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Here is this week's news:
Good afternoon all! I hope you have all had a lovely week.
Biker Night on the green was a great success! Our PTFA and helpers worked their socks off serving refreshments and raised £827.29 after expenses and after making a donation to the Air Ambulance. Well done to everybody and thank you to all of you who came along and bought refreshments!
On Wednesday our Year 3 & 4 children went on their residential trip to Macaroni Wood, near Cirencester. They had an amazing time away together! Thank you to Mrs Leggett, Miss Aston, Miss Thomas and Mrs Mulligan who went with them.
Next week on Tuesday evening, we are competing in the annual Tewkesbury Primary Schools Athletics competition. Good luck to all those selected to compete - I am sure you will do us all proud! Today, Mrs Leggett and I gave out important letters to the children taking part in this which we have asked them to share with you. There are some key safety points which have been shared by the organisers.
On Wednesday there is a PTFA meeting in School at 7:30pm, to vote in the new committee. Please come along if you want to get involved or just find out what happens at meetings.
Children have been sent home with a 'Bag2School' bag today - please bring your filled bags to school on Friday morning. Many thanks.
Can I please remind parents - see below - about ensuring that any balance is paid up-to-date for Before and After School Club. We do not run this as a profit- making enterprise and the money pays for the staff wages and any new resources needed. Thanks.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Gladstone
Platinums
Platinums
Congratulations this week go to...
Leighton F
Livvy D
Stanley S
Austin B
Year 3
Dates for your Diary
Dates for your Diary
17th June - Tewkesbury Athletics evening at Tewkesbury Academy.
19th June - Bag 2 School day
25 June and 26 June - Tewkesbury School Big Step Transition days 2025
26th June - New Reception parents evening in the school hall 6:30pm
2nd July - Sports Day (afternoon)
7th July - Leavers Play dress rehearsal performance to whole school and playgroup
8th July - Leavers Play performances 2pm and 6pm
11th July - Year 5 trip to Tewkesbury Medieval Festival Schools Day
13th July - PTFA "Colour Run" event 3pm at TRAC - fun for all! (info to come)
16th July - Y6 Leavers Service at Tewkesbury Abbey 1:30pm
16th July - End of year Disco (years R,1,2,3&4) 5:30pm
16th July - Leavers Disco & celebration (Y6 and Y5 only) 6:30pm
17th July - "Break the Rules!" day (details to come)
18th July - Leavers assembly 2pm in the school hall
18th July - Last day of term
sun cream and hats
sun cream and hats
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.
Before and After School Care
End of June payments should now have been made. Please remember balances MUST be cleared each month. Thank you.
Fees for our before and after school care facility are £3.50 for a morning session and £7 for an afternoon session.
Balances should be cleared by the end of each month at the latest. Many thanks. If you use government vouchers please email Mrs Tingle at bursar@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk to advise when you have made a payment, each time you do this.
How do I register my child?
To register for Before or After School Club, please complete and send in the booking form which can be downloaded from our website or ask Mrs Bowen for a printed copy. These forms should be returned to Mrs Bowen at admin@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk .
vacancy
vacancy
We have a vacancy for a keen enthusiastic person to work in our Before and After School Club, generally after school between 3:15 and 5:15pm from September for a couple of afternoons although there could be more sessions available if required. Training will be given. If you are interested in this opportunity, or would like to come along to an after school club session to see the job in action, please see Miss Gladstone or Mrs Bowen or email head@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk or admin@twyning.gloucs.sch.uk.
school dinners on sports day
school dinners on sports day
The menu for Wednesday 2nd July will be:
A - Hot Dog, chips and beans/peas
B - Veggie Hot Dog, chips and beans/peas
C - Jacket Potato with the usual fillings
school dinner accounts
school dinner accounts
Please can everyone make sure all junior school dinners accounts are in credit at all times. Many thanks.
The cost of a school dinner is now £2.85.
Don't forget, if you qualify and have registered for Pupil Premium/Free School Meals, your child will receive free school meals throughout their time here at Twyning School. See this link to check if you qualify www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/education-and-learning/school-transport-and-free-school-meals/apply-for-free-school-meals/
The summer 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
free school meals
free school meals
Apply online for 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 have to apply to enable school to get any extra funding. For further information, including a list of qualifying benefits, click the link above.
snacks and water bottles
snacks and 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.
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:
sickness information
sickness information
Unless your child is really unwell 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.
private music lessons
private music lessons
Our music teacher Aidan Pope has a couple of vacancies for private music lessons if anyone is interested. Aidan teaches piano, guitar and drums.
He has a couple of sessions immediately after-school on Wednesday's/Friday's and one lunch time slot on a Friday. If you are interested please email aidanpopemusician@gmail.com to find out prices and book a space.
There will be more spaces available come September when our year 6 pupils will have left us. Thank you.
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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