Newsletter 4 Summer Term

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Year 6 SATs 

This week is SATs week. Year 6 have been working tremendously hard and we are so proud of all they have achieved. We are also grateful to all our Year 6 parents who are ensuring the children go to bed at a reasonable time and have breakfast before coming to school in order to give their children the best possible opportunity.

Well done, Year 6!

Year 4 science fieldwork - St Andrew's Square

This week, as part of Year 4’s study of classification, they visited St Andrew’s Square to conduct fieldwork. It involved finding leaves in the wild and building a classification key to work out each plant species.

Year 5 Insight - the story of Pentecost

Keren visited from Insight to deliver a workshop about the Christian message has survived since the times of Jesus. The focus of the workshop was the events of Pentecost and Jesus’ command to spread the Good News. 

Year 5 tennis development festival

Mr Burley accompanied Terry, Chip, Alexa and Mirai to a tennis festival at Surbiton Racket & Fitness Club today. The festival included a mixture of fun skills coaching elements and match play. 

ADHD Embrace - upcoming events

Post-diagnosis session - in person

ADHD Embrace is running a post diagnosis in person workshop for parents/ carers/ relatives of a recently diagnosed children or teenagers, which will provide an opportunity to develop an understanding of ADHD, it's impact on brain function and will explore holistic approaches for managing the condition, both medical and non-medical​.  The workshop is taking place in person next week on Wednesday 17th May - 10.00am - 1.00pm.  To book a place, please click here.

Managing Physical and Aggressive Behaviour and supporting your young person with ADHD

This five week online course will focus on supporting parents/ carers of children that frequently exhibit aggressive, controlling and very challenging behaviours.  This course is taking place on Wednesday 7th June at 8.00pm - 9.30pm.  If you would like to attend this course please click here to register. 

Dean Beadle Talk - Autistic social and emotional needs at the Kingston Academy

The Kingston Academy is hosting a talk from Dean Beadle who is a renowned public speaker who has toured the UK for over 15 years, sharing his positive outlook on being autistic and challenging negative public attitudes.  

The talk will be held at The Kingston Academy on Wednesday 21st June at 18:30.  For further information and details of how to book a ticket, please click here. 

Upcoming Mental Wellbeing Courses

If you are interested in  attending any of the following courses designed to help your children - please follow this link for further details and to register your interest.

• Reduce anxiety and develop resilience in your child

• Support Your Child Through Exam  Stress (online)

• Help your Child to be a good friend (online)

Click the 'Community Groups' button to see all community notices:

Insect bites and pollen count

As we enter the summer term and warmer weather begins, more of our pupils will be wearing short sleeve shirts and shorts. This coincides with an increase in the bug population. Whilst we always monitor our school site with regular health and safety checks, our playground is outdoors.  Pupils will spend more time outside, both when at school and away from school.  Preventative  measures that can be taken at school and elsewhere is to cover exposed skin by wearing long sleeved shirts and long trousers, as well as reminding children to be careful around flowering plants. Similarly, the pollen count is set to increase, particularly for grass, triggering some allergies. 

Here is some more information from the NHS about insect bites and hayfever: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/insect-bites-and-stings/  and  https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hay-fever/