Dear Parents/Carers,
Punctuality
We are currently doing our best to manage the school safely under challenging circumstances. To support this we have timetabled all children to come in at specific times so we can ensure that the entry to and exit from school is as safe as possible and can be managed by a smaller number of staff. We are finding it difficult to manage when we have a number of children who are coming to school or collected late. Can I ask all parents and carers to help us by making sure their children arrive at and leave school at the agreed times.
Internet Safety
As many of us are spending much more time both working and playing on the internet at the moment, Google has put together a short, helpful handbook full of tips and tricks for supporting your child’s digital education called ‘Be Internet Legends’. It reinforces the important online safety lessons your child will have been learning in school, including: smart sharing, not oversharing; knowing what’s real and what’s fake; keeping your information safe; respecting others and speaking up. You can find the e-handbook here.
Update on Children Returning (a reminder from previous newsletter)
The Government announced last week that schools will not be directed to admit more year groups of children this term, recognising the logistical problems that all schools face in teaching all children in smaller groups.
In the absence of any further guidance, we have carefully considered how to best meet the needs of all children in this school. We are worried that children in Years 2,3,4 and 5 have had no opportunity to be in school with their peers and teachers, since March. To address this we have planned the following for the remainder of Term 6:
Our Key Worker Group will continue in school until the end of term - Friday 17th July.
Children currently in our Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 Groups will finish 1 week early - Friday 10th July
Children in Year 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be invited into school for the week beginning Monday 13th July and finish on Friday 17th July (some year groups may start on Tuesday 14th July). All children will be taught in smaller ‘bubbles’ like children in school presently.
We hope that this plan will give all children the opportunity to finish their school year together, feeling happier and looking forward to a summer holiday, the new school year or for Year 6, their new secondary school.
We will share details of these new arrangements in the coming weeks.
We will continue to keep you updated of our plans and any relevant Government announcements.
Speech and Language Therapy support
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bristol Speech and Language Therapists are still available to support children and families.
If you have a question or concern about your child's speech, language or communication skills, please contact us:
Telephone Advice Line: 078250 16335
Email: sirona.slt@nhs.net
You Tube: We are making new videos every week, to share tips and ideas that could help you to support your child's development, please subscribe to our YouTube playlist here: https://cutt.ly/-Top-Tips-for-Talking---Bristol-and-South-Gloucestershire-Speech-and-Language-Therapy-Team
Children’s Mental Health
We appreciate that this is a difficult time for everyone. Children at home can find things especially difficult and we have had conversations with a number of parents about this. If you have concerns please share them with Mrs Selway who will be able to offer support and advice.
Staffing news and class organisation 2020-21
As announced earlier, Mrs Triggs has decided to take retirement at the end of the school year, so we will be sadly saying goodbye to her next month.
Building works will start soon on the nursery and new classroom. We expect the nursery class to open at the end of October.
I am very happy to announce that Governors have appointed Mr Purser as our new Deputy Headteacher from September. We are also really looking forward to welcoming our new teacher, Miss Hunt to our school as the new Reception teacher. I know that you will all make her feel very welcome.
Here is the class teacher structure from September:
TBC - New Nursery Class (starting end of October)
Miss Hunt - Reception
Miss Letherby - Year 1
Mrs Rowland - Year 2
Miss Kingscote - Year 3
Mr Prichard - Year 4
Mrs Rotheram - Year 5
Mr Purser - Year 6
Mrs Meacham - Hub1
Mrs Buckland - Hub2
Mrs Peppin - Teacher in various classes
Mrs Jordan - Inclusion Lead
Reception September 2020
We currently have space in Reception Class for September 2020. If you are interested in applying for a place, please contact the school office on 01179 664844.
Transition packs for new starters will be coming out in the post next week, please phone the office if you or someone you know would like to support understanding or completing any of the paperwork.
Summer Reading Challenge
This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is now open. Children can enjoy reading over the summer and win rewards at the same time! This year, the Summer Reading Challenge’s Silly Squad will celebrate funny books, happiness and laughter. Children can create an avatar and select different genres of books they enjoy reading. They will then set themselves a target of how many books they will read between now and September. The challenge features games, quizzes and downloadable activities that encourage children to take part in reading. The more you read, the more badges you receive.
You can complete the challenge by downloading ebooks, audio books and online reading resources from your local library. All the information and how to sign up can be found on the website below.
https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club
Fancy playing mini golf? Or making your own home mini golf course during lockdown? People in Filwood are being invited to join a new online club ahead of a mini golf course coming to the courtyard of the community centre area later in 2020. The club is funded by the Filwood Fantastic project at Filwood Community Centre.
There will be online clubhouse meetings, where members of the club can catch up with each other over some snacks before the club opens at Filwood Community Centre. Those that sign up to Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club will also be sent free craft packs, so that they can make bits of their very own home mini golf courses.
To join Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club, contact Megan Clark-Bagnall by emailing kwgolfclubhouse@gmail.com or calling 07520 625599. You can also find the group on Facebook.
Virtual Summer School Games
Are you up for a challenge? Wesport are running a Virtual Summer Challenge. Every Monday a new 60 second P.E challenge is released. Practise in your garden, living room or at school until you are confident. Remember to let your teacher know your score by Friday and they will enter you into the competition. If you like, you can also send in photos or videos of your challenge attempt. You receive a certificate for every challenge you take part in. Prizes are also up for grabs! Have a look at the website below for more information.
http://www.wesport.org.uk/active-education/school-games/2020-summer-virtual-school-games/
Headteacher’s Awards
Reception -
Chloe for her super reading and writing in class this week.
Olivia for working really hard on her counting and ordering numbers up to 20.
Rocco - For continuing to work really hard with his home learning tasks.
Year 1 -
Matty - For excellent contribution in our phonics lessons.
Abby- For baking some super gingerbread biscuits from our home learning story.
Year 2 -
Ella - for creating an outstanding reflective piece of writing focused on life during lockdown
The whole class - for stepping up to complete the OAK fraction lessons and expanding their understanding and application of fractions.
Year 3 -
Anta- For contributing fantastic ideas during our class Zoom.
Merit- For producing some lovely poetry this week.
Jaiden- For joining in with his first Zoom call.
Declan- For brilliant writing and maths work this week.
Year 4 -
Charlotte- For hosting a fun quiz for everyone on zoom. It really cheered us all up!
Year 5 -
Jazleen, Emmanuel, Moshii, Kristen, Marta, Finley, Blessing and Stephanie - for their great questions which made this week’s zoom quiz a success!
Year 6 -
Kezia - for her enthusiastic and excellent work in Spanish. Well done!
Megan - for solving the tricky maths problem today.
Katya - for being very proactive when learning Spanish.
Yours sincerely
Matt Condon
Headteacher
