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.

A big thank you to everyone involved in our harvest assembly. It was so good to have the whole  school together enjoying the celebrations. Thank you for your kind donations - we raised £98.44 for Tewkesbury Foodbank.

We were very sad to say goodbye to Mrs Dare, our wonderful Squirrels HLTA. Mrs Dare gave us a lovely cuddly squirrel to remember her by. Thank you Mrs Dare for all you have done for us!

Mr Pope has a few spaces available for private music lessons during the school day. Please see the flyer for costs and details and email Mr Pope on aidanpopemusician@gmail.com to arrange lessons. Lessons are usually timetabled in the afternoon on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon.

Our PTFA have a "helpers what's app group" . If you would like to join the group, please scan this QR code to add yourself. Currently we are asking for cake bakers, face painters etc to help at the NEON discos. If you can help, please add yourself and comment on the group or come and see me in the office. Also, if anyone can help me set up the hall with neon lights etc after school on the 23rd Oct I'd be really grateful!  Many thanks!

Mrs Bowen 

We are noticing that there are a few children who are coming to school with alternative drinks such as squash or juice in their water bottles. 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.

New Holiday Camp @ John Moore Primary School in Tewkesbury!

Move More holiday camps provide children with lots of opportunities to be active, have fun, make friends and try lots of new and different activities. Find out more about Move More camps at https://www.move-more.org/camps/.

They are running a discounted rate of £23.50 per day during October half term at their new John Moore Primary School Camp!

All county libraries are running Halloween costume swaps this Autumn.

The scary truth is an estimated 7 million Halloween costumes are thrown away every year, adding to 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste. That’s the same as 83 million plastic bottles.

Donate a costume to any library between 23 September and 7 October 

Swap an old costume for a new one between 7 October and 1 November

You can find lots more ideas here about how to have a sustainable Halloween. 

The swap supports our Greener Together initiative, launched in 2021, which explores ways in which libraries can help to mitigate climate change, raise awareness and support individuals and local communities who want to take practical steps towards leading a greener, lower carbon lifestyle.   

Please note that ALL school dinner accounts should be in credit at all times. If your child is in year 3 or above you will need to ensure that they have a credit balance loaded onto their account to cover their needs.

The cost of a school dinner is now £2.71.

If you believe your child may be entitled to free school meals, please look at this link www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/free-school-meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/ 

Menus for this term are 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 

Many thanks.

Please click on these links to view our guides to contacting school. We have also linked relevant policies for reference.

contacts and emails 

guide to contacting school 

communications policy 

parent code of conduct 

Please click the link below to read the new DfE statutory attendance guide: 'Attendance Counts'. This provides lots of useful information about attendance and how to work together with us. 

spaces.schoolspider.co.uk/uploads/605/page/29773141_page_file.pdf 

Please also click this link to view our revised School Attendance Policy, Absence  Request forms, and other attendance documentation.

www.twyningschool.co.uk/page/attendance/101727 

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