Newsletter – November Week 2
Dear Parents / Carers,
This week we have had a lockdown practice. This is when the children and staff make themselves safe under a table and lock the class door incase of any intruders in school. We practise this each term along with fire alarms. Once a year we practise an evacuation drill. Our safe location should there be an evacuation is The Coppice. The Coppice use Friarswood for their safe location.
Wellbeing
The following link will take you to a site that has lots of tips for stress free (or less stress) home life, work life and wellbeing The Lily-Jo Project . It has tips for online wellbeing and escalation techniques. It also has pages specific for children.
School Nurse
School nurses work with children, young people and their families to help to improve their physical and/or emotional health an wellbeing. They can help with a range of health concerns and can offer advice on parenting and behaviour strategies.
Every Thursday between 3;30pm and 4:30pm (during holidays too) they offer a drop in for parents, carers and young people. The link to use this support is mpft.live/schoolnurse
The Big Winter Wrap-Up
For the next 2 weeks, we thought it would be a great idea if any coats, hats, scarves, gloves, wellies, boots that were no longer needed anymore were brought into school so that people who need these items for whatever reason, can come in and take what is needed. Any items that are left after this donation period, we’ll take to the local homeless charity.
For more information, please click here.
Community Litterpick
Our Eco-warriers took part in a community litter pick yesterday. They were fully armed to tackle the weather and collected lots of litter, helping to make our community a much nicer place to be. Thank you to Ruben, Ezra, Thomas, Summer, Emma, Florence, Mila, Freddie and Millie from Year 5 and 6
Eco-Warriers Work
Our Eco-warriers have a box in the main reception area in which to collect old batteries for recycling. If you have any, please pop them in the box or your child can pop them in.
Internet Matters – information for Grandparents
Internet Matters have put together a fabulous guide for grandparents giving advice on a range of issues such as:
- Screen time.
- Online gaming.
- Managing money.
- Peer pressure
- and more.
You can find the article HERE.
PTA News
We have a few dates coming up :
Non Uniform for chocolate bingo: Friday 2nd December
Non uniform bottle donation: Friday 25th November
Chocolate Bingo: Thursday 8th December 6PM
Both the bottle and chocolate donations are for the chocolate bingo night.
Thank you as ever for your continued support.
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.
Co-op Ways of Being
Be yourself always
Succeed together
Do what matters most
Show you care