Dear Families,
As part of National Anti -Bullying Week and our work to raise awareness of bullying and the negative impact it can have on children we are organising a series of powerful and effective workshops and performances involving the theatre group 'A Play in a Day'. Playground Friends and our School Councillors will work closely with actors to produce a new play around the theme All Different All Equal, to be performed to the whole school. All pupils will use the play as a platform to discuss bullying and anti -bullying strategies, emphasising the positive effect of the play's overriding theme celebrating differences and equality. The aim is to empower our pupils to recognise and report bullying and to enjoy a safe and rewarding experience together as part of a wonderful, supportive school community where there is zero tolerance for bullying .
On Thursday 16th November parents with children in Reception and KS1 are welcome to attend a Read Write Inc workshop. You will be able to find out strategies to support your children as they develop their confidence and competence with reading.
On Thursday 23rd November all families are welcome to attend a Mathematics workshop. You will be able to find out strategies to support your children as they develop their problem solving and reasoning skills.
Wednesday was a huge day of celebrations for Shacklewell as we received our Gold Star from TfL.
This recognises the commitment of our school to promoting active, sustainable and healthy travel.
Our JRSO met with their friends from Woodberry Down and Grazebrook at London City Hall to receive the award which is now proudly hanging in our gallery of excellence.
Thank you for supporting your children to make healthy choices and we look forward to carrying on the good work over the coming year.
If you are a parent with children in the Nursery born between :
1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014, then your child is due to start Reception in September 2018.
The closing date for applications is : 15th January 2018.
If anyone would like help completing their child’s applications please contact the school office
Interested in joining the teaching profession, or know some one who is? Please look at the training routes we offer across all of the New Wave Federation schools.
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Following our successful parent internet safety session on Thursday, it became apprent that some of the apps that the children are using may not be the ones we think they are!
Over the next few weeks we will showcase an app and explaining how it works and what the associated positives and negatives are. This week we will look at Musical.ly.
Musical.ly is a free social network app popular for viewing and creating short music videos, known as ‘Musical.ly’s’. Children can select a song from thousands available on the app and record themselves singing, lip-syncing (miming) or dancing along to their chosen song.
One of the aims of Musical.ly is to create your own following or fan base. Musical.ly includes ‘coins’ and virtual gifts that users can give to other users in order to increase their popularity. Videos can be up to one minute long and users are able to edit them using a range of filters. Once recorded, videos can be shared via other social networking apps, such as WhatsApp or Facebook.
Please click the app icon to find out even more about Musical.ly.