Newsletter- Friday 28th January 2022
Summer Reading Challenge
Last Friday children from across the school who had completed the Summer Reading Challenge were invited to the library at Tattenham Corner to celebrate their achievements with the Mayor.
We are very proud of all of the children and are pleased to see so many children reading for pleasure!
Reading Matters
We need your help!
Over the past few weeks, we have been completing an audit of the children's reading diaries to see who has been reading regularly at home and we need your help.
We are working really hard on trying to improve children's fluency in their reading and we know that regular daily reading really helps with this.
Please hear your children read at home as often as you can and let us know by recording this in their diary.
Did you know?
Children who read regularly at home will be awarded a raffle ticket, then at the end of the term they are in with a chance of winning a brand new book of their choice. Why not support your child to be in with a chance of earning themselves a new book.
Sporting Events
County Finals- Danone Nations Cup
On Monday our Year 5/6 girls football team took part in the county finals of Schools Football, Danone Nation Cup. The girls played 5 matches, they gave everything they had in each match and learned something from every experience.
We are very proud of you all!
Children's Mental Health Week
On Monday 7th February we will be joining in with Children's Mental Health Week alongside the charity Place 2Be.
At Shawley, we are taking this opportunity to introduce our new pupil wellbeing strategy, HAPPY to the children.
Within this week we will also be welcoming a team of family support colleagues from the LEO Academy Trust who will be delivering a parents workshop based around: ‘Does your child worry a lot? Do you need strategies to help them?’.
This will take place in the school hall on Tuesday 8th February between 9.30-11.00am. Please complete this form if you would like to attend.
Supporting our wildlife
In forest school, the Year 3/4 children have been developing their knowledge of common birds and were thinking about how they could encourage a more diverse range of birds to the area.
The children worked in teams to create their own bird feeders. We cannot wait to see them all hanging in the trees.
We will keep our eye out for any new species of birds too!
This week we have been learning....
Shawley's Superstars
Pandas: Teddy & Izaldeen Penguins: Benji & Amar
Dolphins: Toby & Scarlett Sea Turtles: India & Eilidh
Tigers: Charlie & Poppy Lions: Brooke & Caitlin
Leopards: Matthew & Evin Elephants: Sami & Amy
Gorillas: Montana & Blake Rhinos: Charley & Bisi
Top Doodlers
Top Class - 3S
Top Individuals - Darcey W, Freddie C, Lilly A, Jake W, Maks, Toby C
Top Class - 4L
Top Individuals - Amara, Niamh, Darcey W, Faaraan, Italia, Kian, Lara, Lilly A, Sophia MP, Kenny, Blake, Maks
The Back to School Competition Starts Soon!
The Back to School Competition is an exciting event that all Doodle schools can join.
From Friday 21st January until Thursday 3rd February, every pupil needs to work in the green zone (achieve their target number of stars) in DoodleMaths and DoodleSpell.
After the 3rd of February, Doodle will count up the percentage of students in each class who were in the green zone during this time.
The class with the highest % of pupils on target will win a bundle of educational games worth £50!
Please help us to be in with a chance of winning!
Home Learning
Take a look below at some of the wonderful home learning shared with me this week.
'The Bridge' - Monet- Year 2 interpretation- Year 2
Fairy Tale House - Year 1
Book Review- Year 2
The Three Billy Goats Gruff- Year 1
Family Tree - Year 2
Technology Hunt- Year 1
Parent Volunteers
Thank you to all of those who have expressed an interest in helping in school. We will be running a session on Tuesday 1st February at 2pm for anyone who has signed up.
A meeting link will be sent ahead of the meeting as this will be held remotely. The meeting will cover general ways you can help in school, hearing children read, and safeguarding.
Following this meeting, we will start the process of getting all the paperwork done so we can start having volunteers after half term.
Staff Spotlight
Each week get to know one of our Shawley Staff Members a little bit more...
Meet Ms Spare
A little bit about me: I teach in Elephants in Year 5 / 6 and this is my fourth year at Shawley.
My Favourites
Hobbies - I love reading, dancing and travelling…all of which I need to do more of at the moment!
Food - My favourite would have to be chocolate, but I do love Thai and Mexican food; the list goes on.
Drink - Cup of tea.
Colour - I find it difficult to pick just one colour - red, turquoise, yellow…
Animal - One of my favourite animals is the elephant (and not because I work in Elephants). As pets - it’s cats.
Book - One of my favourite books is Charlotte’s Web by E.B White. I loved this book as a child and remember reading it with my mum.
Information & Resources
All things Inclusion & Autism
Please click here to access courses for parents (and practitioners) of children with autism/ASD.
Upcoming Dates
Monday 31st January - National Storytelling week
This year's theme is: Your story~My story
Friday 4th February 2022- Number Day 2022 in aid of the NSPCC
We are delighted to be supporting the NSPCC by taking part in Number Day. The children will be taking part in some fun activities and games while raising money to support services such as Childline. We ask that children come dressed in something related to numbers on this day.
Monday 7th February- Children's Mental Health Week
We will be introducing our new pupil wellbeing strategy - HAPPY
Tuesday 8th February 2022- Parent Workshop
As part of Children's Mental Health Week, we are offering the following parent workshop:
‘Does your child worry a lot? Do you need strategies to help them?’
This will take place in the school hall between 9.30-11.00am. Please complete this form if you would like to attend.
Thursday 10th February- Year 6 Junior Citizen Day
Friday 11th February- Dress to Express Day
Children will be invited to finish our Children's Mental Health Week by wearing their favourite colour or a unique outfit to express how they’re feeling, it can be as simple or elaborate as you like!
Dress to Express is an opportunity for self-expression and celebrating a diverse range of emotions.The day also provides a great opportunity to be open about mental health and start conversations within your school community.
Friday 11th February-Break up for half-term
Children can come to school dressed in their favourite book character
Keeping your children safe online
Supervised Experience is essentially a filter allowing you to block You Tube content which is deemed for adult users only.
There are now 3 filtering levels which are:
Explore - for users 9+.
Explore More - for users 13+
Most of YouTube - all content excluding content marked as 18+.
You can manage these settings from your own device via Google Family Link. Please click HERE for a guide on how to implement these settings.
Penalty Notices
A reminder to parents/carers that if they take their children out of school without authority for 5 or more days (which do not need to be consecutive), they will be liable to receive a penalty notice. Currently the amount payable under a penalty notice is £60.00 per parent/carer per child if paid within 21 days. Thereafter the amount increases to £120.00 if paid between 21 and 28 days. If the penalty notice remains unpaid after 28 days, the Local Authority will consider a prosecution in the Magistrates Court. Please note that penalty notices are issued per parent/carer per child so a family of two parents and two children will receive 4 penalty notices.
Shawley Fundraisers
School Lottery
Shawley's school lottery has been set up specifically to raise money and make a difference for our children! It's a fantastic way to bring parents, carers, staff and the wider community together, in partnership with our school, and at the same time give something back. We hope to raise funds that can support and enrich the education of our children - we aim to provide extra resources for the children, improve the school environment as well as run extracurricular activities such as music, art and sport.
Join today! Click here to access the Your School Lottery website to learn more about how it works and how to join.
Your support is greatly appreciated and we wish you good luck!
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