Newsletter
30 April 2021
Attendance
Beatrix Potter -93.27%
Charles Dickens -98.20%
Sir David Attenborough -97%
Jane Goodall - 96.88%
Will Adams - 97.14%
Julia Donaldson -97.5%
Helen Sharman - 100%
Dame Kelly Holmes -96.15%
Captain Sir Tom Moore - 97.88%
Stoke Overall - 99.49%
Allhallows Overall - 96.63%
Well done to all this week as our overall attendance at both schools has been great! I am pleased to say that at Stoke, Helen Sharman class were the winners this week. For Allhallows, the winning classes were Charles Dickens and Captain Sir Tom Moore class. Well done to those classes for ensuring that you are in school and ready to learn!
Stars of the Week
Julia Donaldson - Lacey & Lillie
Beatrix Potter - Olivia & Gracie B
Sir David Attenborough - Austin & Daisy
Helen Sharman - Ivy &Vinnie
Charles Dickens - Kaspar & Christopher
Dame Kelly Holmes - Gracie & Bobby
Jane Goodall - Codey & Emily
Captain Sir Tom Moore - Lily & Harry
Will Adams - Keira & Lily
Citizens of the Week
Julia Donaldson - Harleigh-May
Beatrix Potter - Jaynee
Sir David Attenborough - Lilly
Helen Sharman - Annamaya
Charles Dickens - Kayson
Dame Kelly Holmes - Tianna
Jane Goodall - Zain
Captain Sir Tom Moore - James
Will Adams - Abigail
Readers of the Week
Beatrix Potter - Charlie D
Charles Dickens - Owen
Helen Sharman - Olly
Sir David Attenborough - Thea
Dame Kelly Holmes - Charlie
Jane Goodall - Ryan
Captain Sir Tom Moore - Mason
Will Adams - Mason
WOW Writer Awards
Congratulations to these children for fantastic writing this week...
Julia Donaldson- Felicia
Beatrix Potter - Lauren
Helen Sharman - Ellcie
Sir David Attenborough - Jacob
Charles Dickens - Franky
Dame Kelly Holmes - Summer
Jane Goodall - Jayden
Captain Sir Tom Moore - Georgie
Will Adams - Sienna
Our current Year 5 - Medway Test
Lots of Year 5 parents have recently been asking about the 11+. Although Medway have yet to update this on their website, the window to register your child for this usually sits from the beginning and up until to the end of June. I am sure that before half term they will update us but in the meantime, please do keep their website below for reference. In previous years, the test has been undertaken in September but last year due to Covid, it was delayed until October. As yet, we have not had confirmation from Medway about what they intend to do so again, will update you when we know. As a school, we do not provide tuition or any preparation for the Medway Test as we are not allowed to as we administer the tests and so if you would like to prepare your child for this then we would suggest that you purchase the resources that are available or look at working with a private tutor.
PYP for Parents
The Global Goals
As a school and as we are working towards becoming an IB World School, our children look at The Global Goals and through their learning they do touch on the different goals at points throughout the year. Through the lines of inquiry that the children follow in their learning towards the end of the term, these promote action and so each class reflect on what action they could take that would have an impact on the wider world and their community.
The 17 goals were set by world leaders in 2015 and in creating these, they want to push for a better world by 2030 by ending poverty, fighting inequality and addressing the urgency of climate change.
If you would like to explore this further with your child then please do look on https://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/
SENco - Mrs Drogomirecki
It has been really lovely to catch up with parents recently about their children. If you would like to have a chat about how we are supporting your child in school or if you have any concerns about their progress, please feel free to contact the school office to make an appointment with me.
Mental Health Week
From the 10th of May it is Mental Health Awareness week and your children will be completing activities in school. We will let you know what we will be getting up to shortly!
Dental Hygiene
We all know how important dental hygiene is, Medway are currently working closely with the Oral Health foundation and your children will be using their resources over the coming year in school to help support them in their understanding of Oral health.
Here are a few resources to support you with this at home too.
The leaflet below has lots of useful information that you might like to share with your children about their teeth.
https://www.dentalhealth.org/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=b180270f-1746-4255-8e6a-f4d44ada5428
Bereavement support
Death and bereavement are very hard for us all to deal with in our normal lives but I think this past year has made this natural, but awful time even harder for everyone. It can sometimes be hard to know how to support our young children through the grieving process so I wanted to let you know of a few services that you might find useful.
The video below shares a few lovely ideas of how you could approach the subject of bereavement and ways you could involve your child in saying goodbye in this strange time where we can no longer visit or have limited numbers on funeral guests.
Winston’s wish is a well known charity that supports bereaved children and their families, they first started in 1992 and lead the way in support services in the UK. on their website www.winstonswish.org you will find information about how you can support your child and there is also a freephone number 08088 020 021 (Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm) and their email is ask@winstonswish.org
The childhood bereavement network is a website that is full of resources to support families through this process and they also have lots of links to useful websites for counsellors, support groups and helpful guides.
http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/
Abuse
Peer on peer abuse/peer on peer sexual abuse
As you have probably heard on the news, there has been an increase in reports of peer on peer abuse including sexual abuse. As a school we have a zero tolerance to this. Staff have received additional training on this so as to support in identifying any concerns and children have been reminded of who they can talk to if they have any worries. This includes the safeguarding team that is made up of Mrs Rimmer, Mrs Penning, Mrs Drogomirecki and Mrs Dyke. If any concerns are raised we act on this by following the 5 R’s:
Recognise
Respond
Refer
Record
Reflect
As a school, we are working to promote healthy and respectful relationships. This is done through the teaching of our PSHE (personal, social, health and economic) and RSE (relationships and sex education) curriculum.
