On Friday 13^th March we are excited to be supporting Sports Relief.

We are holding a mini event for a few children, along with three schools on The Wrekin.  If your child has been selected you will receive a letter with further information.

For the rest of the school and nursery, we are inviting children to dress in sports wear for a donation.

During the day we will be holding various fun sports events for the children and adults to take part in. Events will include a 1k run, inflatable goals in the hall, ‘stop everything and dance’ along with extra sport lessons. 

We know your children enjoy the events we have planned!

Thank you for your continued support.

We are continuing to keep you updated on the government’s response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

Department for Education Coronavirus helpline
Today, we have launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline as follows:
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)

The importance of hygiene
Personal hygiene is the most important way we can tackle COVID-19. Please help us in sharing simple and effective hand hygiene messages.
Public Health England has a dedicated webpage with a range of posters and digital materials at:
https://campaignresources.phe.gov.uk/resources/campaigns/101-coronavirus-/resources
Sign up is quick, free and means you will be alerted as more resources are made available.

Guidance for educational settings:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-educational-settings-about-covid-19
Travel advice for those travelling and living overseas:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-advice-novel-coronavirus

Thank you for all your support with the value of the month for January, which was Independence.  We had lots of positive feedback from you about how independent your child/children were at home and it was great to see so many of them carrying their own things into school! The teachers also noticed a big difference in the classroom, as many of the children showed their independent learning side!

Our value of the month for February is Caring 

What is caring?

Feeling concern or interest about someone or something.

Our focus on Caring has three strands:

• Caring for ourselves, our belongings and our pets.
• Caring for the environment (indoors and outdoors) by the things we do and how we think.
• Caring about people (in our families, our friends, others who are different or less fortunate) by our actions.

Suggestions for parents to work with children at home:

1. Explore what care is and what your child thinks it is.
2. Talk about what makes a caring person.
3. Discuss how we care for members of our family.
4. Ask your child what they can do to show they care about school.
5. Make a family list- “We show we care for…….by ………..”
6. Make another list- “I find it difficult to care for………….. when…….”and then take time to discuss each item.
7. Draw pictures showing people caring for others and the environment in different ways.
8. Talk about the sort of world we would have if nobody cared.
9. Identify all the different people who care for us and talk about how they show their feelings.
10. Discuss feelings– How do you feel when you are caring for someone or something? How do you feel when you decide you don’t really care?
11. Discuss the importance of personal hygiene e.g. brushing teeth twice a day, bathing etc.

Please let your child’s teacher know if we can celebrate any work from home, in school.

Feedback on the values and what you do at home is really valuable to us and we really appreciate all your support.

If you can support us in any way, please get in touch via the school office.

To celebrate Chinese New Year the kitchen are changing the school lunch menu on 30th January to a Chinese inspired meal as follows:

Breaded chicken, noodles or rice, sweet and sour or BBQ sauce, stir fry vegetables and peas followed by ice cream.