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Newsletter Friday 12th February 2021

Friday 12th February 2021


Welcome message

Dear All,

We hope you are all keeping well and safe. 

Thank you to all the families who have been emailing the school with their supportive words and kind wishes. We really do appreciate them during these difficult times. Hopefully, we will be welcoming all the children back to school  shortly. We wait in anticipation for the announcement from the Prime Minister. 

School will close over February half-term (15th – 19th February).  Google Classrooms will not be running during the half term break. We hope to see you all again on Google Classrooms on Monday 22nd February.

Everyone has been working extremely hard this half term, we hope  you all enjoy the break and have the opportunity to spend some time outside. Fingers crossed for dry weather!

We would again like to thank the whole community for their commitment to keeping our children and staff safe at this time.

Enjoy your week and stay safe.

Zoe and Kelly

Safety online

We cannot stress enough the importance of safeguarding your child whilst online. The digital world is constantly changing and children adapt to it far quicker than many adults do. It is important as a parent/carer to keep up-to-date with the latest games, websites and apps, and be aware of possible cyberbullying, online abuse , grooming etc. Please click here for advice on online safety. 

We are proud of all pupils who have enthusiastically joined their online lessons and are submitting their assignments via Google Classroom. Thank you to all parents who have supported and encouraged their children to adapt to the new way of learning. This can only be of benefit to them now and their achievements in the future.

We would like to ensure, that the children enjoy what they do and do not become overly stressed or worried about their assignments They should pace themselves, take regular breaks, drink water and ask for help if it is needed. They should not be working late into the evening or early hours of the morning. If they are, you are probably not able to see what else they may have access to online if you are not around.

Click here for Chesterfield's remote learning expectations for children and parents.

Shout outs!

Please see all our 'shout outs' to children below, well done all of you

 

Birch Class: children who have truly shown the qualities for 'Always stars' all of last term because they have been consistent the entire half term with submitting all their work are:  Acelya, Ada, Damien, Jack, Kyra Ann, Sureya, Rivah, Wesla and Zahra. 

Well done to Casey, Huda, Ahmed, Sudenur, Tyrell, Kobby and Rachel for their resilience all of last term.

Rainbow/ Starling class  -Brodi for working hard and always persevering with a smile. 

Blueberry Class

Special mentions: Daisy - her description in her writing is fantastic.  Georgi - wrote a lovely short story earlier in the week and used a wonderful variety of sentence starters.   Maryam and Ellie-May - working really hard and completing the majority of work set.   Azad - taking responsibility for his work and beginning to work much more independently.  Nigel - for being a very good student who is always trying his best to improve his understanding of the work - he is also extremely kind and helpful to his teachers and peers

Cranberry class

Always Stars:  Nawar and Aasiyah

Leyla - Identified by Ruth as being an excellent artist

Hazel - Identified by Charmaine as being an excellent historian

All of them for always completing all the work that has been set for them

Special mentions:   Cafer  and  Muadh for their positive attitudes towards learning 

Mulberry Class

Always stars Aidan and Ava For their commitment to learning, completing all of their work to a high standard and improving their understanding while they have been learning from home

Special mentions:  Fatima - working more independently   Liam - maintaining his high standards of handwriting and always doing his best   Taleeya - producing lovely written work   Zaki - Improvements to his work, always takes on feedback and responds to it in his work  Laura - always working hard to do her best, asking for help in order to improve her work   Ryan - for making a very good effort with his work

Well done to the whole of Year 5 for their dedication and commitment to learning as well as working hard to be leaders on TTRockstars!

Nile Class

 "Well done to Olivia in Nile Class year 1. She has been working so hard and has produced such amazing work this half term. She continues to challenge herself and do better."

Well done EVERYONE!

 

TT Rockstars challenge is on!

winning year group for this week...

Year 5 

well  done year 5!

 

Food vouchers

Please follow the link below for FAQ

https://www.edenred.co.uk/reward-recipients/Free-School-Meal-Vouchers/

Tottenham Hotspur Virtual Half term Camp – Girls only

The club are running a virtual half term camp for Girls only. The cost is £30 for the week, which includes 1hr sessions.

Please see the link below for more details. 

https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/the-club/football-development/uk-courses/holiday-programmes/

The Aim Group

The Aim Group - Free Level 2 Distance Learning Courses for Adults

The Aim Group has several free online Accredited Courses available to parents to help better understand some key issues around young people’s mental health and wellbeing, they include the following:

• Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties

• Understanding Children and Young Peoples’ Mental Health

• Understand Autism

• Understanding Challenging Behaviour

Applicants must be aged 19 or over on or before 31 August 2020; have lived in the UK/EU for 3+ years,; not already on a Government funded course (apprenticeship for example).

Please watch an explanatory video on The Aim’s Group website for further details about the criteria and how to register:    https://tinyurl.com/y5vfubm6