Newsletter 7 Summer Term

Parent/ Guardian Catering Survey

At SASM (and Maple Infants) our catering is provided by Caterlink, who is an external provider. They would value your feedback to help them improve the service they provide to your children.  

Please follow this link or use the QR code to send to your parent/guardian feedback.  

The survey will close on Wednesday 31st July 2024.

Thank you - Film Night volunteers  

It was fantastic to see so many pupils attend the two PTA film nights held before half term. A huge thank you to all of the parents and carers who volunteered to attend and run the event. As a result, the PTA raised over £500. 

The PTA directly support the opportunities given to your children by funding our educational visits.  This means that all non-residential visits are fully funded for all pupils.

SASM Gardening Group - Can you spare an hour to help us tidy our green spaces?

With summer about to start, the plants at SASM are growing rapidly - particularly in our front garden. We would love to gather some kind volunteers on Saturday 22nd June from 10.00am-12.00pm to help with some gardening on-site. If you could spare an hour to help our school community, please complete this GoogleForm and we'll be in touch.

Please note: for health and safety reasons, we are unable to allow children on-site to help in the Gardening Group - it will be an adults-only event.

Mental Health Support Team – Online Workshops

Achieving for Children’s Mental Health Support Teams are delivering a series of webinars for parents of primary aged children. The ‘Helping Children with …’ webinars will cover a range of common difficulties experienced by children and will aim to share evidence-based strategies to help parents and carers support their children with these difficulties. 

Please follow this link to see a list of webinar and the links to sign up.

Reminder:  Class Collective Worship

Parents and carers of children in 6PM are invited to attend Class Collective Worship this week on Friday 7th June (9.00am - 9.15am).  You can join us in the school playground from 8.30am and you will be invited into the school hall for a 9.00am start. 

Please note:  We do not permit any photos or videos to be taken during Class Collective Worship.

Oracy in action at home! 

I couldn’t disagree more… 

This activity is all about how to interact with the other side of an opinion and disagree, positively! Choose one of the statements below, have a few moments to collect your thoughts on the matter, then disagree with what the statement says! State why you disagree and provide a reason for your thought. Start your answer with the following opening sentence, ‘I couldn’t disagree more because…’

Statements to be disagreed with can include: 

• We should all wash our hands regularly. 

• We should all shower everyday. 

• I think the world is a better place when everyone is cheerful.

• I think we should all try to eat well and be healthy. 

• I think we should look after the environment. 

• I think we should take care of older people. 

• I think school is very important.

What statements of your own can you come up with?

What will our Student Teachers be teaching this week?

Miss Gardiner (4G) and Mr Matthews (4B)

Hello! We're back! We hope you have had a restful break and are are ready to learn.  

This week, we thought it would be a fun idea to share what we will be teaching through a creative task. Our new English topic has been formed around the story 'One Plastic Bag' by Miranda Paul.  Considering the story's theme of pollution, and the negative effects it can have, we would like you to create a poster (on one side of A4 paper) about what pollution is and how we in society can over come it. Think about the pollution you see day to day, perhaps on your walk to school, or anywhere in the world.  You may want to use the images here to inspire you, or you can be completely independent. If you wish to challenge yourself, try and link our theme of pollution to Brazil, which will be our topic in geography this term. 

Have a great week and we look forward to seeing where your creativity takes you!

CAMHS Autism and ADHD screening/assessment process: information for parents and carers 

Videos have been developed by Kingston and Richmond CAMHS Single Point of Access (SPA) and Your Healthcare. 

The aim is to increase parent/carer understanding and confidence around the local pathway to seeking a diagnostic assessment for Autism and/or ADHD within CAMHS. 

These information videos are aimed at parents and carers of young people who are registered with GPs in Kingston and Richmond.

You can view the all the videos and associated content on the Kingston and Richmond SEND Local Offer

Parking outside SASM

If you are driving to drop your children off or pick them up from school, please park considerately on the surrounding roads.  Please don't park over driveways or over the zig zag lines. This helps keep everyone safe.

We have received reports from local residents of dangerous parking and verbal unkindness from some parents and carers. Please help us to be a positive part of our local community. Whilst the school is not responsible for enforcing street parking, we have advised our local community to report all instances of poor parking or behaviour to the police.

Attendance reminder: being late to school

Punctuality is an important life skill that is required in order to achieve and to succeed. Children must be in school by 8.45am each day. Children who arrive after that time but before the end of registration must come into the building via the main office, where they will be coded as late (this appears as an 'L code' on the register). Children will be marked late if they arrive at school after the gates have closed but before 8:55am, when the registers have been taken. 

If a pupil arrives after 8:55am, the register is closed and attendance after this time is considered to be an unauthorised absence and is recorded as a 'U code', which shows as a 'X' on the SIMS Parent App.

The school gates will be shut by 8.45am. Persistent lateness will be monitored by the school and may be reported to the E.W.O. (Education Welfare Officer) after the school’s initial interventions.

No toys in school, please!

We would like to remind parents and carers that pupils are not permitted to bring their own toys or collectables into school. Not only do toys provide a distraction from pupils' learning, there is a potential for personal items to be misplaced. Please be aware that any lost toys, collectible cards or other play items are beyond the responsibility of the school.

Time for summer uniform

As the summer term begins, pupils may now wear summer uniform. This includes a polo shirt, summer dress and shorts for PE (as shown in the picture) and should continue to be worn until the end of the October half term.

Please also ensure your child wears smart black shoes on non-PE days. If your child is not in school with the correct uniform they may be giving alternatives from our newly-new stock. 

Jewellery

Children can wear watches to school but the wearing of jewellery and earrings of all types is not permitted on safety grounds.  Any child wearing earrings to school will be asked to remove them.  If they are unable to remove them they will be required to stay inside during break and lunch times and will not be able to participate in any PE or physical activities. 

Smart Watches

Fitness trackers without smart watch capability are permitted but St Andrew’s and St Mark’s accept no responsibility for the loss or damage of these items. Smart watches , including iWatches- are not permitted due to their messaging capabilities. 

Lost Property

Please remember to label your child’s uniform, lunch box and water bottle.  All named lost property will be returned to your child by the next school day.  Unlabelled property will be kept for one week only in the school office.