'Share a Smile' for RED NOSE DAY and win a prize!

We will be marking RED NOSE DAY with a Mufti Day. Wear something red or dress as a rock star (or combine the two) and bring in a pound or donate online for the pleasure. All proceeds will go to this amazing charity.

But, it does not end there! You can bring a smile to our faces by entering the St Stephen's 'Share a Smile' RED NOSE DAY joke competition. Open to all years, send us your favourite joke and you could win a prize. The jokes that make us chuckle the most will be printed in our newsletter with your name. Entry is easy - just complete the Google Form at the link below and glory could be yours. Closing date FRIDAY 19TH MARCH. So, get your joking caps on and send us your daftest funnies. Make us snigger with joy!

ENTER OUR SHARE A JOKE COMPETITION HERE!

RELEASE YOUR INNER ROCK STAR FOR RED NOSE DAY

To mark the awesome date that is 12^th March 2021 (12-3-21, which reads the same forward as backwards) and to make maths exciting and high profile in our school, we are holding a Battle of the Bands (an in-school times tables competition) in aid of Red Nose Day for Years 2 – Year 6. It is part of a UK-wide Rock Down Relief event run by Times Tables Rock Stars and will be the biggest times tables event in the country, ever!

Starting on Friday 12^th March and ending on Thursday 18^th March 2021, the whole competition is done online via play.ttrockstars.com or the TT Rock Stars app. For every correct answer to a multiplication or division question, your child will earn their class a point. The Times Tables Rock Stars platform will calculate the class average (the number of correct answers per pupil in the class who play during the competition hours). Winning classes in the school will be the ones with the highest average.

All game modes (Gig, Garage, Jamming, Studio, etc.) will count but only from games played between 9.30am and 3pm on Friday 12^th to Thursday 18^th inclusive.

To help raise money for Red Nose Day, we ask that children consider using their mufti day on Friday for Red Nose Day as an opportunity to add a rock star twist to their clothes choice. In addition, Help TT Rock Stars, to meet their goal of donating £5000 to Red Nose Day! All the children have to do is ‘purchase’ one of the virtual red noses for their TTRS avatar and they'll donate 5p to Red Nose Day. Remember folks...it's virtual TTRS coins (not real money) and you get a virtual red nose (not a real one)! Nonetheless, we know children have worked hard for those coins, which is why they will proudly make a donation on your behalf.

Red noses are available in the avatar shop for 1 month, starting on 12th March 2021, and will cost at least 50,000 coins. Get saving to get spending! More information is available at www.ttrockstars.com/page/rockdownreliefuk.