In Monday's SLT assembly I placed a bucket on a child's head and inferred I would be doing something unpleasant to him. There's an unlikely start to a school newsletter! 

In reality, as I am sure most of you would expect, the assembly was showing us how, without facts, we can get worried, and our body can feel like we are in danger. When this happens, our body, automatically, releases hormones to prepare us for a fight or flight. Our heart beats faster...our body starts to dictate our behaviours. (In between giggling, Owen did report feeling a little unsure!)

So what do we do in situations where our body is leading our behaviour? In the assembly we looked at:

1. Thinking things through - Owen's giggles suggest he was not entirely convinced something bad would happen! This is not his experience of school behaviour support - he had facts to remember.

2. Controlling our breathing - telling our body that things are OK and that we do not need to fight or flight.

This term, we will be supporting the children to start to normalise their good behaviours - making stronger positive habits - together! We are also very excited about our upcoming Head's Together Virtual Drop-In where we will be talking together about these ideas in theory and in practice and taking your questions and suggestions. We do hope to see you there (details below.)

Other things to look forward to include developments for the 75th Celebration; our communications drive including Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) and a Podcast;  and a range of infrastructure developments to engage and support learning. My own favourite will be the development of the school Museum! 

Exciting things are happening at Little Green: we hope to see you getting involved in the coming months and all of us working together to make us the best we can be... Habit New Year!

As a school we are passionately committed to engaging with our community and learning together. Based on a successful first Virtual Drop-In session in the Autumn Term, we are pleased to share details of our next session - please add these to your calendar and join us to learn together:

Date and time: Tuesday 23rd January 1800-1830

Theme:

-Developing Effective Habits in ourselves and our children. Introduction to Habimapping, Habichatting and Habitracking

-How our work on habits compliments our approach to supporting behaviour

-And a Q&A focus on Behaviour Management: Research and Reality

We will record the seesion and post to our website and social media.

Stationery sets

Save yourself the summer stationery shopping stress and buy now!  Sourced by Mr Flint so all of the equipment in the packs is school approved! 

The flash sale price has unfortunately finished so packs will now be priced at a very competitive £10 (still far cheaper than you can source on the high street!) and can be ordered via: www.pta-events.co.uk/folg. The pack contains 2 writing pens, a green pen, 2 HB pencils, a pair of scissors (you can specify right or left handed), Pritt Stick, eraser, Boogie sharpener, 30 cm ruler, whiteboard pen, highlighter all contained in a clear pencil case. These can then be sent straight to your child's classroom or be held at the school office for you to pick up.

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.