Week 7 21.10.22

Building Success Together

Contents for the Newsweb and Website

School Content:

Building Together -survey!
Parent Workshop - Y3
What do you do with an idea - Stanley and Joah
Parent Survey and Feedback
Supporting each other
TA and Breakfast and after School Club job opportunities
FOLG messages
Dates and Notes
Community Messages:

Community Messages:

Rickmansworth Food Bank
Watford School of Music Open Evening
Watford School of Music Junior String Day
Monthly Film Shows at Cafe O
Cafe O
Watford & Three Rivers Fire Safety Newsletter
Yorke Mead Musical Fireworks Night
Watersmeet Panto & Drawing Competition
Textile Workshop November sign up
Game On sports coaching Half Term
Watford School of Music courses
Families First Workshops

School Blog Posts: www.littlegreen.herts.sch.uk

Year 6 Reading and Writing - The Island
Another football friendly
Year 3 Clay Pets
Parent Survey Link!
Year 5 Home Learning
Sharing our Talents

Building Success Together

In assembly this week I shared the fourth option for how we can build success (as I am sure you will have worked out) it was all working together to have even bigger successes. I shared a picture of the a teacher team working late in September to develop the Curriculum Maps as a brilliant example.

Thank you to everyopne that was able to attend parent's evenings virtual or in real life. We do value our partnership and look at all of your feedback. Please complete the autumn term survey when you get a moment: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LittleGreenParentsAutumn2022

We have had a very positive first half term and I thank everyone for working together to build our success. Next half term will be full of Christmas wonder; Student and Eco Council Forums and a whole lot more.

Have a happy and safe half term!

Parent Workshops - Year 3

We trialed our first parent workshop with Year 3 on Tuesday. There was an incredible turn out (67 parents!) and a very positive feedback to the usefulness and positivity of the morning from parents, staff and children! We are planning for similar workshops for the other years alongside opening up some of the Explorer Afternoons.

We aim to plan this and give you a significant amount of notice so that even working parents, with notice, will be able to attend some of the events and see the 'living school' to really get a feel for the learning culture and community we are all working hard in developing.

Again, let us know how things have gone so far this term in the Parent Survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LittleGreenParentsAutumn2022

ln June year 3 planted a pumpkin seed each, Joah from Miss Muckell’s class planted a seed in our school garden and we managed to grow a beautiful Green pumpkin.

What do you do with an idea?

It was a pleasure to present Stanley with the Watford Food bank Certificate of appreciation for his hard work in organising all of us to donate 105 Kg of resources! Well done to Stanley and everyone involved.

It was also a pleasure to celebrate Jopah's pumpkin. He wondered what would happen if he planted it in the garden patch - and then he went to the effort to find out!

Look what we can do with an idea if we all work together to put the effort in! Well done Joah (and Mrs Cleary who plans to carve Joah's pumpkin in time for Halloween!)

Let us know what you think on the Parent Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LittleGreenParentsAutumn2022

Parent Survey OUT NOW and Feedback - Summer

I copy the notes from last weeks Newsweb and politelty remind you that the survey is live for this half-term - Please let us know what you think! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LittleGreenParentsAutumn2022

As we look forward to welcoming you to the school or virtually for parental consultations, it is also the time of year when we ask for your views on what is working well and what could be better. We pride ourselves on our transparency and willingness to reflect on reasonable feedback. Like everyone, we know we get things wrong and we are always keen to learn from our mistakes and develop systems to make things better. Thank you to everyone who shared their views in July. There were a lot of positives - the vast majority of parents who responded feel their children are safe, and learning effectively. Nevertheless, there was an increase in some disagree statements that, whilst relatively low, do make us ask questions about our practice. We acknowledge and address these below:

-12 respondents (clustered to specific classes) did not agree that there was a good standard of behaviour at Little Green

We had a challenging time managing behaviour whilst working within bubbles. Whilst we believe our systems were working, we also knew they were limited due to covid bubbles and the availability of extra support. From May half-term we were able to launch the Ready to Learn Room for all children - a space to offer support for children struggling to regulate their behaviour away from their peers. We believe the impact of this support has been incredibly positive for those children and the whole school community. Let us know what you think in the survey!

- 25 respondents (clustered to specific classes) did not believe their children had been well taught.

As a school we work hard to ensure that all children receive an equitable high quality of teaching across their four years with us. Like all industries and professions, we have a range of staff with a range of experience and skills. Supporting this reality has been made more challenging by Covid bubbles; the teacher recruitment crisis and very sadly for Little Green, some challenging and unpredictable long staff absences. Please be assured that we work hard to minimise the impacts of these challenges whilst also recognising this impact and ensuring that future staffing decisions reflect these unavoidable experiences. We have also driven a further collaborative development to our CPD approach which is seeing significant collaboration and professional development! We hope that is your experience also - do let us know in the survey!

In short, please do let us know if you agree with these assessments or if we are missing something - (New survey next week!) - we all want the same thing: the best possible learning experience for our children and community!

Yours sincerely,

Mr Roberts and the Little Green Team

Supporting each other

We've had a few football friendlies this term and what marked them out for me was the continued and increasing level of positive support the parents and school have shown their friends. Some very positive and supportive supporters promoting children trying their best and playing hard but fair. Well done everyone!

Teaching Assistant and Breakfast and After School Club Opportunities

We are delighted that, due to the success of our Breakfast and After School Clubs and some internal promotions, we have some vacancies available. Please do look at the teachinherts website for more information.

3rd November 2022 School disco for the children split into Year 3-4 = 1530-1645 and the Year 5/6 = 1700-1815. Tickets will be on sale on PTA events soon.

Thanks for reading.

Stationery sets

Thank you to everyone who ordered stationery sets - it was the first time FOLG had tried this and it seemed to go relatively smoothly. All packs should have now been received by those who placed orders.

If you missed out on ordering stationery sets we have received new stock and will be opening the opportunity to order on PTA events again - the introductory price has unfortunately finished so packs will now be priced at a very competitive £8 (still far cheaper than you can source on the high street!) and can be ordered via: www.pta-events.co.uk/folg. Information of what is contained in the packs can be found at this link.

Second hand uniform

Good quality second hand uniform can be ordered from Faye via folg-uniform@littlegreen.herts.sch.uk - most items are just 50p. Send an email outlining the items you wish to order - remember to include sizes and your child's class - you will then receive an email to let you know when your items are ready to collect from the school office.

Key Dates:

POSTPONED until new year: Fri 21/10 - FOLG "Four Horsemen" band event
Mon 24/10 - Fri 28/10: HALF TERM
Thu 03/11 - Year 6 Positive Minds
Thu 03/11 - FOLG Discos

NOTES:

CAR PARK REMINDER

Just a polite reminder that parents should not be driving into the car park for any reason. Only Blue Badge holders should be accessing the car park. Thank you.

Drop Box is back!
Please clearly label your child's belongings with their NAME and CLASS and items will be delivered at break time or lunchtime.

Messages Board from Community Partners

School Letter -oct half term 2022.doc

WSM Open Evening Flyer 2022.pdf

JUNIOR String Day November 22nd 2022.pdf

Cafe O Monthly Film Shows

Each month on a Sunday afternoon in the Church Hall,

we show a feature film (U or PG) suitable for accompanied children

and also enjoyed by older members of the community.

Shows are free but donations are welcome.

Drinks and snacks provided.

Details from officeoswald2@gmail.com.

Watford Three Rivers_QUARTERLY SCHOOLS NEWSLETTER.pdf

Fireman Sam flyer.pdf

Aladdin Colouring competition.pdf

Aladdin flyer for schools.pdf

KKTS Ltd - Club flyer.png

Yorke Mead Fireworks.pdf

Game On Holiday Courses - October Half-Term 2022.pdf

Watford School of Music is for all children and young people in the Watford and Three Rivers area. We can offer a wide variety of ensembles, orchestras and bands as well and instrumental and singing lessons. We also have exciting classes on Saturday morning for Primary aged children. Please see our website for more details. If you would like more information on the musical opportunities for your child.

Highlight of The Week

‘I Play’ is an introduction to playing an instrument. Your child will learn as part of a class to play either a Woodwind, Brass or String instrument. The lessons will run every week for 30 mins and the course will run for half a term. We will supply the instruments, which stay at the music school.

At the end of the course children can make informed choices about if this is the instrument for them.

The cost is £26.00

The next course will start after October half term:

I Play Violin/Viola: Saturday 9:00-9:30am

I Play Cello: Thursday 4:30-5:00pm

I Play Double Bass: Thursday 6:30 -7:00pm

I Play Flute: Saturday 11:30-12:00pm

I Play Clarinet: Saturday 11:30-12:00pm

I Play Horn: Saturday 11:30-12:00pm

I Play Brass: Saturday 11:30-12:00pm

I Play Bassoon and Oboe: Starting January 2022

Please enrol online @ https://ukhertfordshire.speedadmin.dk/registration#/ if you would like you child to have a place in one of our I Play classes.

Date for your Diary: WSM Open Evening Friday 18th November 22 From 4.30 to 6.45 pm come along and meet our teachers and the instruments that you can learn.

You may even get a treat at the end of the evening and hear a performance from our Youth Orchestra.

I hope that this email finds you well.

I wanted to drop you a line to let you know that our Talking Families course that begins immediately after half term is now going to be conducted online and we have places available so please share the attached details with your colleagues and any parents who you feel would benefit from these sessions.

Our Talking Dads course also has a few places left so please share these details as well.

Talking Families (for parents of children under 12):

Tuesdays 8pm to 9.30pm 1st November to 6th December (6 weeks)

Talking Dads:

Mondays 7.45pm to 9.15pm 31st October to 5th December (6 weeks)

Details are attached for your reference, together with information about all our courses for next half term.

Alongside our usual Parenting Courses, Supporting Links are pleased to be offering the workshops this coming Autumn Term. These are open to parents and carers of children with ASD and/or ADHD across Hertfordshire, funded by the Local Authority.

Talking ASD/ADHD: Anxiety and Stress - 23rd November 2022

Talking ASD/ADHD: Responding to Anger - 20th October or 7th December 2022

Talking ASD/ADHD: The Teenage Years - 2nd November 2022

Talking ASD/ADHD: Tech Use - 11th October 2022

We accept referrals or parents can self-refer and book places via Eventbrite. Further details can be found attached to this email, as both a 2 page Brochure (for digital sharing) and a PDF poster for each workshop to display in your setting.

Please share them widely amongst your teams and families to ensure that as many as possible have access to this support. Each workshop can be attended by up to 90 parents.

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