Please can everyone make sure all junior school dinners accounts are in credit at all times.  Many thanks.

The new menu is out and is now available from the school website - click to download or ask at the office for a printed copy. www.twyningschool.co.uk/page/school-lunches/106163 

On Thursday 8th May we will be joining in with the National VE Day 80 celebrations.

As part of our celebrations we would like to have a small picnic with the children in the afternoon, therefore we would like children to bring a food contribution as follows:

Reception, Y1 & 2: please bring savoury items

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6: please bring sweet items

We will provide squash and water.

If your child has an allergy and you would prefer to send in a small named plate of food specifically for them, we will keep it aside for them.

Thank you for your help with this important event. 

Please can we remind you to thoroughly sun cream your children before school and send hats, especially on PE days, as we move into summer. Thank you.

There will be a parents meeting on Thursday 22nd May at 6pm regarding the residential to Macaroni Wood. We realise that year 4 parents may not wish (or need) to attend again, and letters/information will be given directly to your children on Friday 23rd May if not in attendance.

On Wednesday we attended the Move More tag rugby festival at Newlands Park. Thirty-one teams attended from Cheltenham and Tewkesbury. We played ten games, winning three, drawing four and losing three. Our children showed excellent teamwork and skill, and even in games they lost, they persevered with determination. This was a fantastic performance as some of the Cheltenham schools are three form entry with potentially ninety children in each year group from which to choose. Well done to Josh, Tom, Leighton, Jack, Zane, Holly, Eva-Jayne, Isla, Ethan, Leo N-S and Henry R.

The children really enjoyed their cricket day back in January. As cricket is traditionally a summer sport, the opportunity to begin programmes at Tewkesbury cricket club is now open.

All Stars is for children aged 5-8 years and booking has recently opened, with the sessions starting 6 June at Tewkesbury. The link for parents to book  children in at Tewkesbury is Clubspark / All Stars / Coaching / Course

Junior training for age 9 upwards takes place on Friday evenings as follows: 

Please can I remind you all that our policy is for children to drink water only as part of our healthy schools status. 

Can we also remind you that we encourage the following foods as suitable snack choices at break time:

Fruit, vegetables, cheese, cereal bar, fruit bar.

We do remind children not to eat crisps and chocolate at break times where possible.  

Thank you so much.

The Government's Simpler Recycling scheme came into effect today for schools, and encourages us to separate and recycle waste into glass (washed), metal (washed), plastic (washed), paper and food waste - with food waste bins mandatory. We have made the decision to send all packed lunch box rubbish home. This already happens in many other schools and seems the easiest way to deal with mixed unwashed rubbish from lunch boxes.  Children have been told to keep all of their rubbish and put it in their lunch boxes after they have eaten. We hope you will support us with this. Classrooms now have food waste bins and always have had paper and cardboard bins which we continue to use.

There are a lot of coughs and cold about at this time of year, as is often the case, but unless your child is really unwell (see below) we encourage you to still send them in to school. We are able to administer Calpol and antibiotics in school - forms are available from Mrs Bowen in the Office so please call in with any medication and complete one if necessary. 

Please click the link below to see NHS guidelines regarding illnesses.

www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/ 

Please remember to report sickness/illness daily to us via School Spider or email to Mrs Bowen on admin@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk. It is important that illness is reported to school first thing in the morning, otherwise your child's absence could be recorded as an 'unauthorised absence'. If your child is frequently absent due to illness we may ask for a doctors note as per our attendance policy.

Please see below  some useful links to a few excellent wellbeing and mental health resources and an amazing digital therapy app for children:

luminova.app/gloucestershire 

www.onyourmindglos.nhs.uk/ 

www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/mujkq12k/gcc_3002-cyp-mental-health-handout_aw-crop-large.pdf 

hubofhope.co.uk/concerns?concerns=86&latitude=52.0286023&longitude=-2.1466844