Newsletter – January Week Two
Dear Parents / Carers,
Year 6 have had a fantastic week at Standon Bowers, They’ve shown confidence and enthusiasm in all of the activities. We have seen the children really develop with some of their personal skills. From the beginning of the week where some children struggled with independence, throughout the week they have shown a growing strength and have amazed us at how resilient and independent they’ve become. By the end of the week, they’ve been problem solving and making informed decisions along with independently completing tasks. They’ve dealt with the wind and the rain and kept smiling throughout it all. There will definitely be some extremely muddy washing for you later!
A massive thank you to Mrs Sharman, Ms Shaw, Mrs Hughes, Mrs Bebbington and Mr Golds who have all taken it in turns to stay with the children overnight.
Internet / Gaming issues
It’s been brought to my attention about some of our children are seeing scary images on Roblox and Youtube which they are discussing in school.
Along with this, there’s an online message going around Staffordshire about self harm within the context of a DARE game.
Please can I ask that you do keep an eye on what your child accesses online. Whilst we constantly teach children about being safe online it’s very difficult to monitor this outside of school. We can only hope that with your support, the children use what they’ve learnt and apply it to all contexts.
Bikeability
This week our Reception and Year 1 children have amazed us all. The trainers have been super impressed with Year 1 and at how quickly they’ve managed to ride bikes with no stabilisers. The children’s confidence has grown so much and their focus on riding certainly helped them to power around the playground – with no crashes!
Well done children! We hope you keep going with this new found skill.
Children’s Mental Health Week
The week beginning Monday 6th February is National Children’s Mental Health Week.
We’re organising a drop in session on the Monday morning for parents. We’ll send you more details nearer to the day.
Windmills Charity
On the Friday 3rd February, after school, Windmills charity will be setting up a toy stall (including a children’s lucky dip) to help to raise funds for children who are having support off the charity. Windmills is a bereavement charity who support children at the point in time when a close relative is about to die or has just died. They help the children (up to 18 years old) to understand what’s happening and support them with making memories of the special person. This is the only charity of this kind in England. They normally deal with about 10 families at a time. Very sadly they are supporting 45 families at the moment.
Your support for this local charity will be so welcomed by these children.
School start times
Please can I remind you again that the start of the school day for Years 1 to 6 is 8:40am. The gates will be closed at 8:50. If your child is late, then you must come into school with them as you will need to complete a form for your child.
Children who get into class after 8:50am are missing vital information and learning activities which support the morning’s lesson. Teachers have not got time to recap over this for these children due to them teaching the rest of the class. Please help your child to keep up with their learning by ensuring they’re in school on time.
Thank you as ever for your continued support.
Have a lovely weekend
Take care and stay safe.
Mrs Wilmer
Absences
Please report any absences on the first day of the absence to Mrs Dean on 01782 470401 (please leave a message if I am not in the office) or email angela.dean@coopacademies.co.uk .
If your child has sickness/diarrhoea they do require 48hours symptom free before they come back to school.
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