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Here is this week's news:
Good afternoon everyone! I hope you have all had a lovely week despite the wet weather and are ready for the Half Term break next week.
The Valentine's Discos were held on Wednesday this week - the children all had a great time! Thank you to the staff and parents who volunteered to help on the night. It was a very successful evening - after costs, the amount raised was £460!
Bag 2 School day was today - thank you to everyone who brought in their filled bags. We raised £78.
Please remember to clear your parent pay accounts and load them ready for the next term.
I hope you all have a lovely half term.
Kind regards,
Miss Gladstone
Platinums
Platinums
Congratulations this week go to...
Charlie N
Esme F
George B
Alex G
Hayden P
Poppy A-T
Bertie F
Joe Y
Dates for your Diary
Dates for your Diary
16 Feb - 20 Feb - HALF TERM WEEK
3 Mar - Feet First Dance Festival
16 Mar - Parents Evenings week
25 Mar - BINGO night in the hall
27 Mar - Last day of term
30 Mar - 10 Apr - Easter Holiday
4 May - Bank Holiday
25 - 29 May - Half Term Holiday
16 June - Bag2School day - please bring bags by 8:50am (or night before)
24 and 25 June 2026 Big Step transition taster days are taking place at Tewkesbury Academy.
1st July - BIKER NITE on Twyning Green - school and PTFA providing refreshments
2nd July - THURSDAY 2ND JULY - Sports Day on the green (PM).
12 July - Colour Run (to be confirmed)
15 July - Leavers DISCO and school disco
17 July - Last day of term
SCHOOL DINNERS/PARENTPAY
SCHOOL DINNERS/PARENTPAY
Please remember to top up your child's ParentPay account to cover their school dinners. Your account should be in credit at all times. Many thanks.
Click here to view current menus: www.twyningschool.co.uk/page/school-lunches/106163
clubs after half term
clubs after half term
Monday: Warhammer (years 5&6) maximum 12 children (Starts 2nd week back)
Wednesday: Nature Club (years 4-6 continued)
Friday: Multisports (years 1-3 continued)
Friday: Netball (years 4-6).
Please sign up for Netball if you still need a place. Warhammer club is now FULL.
There will be an additional dance practice for the years 4-6 group prior to the Feet First dance festival. This will be after school on 4th Feb.
Young Voices will still run on the first Monday bank, as the concert is on the 27th February. Therefore Warhammer Club will start the Monday after, ie the 2nd March.
Chess club and cross country will finish this term, except for the final cross country fun run and presentations at the Vineyards on Thursday 26th February.
half term activities
half term activities
Don't forget to look at the flyers at the bottom of the newsletter regarding holiday activities and events over Half Term.
s.e.n.d. sports & social saturdays
s.e.n.d. sports & social saturdays
Please can I remind you of the sessions being held at Tewkesbury Youth Support centre from 10-11.30am. Please see the following link for more details.
https://www.move-more.org/SEND-SPORTS-AND-SOCIAL/
Mrs Leggett
school uniform
school uniform
PE KIT: We have noticed that some children are coming in more varied items e.g. black and/or boldly branded items for PE. The school tracksuit is perfect for cold weather. Otherwise, shorts/skort/cycling shorts/joggers should be navy and unbranded. Children may wear their school jumper or cardigan instead of the tracksuit top when cold.
free school meals/pupil premium
free school meals/pupil premium
Apply online for pupil premium and free school meals - check to see if your child is eligible using the confidential online portal available on our website www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/free-school-meals/
You can secure a tasty free meal for your child and save yourself up to £480 per year. Plus our school receives extra funding for each eligible child registered. If you receive a qualifying benefit, we are entitled to extra funding. So even if you don’t want your child to take a free meal, you should still apply to make sure that we receive all the government funding to which we are entitled.
Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 already receiving an Universal Infant Free School Meal arranged by their school, will still need to apply to enable school to get any extra funding. For further information, including a list of qualifying benefits, click the link above.
communication with school
communication with school
I just wanted to remind parents about the most effective ways to make contact with your child's teacher should you need to. You can also advise us if your child is off school sick/unwell on the School Spider app. This is also in the communications section of the website. This document also lists all of the emails for the teachers. We kindly ask that you do not use the private messaging system on Dojo but instead use email please. Many thanks for your support as always. spaces.schoolspider.co.uk/uploads/605/page/40075479_page_file.pdf
Some useful links:
Keeping children safe online: www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/children-young-people-and-families/keeping-your-child-safe-online/
Safeguarding and E Safety: www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/curations/anti-bullying-week
Gaming and social media : www.askaboutgames.com/pegi-age-ratings#:~:text=Essentially,%20the%20PEGI%20rating%20on,deemed%20suitable%20for%20adults%20only.
If you believe your family to be eligible for Free School Meals, please click on this link: https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-transport-and-free-school-meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/
Health and sickness information "Is my child too ill for school?" https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/is-my-child-too-ill-for-school/
Please click this link to view our School Attendance Policy, Absence Request forms, and other attendance documentation. www.twyningschool.co.uk/page/attendance/101727
Register for School Milk: https://www.coolmilk.com
A collection of links to find and get help in all sorts of situations from Anxiety, Health related, young persons help, depression and much more:
hubofhope.co.uk/concerns?concerns=86&latitude=52.0286023&longitude=-2.1466844
Gloucestershire Families in Partnership news and information can be found by clicking here:
WELLBEING & MENTAL HEALTH
WELLBEING & MENTAL HEALTH
Please see below some useful links to a few excellent wellbeing and mental health resources and an amazing digital therapy app for children:
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
communications with school
communications with school
Please click on these links to view our guides to contacting school. We have also linked relevant policies for reference.
Contact
Please feel free to make contact with me via email head@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk should you need to speak to me. During evenings and weekends, I may not be able to respond to you straight away but I will make contact with you during normal working hours as soon as I can. Many thanks for all of your support.
Kindest regards
Miss L Gladstone
Headteacher
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