Well done!

I was so proud to watch our Year 5 children audition for the Trust’s production of Les Miserables. Well done to Tilly-Mae, Mariam, Harley, Nnenna, Evie and Ellie for your fantastic auditions.

Reminders

Please collect children from class at 3.15pm.  Any children taken to After School Club who haven’t been pre-booked in will be charged the full rate of £5.00 if collected late.
Please inform the Academy Office if your child/children are going to be collected by someone else.  We can not release the children unless we have been notified.  

Parking
You may have noticed that we have some signs outside school asking drivers to be mindful when parking. We hope that these will make people think about where they are parking when dropping off and collecting children from school. One of the neighbours who has had difficulties with people blocking her driveway in the past sent a lovely email thanking us for trying to put something in place. 
Thank you for being courteous to our neighbours.

Assemblies and Parent Coffee and Chat

Thank you to all the parents who joined us for our Celebration Assembly this morning, you are welcome to join us in our Friday assemblies. Our assemblies start at 9am so the hall doors will be open 5 minutes before.

Parents’ Coffee and Chat has now started up. It will take place straight after assembly on a Friday. It will not be every week so dates will be shared on our newsletters. The next Coffee and Chat will be on Friday 18th November.

Please come along and find out what is happening in school 🙂.

Rights Respecting Schools

The Article of the Month is Article 38:
Governments must not allow children under the age of 15 to take part in war or join the armed forces. Governments must do everything they can to protect and care for children affected by war and armed conflicts.

ECO 

Can you please keep collecting and sending in your old batteries, plastic toys and old mobile phones and chargers.
Please make sure your children’s uniform has their name in, we have a lot of lost and left jumpers and cardigans
Eco club has been making hedgehog houses this week and next week we’ll be putting them outside..

‘The Curious Sloth’ Usborne bookshop is back for Christmas!

Books will be available from 2.45 – 3.45 on Friday 2nd December. With a range of new books, puzzles and even a festive range, make sure to pop down!

There’s also going to be £1 lucky dip and a raffle!

Also, the Curious Sloth Usborne bookshop will be donating a book to us, this will go in our lovely library for you all to enjoy.

Hopefully see you all there 🙂

Safeguarding and Family Support

Please remember that if you require support with food for you and your families, please speak to Mrs Stacey who can facilitate you with support and offer information regarding Local Food Banks, Community Larders and Community Fridges. 

We have been kindly donated a considerable amount of food by one of our governors, which we have organised into emergency hampers. These hampers are available in crisis situations when access to external agencies and services is unavailable. We hope that having these emergency hampers on site will prevent any of our families from going hungry.

If you are struggling, please don’t suffer in silence Mrs Bardsley and Mrs Stacey are always on hand to talk to about any concerns you may have and signpost you in the direction or appropriate support.

Anti-Bullying Week

Children’s Anti-Bullying Week is next week (14th-18th November)
The Anti-Bullying Alliance and CBeebies Andy and the Odd Socks have partnered up to raise awareness of Bullying. 
On Monday 14th November, we are inviting children and staff to come to school in uniform but wearing Odd Socks (NO donation necessary) Odd Socks Day provides an opportunity in your school to have fun, be yourself, and spread awareness of the core values Anti-Bullying Week promotes.
We will be taking pictures and entering the Anti-Bullying Alliance competition where we could potentially win a visit from Andy and the Odd Socks! Andy and the Odd Socks have released a new version of their toe tapping song ‘Calling Out’ for Odd Socks Day this year along with a new video: https://youtu.be/NNR2eyOzLKw

Children in Need: Friday 18th November

The theme this year is ‘The Great Spotacular’.
We are asking children and staff to dress in spots, bright colours and/or Pudsey accessories and to bring in a small donation if possible to contribute to a great cause.
If you would prefer to donate electronically the link is as follows: https://donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/
Thank you for your continued support.