aimed at kids LIVE on my YouTube channel.
With the schools closed and with us all spending more time at home, it’s more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive.
Exercise is an amazing tool to help us feel happier, more energised, and more optimistic.
The workouts will be fun and suitable for all ages and even adults can get involved.
You don’t need any equipment, just tune in to my YouTube channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.
One more thing! I really need your help to spread this message. So please please share this with everyone that might like to get involved, and together we can help keep the nation moving 🙏🏻
You can subscribe to my YouTube channel at the button below.
Lots of love, Joe x
Email Communication
If your child has been given access to Purple mash then please follow the instructions below. Details will have been put in your child’s home communication book.
Easter Egg Raffle Winner!
Congratulations to Jamie from year 2 on winning the Easter raffle. The draw was done this morning due to recent events. The total amount raised was £32 and this will be put towards the fire shelter in the base camp/ forest school area.
Choir after school club
Unfortunately choir after school club has been cancelled until further notice. Sorry for the inconvenience. Regards
Coronavirus Update
Dear Parents/Carers,
Whilst we remain open as a school, we are very conscious of doing all we can to reduce the risks to our community. We therefore want to inform you of some of the actions we have taken so far:
- All assemblies will be class based until further notice
- Where possible, children will not be asked to sit closely with each other on the classroom carpets
- Cross country training on Wednesday has now been cancelled, as have all the scheduled races
- Children continue to wash their hands thoroughly throughout the day
- Parents dropping off at Nursery and breakfast clubs will now need to drop their children off at the door and not come into school
- Nursery children will be released via the front door and also the garden gate to try and reduce the gathering of parents
- From Wednesday 18th March all volunteer readers will stop coming into school
- Coffee mornings are cancelled until further notice
- Parents evenings this week have been cancelled – with summary information being sent out instead, with some phone calls being made for cases where the teacher feels it important to go into much more detail
- Teacher training courses have been cancelled to allow staff to stay in school and therefore reduce the risk to them, with staff shortages potentially leaving us with a depleted workforce.
- Deploying more staff into the dinner hall to ensure a rapid flow of dinners and the best possible use of the space we have
Please refer to the NHS website for advice about whether or not to send your child in to school or keep them at home. The school is following all the latest Government and DfE advice. As a school we can not advise you what to do, but please be assured that we are keeping abreast of developments and are doing all we can. Please appreciate that this advice is constantly being updated by Government.
The Newdale team, as ever, are going above and beyond to ensure we operate as normally as we can, with as many precautions being inputted as possible to keep everyone safe. I will continue to keep you updated with any information I receive as soon as I am able. Please keep in touch via the school website, as this is the most efficient way of keeping you informed.
We have had some parents ask about children bringing in their own wash bags with soap etc inside. We have school approved soap and ask that children use that for the time being. We cannot monitor the ingredients of hand moisturizers and therefore cannot allow them in school due to some of children having nut allergies.
Thank you for your continued support during this challenging time.
Miss Cook
